Talent Acquisition Manager

Major Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the Talent Acquisition team; set expectations and drive accountability for results, service delivery, and stakeholder partnership.
• Lead the weekly Indeed sponsorship process, using candidate flow, requisition aging, hiring urgency, market conditions, campaign performance, and cost data to prioritize investments, optimize campaign results, and maximize recruiting impact within budget.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with HR leadership, field operations, and corporate hiring managers to identify upcoming workforce needs, align recruiting priorities, and develop proactive solutions to staffing challenges.
• Partner with HR leadership and field operations to conduct root cause analysis on districts with staffing risks, identify drivers of vacancies and hiring challenges, and develop targeted action plans.
• Provide leadership and oversight for corporate Talent Acquisition, supporting the TA Specialist with recruiting strategy, prioritization, difficult-to-fill positions, stakeholder concerns, and escalations while maintaining clear accountability for independent management of assigned requisitions and candidates.
• Lead recurring corporate recruiting update meetings with HR and business leadership, ensuring alignment on hiring priorities, candidate progress, aging requisitions, potential barriers, and required actions.
• Partner with corporate hiring managers and HR leadership to develop and review job descriptions, clarify position requirements, evaluate title and compensation alignment, and support informed hiring decisions.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex corporate recruiting matters, including candidate concerns, hiring manager challenges, and offer considerations.
• Lead the organization’s corporate summer internship and university partnership programs, including campus relationships, recruiting and selection, and manager support.
• Coordinate and represent the organization at career fairs and other recruiting events, including event selection, registration, preparation, internal participation, candidate engagement, and post-event follow-up.
• Manage recruiting metrics and reporting cadence; translate data into actionable recommendations for leadership.
• Manage recruiting vendor partnerships, including Indeed/Glassdoor and Linked In, by establishing service expectations, monitoring performance, addressing issues, and ensuring each platform effectively supports the organization’s recruiting needs.
• Lead Talent Acquisition reporting and analytics, including monitoring and validating recruiting data, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities, maintaining a consistent reporting cadence, and translating findings into accurate monthly C  updates and actionable recommendations for leadership
• Oversee the Employee Referral Bonus Program, including program administration, eligibility review, accurate tracking, stakeholder communication, and coordination with Payroll to support timely and compliant bonus payments.
• Lead the candidate review response process across Indeed/Glassdoor, including monitoring feedback, evaluating appropriate responses, coordinating input when needed, and ensuring responses are timely, professional, and aligned with the organization’s employer brand.
• Partner with Training, Communications, and Marketing teams to support employer branding initiatives; provide recruiting insights and help align external messaging with hiring needs.
• Serve as the subject-matter expert for the UKG Recruiting Gateway, maintaining the knowledge and hands‑on system capability needed to support the Talent Acquisition team, troubleshoot and resolve issues, complete necessary configuration changes, and lead the implementation, testing, training, and adoption of new features.
• Ensure recruiting practices comply with company policies and regulatory requirements and maintain audit‑ready processes and documentation.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Business Acumen
• Relationship Management
• Communication – written and oral
• Ethical Practice
• Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving
• Leadership Qualities
• Organization / Attention to Detail

Direct Report Titles

• TA Specialist 1
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