Talent Acquisition Partner - Contractor

The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by research done at the Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it.

MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians who pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe.

We're hiring a curious, proactive, and creative Talent Acquisition Partner to join our team and help advance MSK's mission to end cancer for life. Every role we fill contributes to that mission—supporting the people, teams, and programs that make world‑class cancer care, research, and innovation possible.

• Recruit across a variety of roles—clinical, corporate, volume, niche, and everything in between—pivoting based on team and organizational needs.
• Partner with hiring managers as a trusted advisor, using data and storytelling to help them make well‑informed hiring decisions.
• Proactively build pipelines and stay ahead of hiring needs, prioritizing opportunities before they become gaps.
• Support internal mobility by connecting the right people to the right opportunities and removing barriers, including coaching and actionable feedback on upskilling.
• Collaborate closely with teammates—flexibility, cross‑coverage, and shared accountability are key.
• Leverage AI and recruiting/data tools to streamline sourcing and reduce administrative tasks, giving you more time to focus on people and impact.
• Use insights and market data to drive conversations around hiring strategy, efficiency, and process improvement.
• Keep candidate experience at the center of your work—from first conversation to offer.
• Bring a proactive, solutions‑oriented mindset to challenges, always looking for ways to improve how we work and strengthen results.

• Full‑cycle recruiting experience in a complex, matrixed, or high‑growth organization.
  Warning – this isn't transactional recruiting!
• Proven ability to manage multiple searches across varied role types while hitting KPIs and SLAs.
• Experience influencing and advising hiring leaders with confidence and credibility.
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems (Workday experience is a bonus, not required).
• Strong comfort using metrics to inform decision‑making and show progress—critical for success.

• Solid communicator and storyteller—able to translate data and insights into action.
• Authentically inquisitive and forward‑thinking; inquire about the reasoning behind actions and link various aspects of people, processes, and outcomes.
• Highly organized and thorough—notice the small things that make a big difference.
• Collaborative, flexible teammate who thrives in a high‑performing environment.
• Focused on processes, continually looking for ways to improve efficiency, consistency, and prioritize financial stewardship.
• Passionate about candidate experience and equity in hiring. Thoughtful about hiring manager needs and what they need to be set up for success.
• Tech‑curious and open to learning—comfortable with AI recruiting tools and change. Demonstrated experience leveraging AI and various recruiting tools. We use Microsoft Office Suite, MS Teams, Linked In Recruiter/Insights, Lightcast, Textio, and more.

• Assignment: Full‑time (37.5 hours per week), 6‑month contract with the potential to extend up to one year based on performance and departmental needs.
• Location: Hybrid—must be local to NY Metro area with flexibility to be onsite a few times per week based on client meetings and recruiting events (633 Third Ave, 1275 York Ave, and other MSK locations).
• Pay Range: $40–$41/hr.

MSK is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran status or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision.

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