Talent Acquisition Senior Manager

Req

Remote Position:
Hybrid

Region:
Americas

Country: USA

State/Province:
California

City:
San Jose

Functional Area
:
Human Resources
Career Stream
:
Talent Acquisition
Role
:
Senior Manager
Job Title
:
Talent Acquisition Senior Manager
Job Code
: SMG-HRM-TA
Direct/Indirect Indicator
:
Indirect

Talent Acquisition Senior Manager
, HPS Engineering (Compute & AI Infrastructure)

At Celestica, we Grow together! Join a talented team and award-winning culture with the opportunity to grow with us!
We are seeking an experienced, and results-driven Engineering Recruiter to lead technical recruiting for our most critical and complex hardware, infrastructure, and AI-focused roles. This position is a significant departure from standard recruiting, requiring deep market expertise and established networks to source and close top-tier engineers, design architects, and leaders in highly specialized domains.
Reporting to the Director of Talent Acquisition, you will act as a true Talent Consultant and Business Partner to our engineering leadership, delivering exceptional, hard-to-find software and hardware engineering talent. You will be collaborating with executive level leaders, Human Resource leaders, and other key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Strategic Talent Partner, you will:

• Lead Full Life-Cycle Recruitment for Specialized Engineering:
  Drive the entire recruiting process for highly technical roles spanning Open Compute Project (OCP) architecture, Data Center Product Design, Compute, Cloud and Multi-Cloud Architecture and Design, AI/ML Engineering, and advanced cloud networking.
• Develop and Execute AI/ML & Compute Recruiting Strategy:
  Design and implement a robust strategy specifically for securing talent in high-demand fields like Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI, and machine learning infrastructure.
• Target & Pipeline Top-Tier Candidates:
  Leverage deep market intelligence and advanced sourcing techniques to proactively identify, engage, and build diverse pipelines of candidates from key competitors in the hardware and cloud ecosystems.
• Act as a Trusted Technical Consultant:
  Partner directly with VPs, Directors, and Principal Engineers to conduct consultative intake meetings and influence talent decisions based on real-time market data.
• Elevate the Candidate
  
  Experience:
  
  Manage complex compensation negotiations and effectively articulate the value proposition of working on cutting-edge, proprietary hardware and software projects.
• Data-Driven Predictability:
  Provide data-driven reports on pipeline health, time-to-fill, and quality of hire to predict staffing needs and ensure hiring goals are met.
• Champion Process Excellence:
  Continuously identify opportunities to refine and optimize technical recruiting workflows and tool utilization to increase efficiency and maintain a competitive edge in a fast-moving market.
• Team Leadership:
  Manages/leads a team of specialized recruiters for technical and niche roles, providing mentoring and coaching support.

Required Experience:

• Five (5) years of dedicated, hands-on, progressive, full life-cycle recruiting experience in a high-growth, multinational technology environment.
• Five (5) years of dedicated experience recruiting for highly specialized IT Engineering roles.
• Proven hands-on experience recruiting in one or more of the following domains:
  Compute/Data Center Product Design, AI/ML Engineering (R&D), Cloud Networking Architecture, or Cloud/Multi-Cloud Architecture and Design.
• Proven ability to successfully headhunt, cold call, source, and close senior and principal-level technical talent (e.g., Principal Engineers, Technical Architects, Engineering Directors) from top-tier tech companies.
• Expert-level proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and Candidate Relationship Management (CRM) tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Specific expertise in recruiting engineers involved with Open Compute Project (OCP) standards.
• A demonstrable understanding of the competitive landscape for CPU and GPU design talent at the system integration level.
• Agency experience is an asset.
• Three years’ experience with talent metrics reporting.
• Demonstrated analytical skills with an aptitude to think holistically and outside of the box.
• Flexibility to attend occasional conference calls/meetings outside of regular business hours during peak implementation periods.
• Growth mindset with an openness to new ideas and challenging the status quo.

Key Qualifications, Experience &

Competencies:

Required Experience:

• Five (5) years of dedicated, hands-on, progressive, full life-cycle recruiting experience in a high-growth, multinational technology environment.
• Five (5) years of dedicated experience recruiting for highly specialized IT Engineering roles.
• Proven hands-on experience recruiting in one or more of the following domains:
  Compute/Data Center Product Design, AI/ML Engineering (R&D), Cloud Networking Architecture, or…