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HMSHost · 3 days ago

Sr. Talent Acquisition Manager

Bethesda, MD

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$114K/yr - $133K/yr

6+ years exp

HMSHost is a leading provider of food and beverage services for travelers. The Senior Talent Acquisition Manager will lead the Talent Acquisition function, ensuring alignment and collaboration across tools and processes while acting as a subject matter expert for the assigned region.

AerospaceRestaurantsService Industry

Responsibilities

Builds and cultivates strong relationships with field leadership, HR, and hiring managers; fosters a collaborative, transparent, and connected TA community that drives consistency, knowledge sharing, and collective problem-solving across regions and teams

Provides expertise and guidance to business unit leaders to develop TA and sourcing strategies and deploy programs; provides advice, coaching, and support on TA-related issues, hard-to-fill positions, and hourly mass hiring

Serves as a regional extension of global Talent Acquisition function, ensuring enterprise-wide TA tools, systems and initiatives are effectively deployed, adopted and maintained with Avolta's business lines; partners with peers and TA leadership to drive consistency, continuous improvement and operational excellence across all locations

Devises location-based TA strategies and supporting programs to improve high quality diverse applicant flow; supports, trains, and coaches users of the Applicant Tracking System (ATS), ensuring new ATS users are trained on system usage and optimizing the technology

Understands business objectives and applies deep TA functional knowledge to business and hiring problems

Differentiates Avolta’s unique career possibilities, advantages, and rewards; leverages a consistent, compelling message that conveys the most significant motivators to prospective candidates

Manages and supports new and established location-based TA programs, policies, and processes; enhances existing programs and evaluates program effectiveness against desired goals and outcomes

Collaborates with Learning & Development team to create the necessary processes, training, tools, and resources to support and enhance field TA efforts; facilitates delivery of in-person and virtual training to large and small groups

Manages regional Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) vendor resources; manages relationships with TA vendors, community-based organizations, and other candidate sourcing resources; helps manage all vendor relationships, contracts, budgets, and billing

Manages TA marketing and communications, communicates the employee value proposition through social media outreach, develops appropriate position-specific messaging to increase applicant flow, and partners with designated recruitment marketing firms when additional hiring solutions are needed

Manages partial and full-cycle recruitment of key regional positions as assigned (posting, screening, interviewing, selection, hiring, etc.)

Qualification

Talent Acquisition StrategyHuman Resources ManagementHospitality Industry ExperienceApplicant Tracking SystemRecruitment Process OutsourcingCoaching SkillsBusiness AcumenCommunication SkillsTeam Leadership

Required

The combination of education and professional experience must exceed 6 years

In leadership role: Requires 3 years of experience executing talent acquisition, human resources, and management strategy

In technical role: Requires 6 years of Human Resources experience engaged in delivering talent acquisition programs

A bachelor's degree in a program related to the functional area can count for 2 of the six-year requirement

An MBA or a master's level degree in a program related to the functional area can count for an additional 2 years of the six-year requirement

In industry: 3-5 years of Hospitality, F&B and/or Retail experience

Demonstrated experience recruiting in large, multi-state, multi-unit hospitality/restaurant/retail environment with large non-exempt populations

Experience in a corporate/support office providing TA or HR support to large, broadly dispersed field operations

Training that leads to expertise with TA tools and technology, interview guides, job boards, database search techniques, LinkedIn recruiter, etc

Training or experience that leads to in-depth knowledge of relevant state and federal employment & hiring regulations and statutes

Training or experience that leads to the ability to analyze staffing and retention barriers and to develop solutions for high-volume staffing challenges

Ability to successfully manage 1-2 direct reports with a consultative approach and be able to influence and coach external recruiters, managers, and leaders

Demonstrated knowledge of best-in-class TA strategies, programs, processes, and standards

Ability to coach and influence others without a direct reporting relationship in a remote environment

Requires demonstrated business acumen and understands the implications of talent management decisions

Demonstrated history of balancing the needs of the business with the needs of the employee population and individual circumstances

Demonstrated history of creating and maintaining positive work environments through coaching, developing, and leading teams to achieve common goals

This position must be located in the United States; strong preference for candidates in the West region (Mountain and Pacific time zones) with easy access to a major airport

Requires up to 25% travel