Job Description

Description

The Talent Acquisition Manager is a hands-on leadership role responsible for designing, building, and scaling a best-in-class recruitment function across multiple markets. Operating in a private equity–backed, high-growth environment, this role partners closely with business leaders to deliver talent strategies that directly support growth, performance, and transformation.

This role owns the end-to-end talent acquisition lifecycle, including process design, technology enablement, workforce planning, employer branding, and analytics. The ideal candidate brings strong commercial acumen, deep recruiting expertise, and the ability to operate both strategically and tactically.

**Candidate must work Eastern Standard Time**

Key Responsibilities of Talent Acquisition Manager:

Global Talent Strategy & Business Partnership

• Partner with senior leaders across the Spa and Corporate enterprise to align talent acquisition strategy with business and growth objectives.
• Translate workforce plans into actionable hiring strategies across regions and functions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leadership on talent market dynamics, hiring risks, and capability needs.
• In partnership with the HR leader, design and deploy a recruitment operating model, including governance, service delivery, and regional execution.
• Build standardized end-to-end recruitment processes (intake, sourcing, selection, offers and onboarding handoff).
• Establish consistent hiring standards, interview frameworks, and candidate experience guidelines.
• Define and manage vendor strategy and relationships.
• Build, lead, and develop a global or regionally distributed TA team (internal recruiters and partners).
• Establish clear roles, performance expectations, and development plans for TA resources.
• Coach recruiters and hiring managers on best-in-class recruiting practices and market insights.
• Ensure recruiting practices comply with local labor laws and employment regulations.
• Establish clear hiring governance, approval workflows, and documentation standards.
• Continuously refine processes to improve speed, quality, and scalability.

Technology, Systems & Analytics

• Partner with HR on the selection, implementation, and optimization of recruitment technology (ATS, CRM, assessment tools).
• Ensure integration of recruiting systems with HRIS and onboarding platforms.
• Build robust reporting and dashboards to track hiring metrics, pipeline health, diversity, time-to-fill, and cost-to-hire.
• Use data and insights to continuously improve recruiting effectiveness and efficiency.

Employer Brand & Candidate Experience

• Partner with Marketing, and stakeholders to strengthen the employer brand across all markets.
• Design and deploy consistent candidate experience standards aligned with company values.
• Improve offer acceptance, hiring manager satisfaction, and quality of hire.

Compensation is based on experience: $115,000+ and annual bonus.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 7 years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including global or multi-region responsibility.
• Proven experience building or transforming a recruitment function in a complex organization.
• Strong background in private equity, high-growth, or performance-driven environments.
• Demonstrated success partnering with senior leaders and commercial teams.
• Hands-on experience with recruiting technologies, ATS platforms, and analytics.
• Candidate must work Eastern Standard Time; ideal candidate will reside in the Greater Atlanta area.

Capabilities & Competencies

• Strong commercial mindset — understands how hiring decisions impact revenue, growth, and execution.
• Highly technology-savvy, with the ability to select, implement, and optimize recruiting tools.
• Data-driven and comfortable using metrics to influence decisions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive presence.
• Able to operate at both strategic and execution levels.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, change, and transformation.

Benefits

• 401(k) with company matching program
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Employee discounts