VP Talent Acquisition Manager

Position Summary

At The Bancorp, we’ve spent more than 25 years driving innovation in the financial services industry. As one of the first banks to embrace fintech, we combine technology, expertise and a forward-looking approach to deliver creative, real-world solutions. We work side by side with our partners to help them grow and innovate with confidence. Across Fintech Solutions, Institutional Banking, Commercial Lending and Real Estate Bridge Lending, we provide the people, processes, technology and banking capabilities that turn bold ideas into outcomes.

Join a team that brings urgency and rigor to every challenge and plays a direct role in driving growth for our clients and the communities we serve.

The VP Talent Acquisition Manager role is responsible for serving as a player-coach, directly managing and developing members of the Talent Acquisition team while maintaining a targeted requisition load. The role provides day-to-day leadership, coaching, workload oversight, and performance support to recruiters while remaining actively involved in recruiting hard-to-fill, specialized, senior-level, and priority positions. The Manager leads full life-cycle recruiting, develops talent pipelines, partners with hiring managers and business leaders, and identifies opportunities to improve recruiting processes, technology, metrics, automation, candidate experience, and overall team effectiveness.

• Serves as a player-coach, maintaining a targeted requisition load focused on hard-to-fill, specialized, senior-level, and priority roles.
• Leads full-cycle recruiting strategy and execution for assigned searches, including sourcing, screening, candidate assessment, offer support, and candidate experience.
• Partners with hiring managers and business leaders to understand workforce needs, develop recruiting strategies, and provide market insight and hiring guidance.
• Owns recruiting metrics and reporting, using data to monitor team performance, identify trends, and drive continuous improvement.
• Leads improvements to recruiting processes, technology, and automation, including enhancements to the applicant tracking system and associated workflows.
• Builds and maintains external talent pipelines and partnerships with candidates, agencies, schools, associations, and other recruiting sources.
• Ensures recruiting practices are consistent, compliant, and well documented, including complete records and defensible candidate-selection practices.
• Supports a positive employer brand and candidate experience throughout the recruiting lifecycle.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

People Manager Responsibilities

• Manages the Talent Acquisition team and oversees day-to-day operations, priorities, recruiter workload, requisition activity, and delivery to ensure effective resource allocation.
• Sets high performance standards and manages team performance in accordance with HR policies and procedures.
• Creates a flexible and energized work environment, fostering an atmosphere that enables employee trust and engagement.
• Inspires confidence and motivates others to perform at their best.
• Provides ongoing coaching, feedback, and development to strengthen recruiter capability, accountability, and overall team performance.

• Undergraduate degree in Human Resources or a related field, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of recruitment management experience.
• Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP), Professional in Human Resources (PHR), or SHRM Talent Acquisition Specialty credential preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of all applicable employment laws and regulations preferred.
• Ability to work with urgency and to meet deadlines preferred.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills preferred.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, multitasking environment preferred.
• Ability to prioritize and organize work preferred.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 25% travel required.

What Success Looks Like

• Requisition s are filled within agreed service level targets, and hiring managers consistently receive qualified, well-screened candidate slates.
• Hard-to-fill, specialized, and senior-level searches close without extended vacancy or repeated reposting.
• Recruiter workload, requisition activity, and performance expectations are managed consistently across the team, and recruiters demonstrate measurable growth in capability.
• Recruiting metrics are accurate, current, and used to identify trends and drive process, technology, and automation improvements.
• Applicant tracking system records and candidate-selection documentation are complete, consistent, and audit-ready.
• Candidates and hiring managers report a professional, timely, and transparent recruiting experience.

Why This Role Matters

Hiring determines what the Bank is able to execute. The VP Talent Acquisition Manager shapes the quality, speed, and consistency of every hire The Bancorp makes, from front-line roles…