Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition

Job Description

Your Role

The Talent Acquisition team supports Stellarus' mission to power a healthcare system that is worthy of our family, friends, and neighbors and is sustainably affordable. The Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition oversees recruitment for critical technology, product, and digital roles while leading a high performing team of recruiters. This role operates in a fast-moving environment and is essential to establishing Stellarus as a modern, scalable employer of choice in the healthcare system.

The Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition reports to the Senior Director, Talent Acquisition and partners closely with business leaders and HR Business partners to shape workforce plans, build future ready recruiting strategies, and ensure a best-in-class candidate and hiring manager experience. In this role, you will help Stellarus evolve by establishing best in class recruiting processes, developing strategic partnerships, and building talent pipelines.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders who are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, delivering results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Responsibilities

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Lead, develop, and manage a team of recruiters to support Stellarus' rapid growth and evolving talent needs. Provide clear performance expectations, development feedback, and opportunities for team learning and experimentation.
• Manage various Talent Acquisition functions including recruiting strategy, processes, technology, coordination and partnerships. Create a culture of agility, innovation, and continuous improvement aligned to Stellarus' values.
• Develop strong relationships at all levels of Stellarus' organization and across all HR centers of excellence. Build deep partnerships with Technology and Product leaders to anticipate talent needs, refine role definitions, and influence workforce planning.
• Propose and implement various controls to ensure compliance with relevant federal agencies (EEOC, OFCCP, DOL, etc.) as well as obligations under federal, state and local contracts.
• Lead full cycle recruitment for high priority roles across technology, digital product, architecture, engineering, data, and cybersecurity.
• Develop pipelines using innovative sourcing channels, technical networks, and emerging platforms. Use data, dashboards, and market insights to advise leaders on talent trends, competitive risks, and recruitment performance.
• Partner with People Business Partners and cross functional leaders on long-term workforce planning and organizational design needs.
• Operate with a strong sense of urgency and adaptability, thriving in an environment with evolving priorities and ambiguity. Continuously evaluate opportunities to innovate and improve processes to meet the needs of the business.

Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Requires 10+ years of Talent Acquisition experience, including at least 4 years leading teams.
• Requires proven ability to build and scale recruiting functions in fast moving, high growth, or startup organizations.
• Requires advanced Talent Acquisition expertise, including technical recruiting acumen, strategic planning, and decision-making capabilities.
• Requires experience supporting IT, engineering, and digital product recruiting initiatives. Workday implementation experience is a plus.
• Requires strong data literacy, with the ability to leverage dashboards and analytics to measure performance and optimize outcomes.
• Requires demonstrated ability to influence leaders at all levels and introduce new approaches to improve talent outcomes.
• Requires comfort operating within both highly regulated environments and high agility, fast development cycles.
• Requires ability to scale processes using iterative testing, tooling enhancements, automation, and continuous improvement approaches.

About the Team

About Blue Shield of California and the Ascendiun Family of Companies

As of January 2025, Blue Shield of California became a subsidiary of Ascendiun. Ascendiun is a nonprofit corporate entity that is the parent to a family of organizations including Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan;
Altais, a clinical services company; and Stellarus, a company designed to scale healthcare solutions. Together, these organizations are referred to as the Ascendiun Family of Companies.

At Ascendiun, we believe in a brighter future for healthcare. As the parent to a family of four innovative healthcare companies, we're reimagining what's possible. Ascendiun is guided by the goal of transforming a dysfunctional American health care system into one worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable for everyone.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment…