What are the responsibilities and job description for the Talent Acquisition Lead position at Progressive Dental LLC?
About Progressive Dental Marketing
Progressive Dental Marketing helps high-performing dental practices scale through industry-leading marketing, sales training, events, and technology. As we expand our marketing services, SaaS platform, and national events portfolio, we’re building a world-class internal team to support that growth.
We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Lead to own and scale our hiring engine. This is not a transactional recruiter role. This is a strategic, embedded partner to leadership who will help us build teams across Marketing, Sales, Product, Engineering, Operations, and Events.
The Role
You will be responsible for end-to-end recruiting across the organization, including:
- Marketing & Creative
- Sales & Revenue Operations
- SaaS / Product / Engineering
- Operations, Finance, and Leadership
- Events & Production Teams
You will partner closely with department heads to forecast hiring needs, define roles, attract top-tier talent, and continuously raise the talent bar at Progressive Dental.
Key Responsibilities
Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning
- Partner with leadership to forecast hiring needs tied to growth plans, product launches, and event expansion.
- Help define org structure, role scopes, and leveling frameworks.
- Advise leadership on market compensation, role design, and hiring strategy.
- Recruit across a wide range of roles: marketing, paid media, creative, sales, operations, tech, and leadership.
Sourcing & Talent Pipeline
- Build proactive talent pipelines using LinkedIn, referrals, communities, and outbound sourcing.
- Develop and maintain bench strength for critical roles.
- Create a repeatable sourcing engine rather than reactive hiring.
Hiring Process & Quality Bar
- Design and run structured interview processes.
- Train hiring managers on interviewing and selection.
- Ensure consistent evaluation standards and high hiring quality.
Employer Brand & Candidate Experience
- Help position Progressive Dental as a destination workplace.
- Create strong candidate experiences from first touch to offer.
- Partner with marketing to improve careers page, job postings, and employer branding.
Systems & Process
- Build scorecards, interview templates, and hiring playbooks.
- Track metrics: time-to-fill, quality of hire, source performance, offer acceptance rate.
What Success Looks Like
- Hiring is predictable, fast, and high quality
- Leadership trusts recruiting as a strategic function, not a bottleneck
- You’ve built deep pipelines for key recurring roles (PPC, SEO, AMs, Sales, Product, Tech, Events)
- Time-to-fill is down, quality-of-hire is up
- Progressive Dental has a strong reputation in the market as a great place to work
Experience
- 3–7 years in internal recruiting or talent acquisition (agency in-house is great)
- Experience hiring across marketing, sales, and/or tech roles
- Comfortable recruiting both individual contributors and leaders
- Highly organized and process-driven
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills
- Data-driven, but also high-EQ and brand-minded
- Startup / scale-up or high-growth company experience preferred
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience in SaaS, marketing agencies, or fast-growing services companies
- Experience building recruiting processes from scratch or scaling them
- Familiarity with ATS systems, structured interviews, and hiring scorecards
Salary : $75,000 - $85,000