Sr Talent Acquisition Professional

Senior Talent Acquisition Professional

This is a hybrid position working 3 days a week in our Legacy West Support Center located in Plano, Texas.

At SBH, our purpose is to inspire a more colorful, confident, and welcoming world. We are the leader in professional hair color, selling and distributing professional beauty supplies across 11 countries through our Sally Beauty and Beauty Systems Group businesses. Sally Beauty offers products for hair color, hair care, nails, and skin care to retail customers looking for salon quality products at a value price.

Beauty Systems Group, branded as Cosmo Prof or Armstrong McCall stores, along with its direct sales consultants, sell professionally branded products intended for use and resale by salons to retail consumers.

The Senior Talent Acquisition Professional is responsible for leading full‑cycle executive recruitment for Vice President and above roles. This role partners closely with senior leadership to design and execute proactive, data‑driven recruiting strategies that attract, engage, and secure top‑tier executive talent. This position serves as a strategic advisor, leveraging advanced sourcing methodologies, reporting and analytics, and AI‑enabled tools to build diverse executive pipelines and deliver measurable hiring outcomes.

• Lead end‑to‑end recruitment for Vice President and above roles across corporate and field functions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on market intelligence, talent mapping, succession alignment, and hiring strategy.
• Develop and execute customized search strategies for highly confidential and complex executive searches.
• Build and maintain diverse, high‑caliber executive talent pipelines aligned with long‑term workforce planning.
• Ensure a best‑in‑class executive candidate experience.
• Develop forward‑looking executive recruiting strategies aligned with business growth plans.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to anticipate leadership gaps and succession needs.
• Utilize market data and competitive intelligence to inform hiring decisions.
• Influence organizational design conversations through talent insights.
• Recruit for high touch areas.
• Design and deliver executive‑level dashboards and insights on:
  Time‑to‑fill and quality of hire, Executive pipeline diversity, Offer acceptance trends, Market competitiveness.
• Translate recruiting data into strategic recommendations.
• Continuously evaluate recruiting effectiveness and optimize processes based on analytics.
• Leverage AI‑powered sourcing tools to identify and engage executive talent.
• Utilize AI for talent mapping, predictive hiring insights, candidate engagement, and workflow automation.
• Evaluate emerging recruitment technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
• Promote responsible and ethical use of AI within talent acquisition practices.
• Build strong partnerships with C‑suite and senior executives.
• Provide consultative guidance on compensation positioning, market dynamics, and competitive landscape.
• Influence hiring decisions through structured assessments and calibrated evaluation processes.
• Drive alignment across HR, Total Rewards, and business leadership.
• Contribute to other projects and initiatives as needed.
• Support evolving business needs through additional responsibilities as required.

• 8+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, including executive‑level recruiting.
• Demonstrated success recruiting Vice President and above leadership roles.
• Strong understanding of executive compensation structures and employment agreements.
• Experience building recruiting strategies in complex, multi‑functional organizations.
• Advanced proficiency in recruiting analytics and reporting tools.
• Experience leveraging AI tools within sourcing, screening, and pipeline development.
• Exceptional communication and executive presence.

• Passionate Learner – Constantly seeks opportunities to grow and develop. Demonstrates intellectual curiosity, actively requests feedback, and stays informed on emerging recruiting technologies and market trends.
• Flexible & Agile Adapter – Responds positively…