Talent Acquisition Manager (930956) at Equus

The Talent Acquisition Manager will serve as a point of contact between Talent Acquisition Partners and hiring managers, ensuring consistent hiring practices, clear communication, and high-quality hiring outcomes across APM. This role blends hands-on recruiting leadership with stakeholder partnership, process optimization, and day-to-day coaching of TA Partners. This position is ideal for a strong people leader who excels at translating business needs into recruiting execution and ensuring hiring managers are supported, aligned, and accountable throughout the hiring process. Hiring Manager Partnership & Enablement • Act as the primary escalation and advisory point for hiring managers on talent acquisition topics, including, interview strategy, timelines, and candidate decision-making. • Proactively partner with hiring managers to clarify hiring needs, calibrate expectations, and ensure alignment. • Drive hiring readiness by ensuring managers understand and follow recruiting processes, interview best practices, and selection standards. • Facilitate Kick-Off conversations and recruit for complex or high-impact roles.TA Partner Leadership & Support • Serve as a day-to-day people leader and coach for assigned Talent Acquisition Partners. • Provide guidance on requisition strategy, sourcing approaches, stakeholder management, and candidate experience. • Review pipelines, recruiting plans, and workload distribution to ensure efficiency and balanced coverage. • Support performance management, skill development, and continuous improvement for TA Partners. • Act as a bridge between the TA Director and TA Partners by translating strategy into execution and surfacing operational feedback.Recruiting Operations & Execution • Ensure consistent and effective execution of the end-to-end recruiting process across assigned functions. • Monitor recruiting metrics in collaboration with the TA Director such as vacancy rates, time to fill, quality of hire indicators, candidate experience feedback, and hiring manager satisfaction. • Identify process gaps or inefficiencies and partner with the TA Director to implement improvements.Candidate & Employer Experience • Ensure a high-quality, inclusive, and professional candidate experience throughout the hiring lifecycle. • Reinforce structured interviewing, equitable hiring practices, and data-informed decision-making. • Address and resolve candidate or stakeholder concerns as needed.