Manager, Talent Acquisition Financial Dr

Position: Manager, Talent Acquisition Financial Dr., ON 10/14/2026
The Opportunity:

As the Manager, Talent Acquisition, you will lead a team of Recruiters supporting Maple Leaf Foods across Manufacturing, Commercial, and Corporate functions. Reporting to the Director, Talent Acquisition, you will strengthen how we attract, assess, and hire talent while building consistent, high-quality recruitment practices across the business.
This is a hands‑on leadership role with an enterprise scope. You will personally lead Director and Vice President searches, deepen Smart Recruiters adoption and optimization, elevate candidate and hiring leader experiences, strengthen recruiter capability, amplify our employer brand, and use data, technology, and AI to improve decisions and outcomes. You will bring strong judgment, operational excellence, and partnership to a complex role that spans across multiple locations, functions, and job levels.
Reason for vacancy:
Existing Headcount
Compensation:$96,000 - $141,000 CAD base pay annually plus annual short-term incentive
The above compensation reflects the target compensation for the position at the time of posting. The base salary offered may vary based on a variety of factors including skills, experience, education, training, job- related knowledge, and other organizational requirements. For part‑time roles, salaries are adjusted according to scheduled  addition to base salary, this role is eligible to participate in Maple Leaf’s annual short-term incentive plan.
Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life:
Lead and Develop the Talent Acquisition Team:
Coach, engage and develop Recruiters across all lines of business. Set clear priorities, strengthen accountability, balance workloads, and create meaningful opportunities for skill growth and career development.
Own Executive Recruitment:
Lead end-to-end recruitment for Director and Vice President roles, including market research, direct sourcing, assessment, candidate presentation, interview management, references, approvals, offer negotiation, and pre‑boarding. Advise senior leaders with confidence, discretion, and sound market insight, ensuring thorough evaluation of candidates against the Maple Leaf Foods Leadership Values.
Drive Smart Recruiters Adoption:
Champion consistent use of Smart Recruiters across Talent Acquisition, HR and functional teams. Enable hiring leaders and other users to complete interview feedback, requisition and offer approvals, candidate reviews, and required hiring activities accurately and on time.
Foster AI Enablement and Adoption:
Build responsible AI fluency across the recruitment team and embed approved AI‑enabled tools into sourcing, candidate prioritization, screening support, communications, market research, and recruitment insights.
Elevate the Candidate and Hiring Leader

Experience:

Define and reinforce clear experience standards from intake through offer and pre‑boarding. Monitor communication, timeliness, accessibility, and consistency, and resolve issues quickly when the experience falls short.
Strengthen Recruiter Capability:
Build recruiter skill in strategic sourcing, intake and advisory conversations, inclusive assessment, executive search, talent mapping, negotiation, storytelling, technology, AI, and data fluency.
Amplify the Employer Brand:
Partner with Communications, Marketing, business leaders, and external partners to bring the Maple Leaf Foods employee value proposition to life across campaigns, talent communities, events, careers content, and recruiter outreach.
Deliver Actionable Reporting and Insights:
Own Talent Acquisition and functional reporting within Smart Recruiters. Establish reliable dashboards, scorecards, and operating routines that give Recruiters, HR, and business leaders visibility into hiring activity.
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