Team Lead, Talent Acquisition

About The Role

The Team Lead, Talent Acquisition is a hands-on people leader, trusted talent advisor and operational driver accountable for strengthening recruitment execution, leader partnership and team discipline across Mattr Infrastructure Technologies. This role requires someone who can lead complex talent conversations with diplomacy, credibility and data; model the standards expected of the team; and help hiring leaders understand what best-in-class talent acquisition looks like in practice.

The ideal candidate is data and metrics-driven, commercially aware and able to think strategically about how talent acquisition must evolve to support business growth.

Reports to: Manager, Talent Acquisition

Team scope: 3 direct reports

The Team Lead, Talent Acquisition is a hands-on people leader, trusted talent advisor and operational driver accountable for strengthening recruitment execution, leader partnership and team discipline across Mattr Infrastructure Technologies. This role requires someone who can lead complex talent conversations with diplomacy, credibility and data; model the standards expected of the team; and help hiring leaders understand what best-in-class talent acquisition looks like in practice.

The ideal candidate is data and metrics-driven, commercially aware and able to think strategically about how talent acquisition must evolve to support business growth.

• Act as a working lead on full-cycle searches when required, while building and maintaining scalable recruitment strategies that attract, assess and secure high-quality talent.
• Continuously challenge current practices, identify opportunities for improvement and bring modern talent acquisition practices into the team’s day-to-day work.
• Track and report on recruitment activity, vendor invoicing, talent data, key performance indicators and hiring trends.
• Support employer brand initiatives, including career fair planning, recruitment marketing activities and talent funnel development.
• Build trusted relationships with leaders, HR business partners, candidates and vendors through diplomacy, sound judgment and data-informed recommendations.
• Inform and influence hiring leaders on best-in-class talent acquisition practices, including intake discipline, market realities, candidate experience and structured assessment.
• Use recruitment data, market insight and practical experience to challenge assumptions, surface risks and recommend hiring strategies.

• Lead by example with ownership, preparation, follow-through and professionalism in every interaction.
• Provide guidance and direction to Talent Partners and hold the team accountable for meeting performance goals, service expectations and process standards.
• Coach Talent Partners and hiring leaders through challenging searches and reinforce what a best-in-class recruitment experience looks like.
• Help the team focus on quality outcomes, stronger shortlists, stakeholder alignment, candidate experience and disciplined execution.

• At least eight years of relevant Talent Acquisition or Human Resources experience; recruitment or HR designation preferred.
• At least three years of progressive leadership experience, including performance management.
• Previous third-party agency experience combined with in-house corporate recruitment experience is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience identifying process gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities across multiple business units, and developing standardized, scalable solutions that improve consistency, streamline operations, and support continuous improvement.
• ATS implementation experience is considered an asset.
• Strong relationship-building, communication, influencing and coaching skills, with the ability to…