Talent Acquisition Lead

Team Lead, Talent Acquisition

Charlotte, NC

Position Overview

Our client is seeking a Team Lead, Talent Acquisition to serve as a senior member of the Talent Acquisition organization, supporting corporate recruiting while providing day-to-day leadership, recruiting strategy, and process improvement across the team.

This is a player-coach role that sits between a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner and a traditional TA Manager. The successful candidate will remain hands-on with recruiting while taking on increased responsibility for team enablement, recruiting metrics, process optimization, talent strategy, and cross-functional initiatives.

The role will partner closely with business leaders, HR, and Talent Acquisition leadership to attract and hire high-quality talent while helping build scalable recruiting practices across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition & Corporate Recruiting

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for corporate, professional, technical, sales, operations, and leadership positions.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand business needs, define recruiting strategies, and establish realistic hiring expectations.
• Develop proactive talent pipelines for critical and recurring positions.
• Utilize LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS/CRM platforms, referrals, networking, and other sourcing channels to identify high-quality candidates.
• Provide hiring managers with market intelligence related to compensation, talent availability, competitive hiring activity, and candidate trends.
• Ensure a strong candidate experience from initial engagement through offer and onboarding.

Team Leadership & Enablement

• Serve as a subject-matter resource and informal leader for the Talent Acquisition team.
• Coach and mentor recruiters on sourcing, candidate engagement, interviewing, closing, and search strategy.
• Help onboard and train new Talent Acquisition team members.
• Develop recruiting playbooks, templates, interview guides, sourcing strategies, and best practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruiting workflows, tools, and processes.
• Assist TA leadership with special projects and strategic recruiting initiatives.

Recruiting Metrics & Analytics

• Track and analyze key Talent Acquisition metrics, including:
• • Time-to-fill
  • Time-to-submit/interview
  • Candidate pipeline activity
  • Source effectiveness
  • Interview-to-offer ratios
  • Offer acceptance rates
  • Quality of hire
  • Recruiter productivity
• Identify trends and opportunities to improve recruiting efficiency and effectiveness.
• Help establish consistent reporting and performance visibility across the TA organization.
• Use data and analytics to influence recruiting strategy and hiring decisions.

Business Partnership & Strategic Initiatives

• Build strong relationships with business leaders and hiring managers.
• Participate in workforce planning and talent strategy discussions.
• Partner with HR and business leadership on organizational growth initiatives.
• Support employer branding, talent-market initiatives, career events, and other corporate recruiting programs.
• Stay current on labor-market trends, recruiting technology, compensation trends, and evolving talent acquisition practices.

Commercial / Sales Partnership

• Partner with internal sales or commercial leadership where recruiting expertise can support business initiatives.
• Provide talent-market intelligence that can help identify hiring trends, customer needs, and growth opportunities.
• Support recruiting-related presentations, internal initiatives, and strategic business development efforts where appropriate.
• Help position Talent Acquisition as a strategic business partner rather than simply a transactional recruiting function.

Qualifications

• 5 years of Talent Acquisition or recruiting experience.
• Demonstrated success managing full-cycle corporate recruiting.
• Experience recruiting across multiple functions and levels.
• Strong sourcing and candidate engagement capabilities.
• Experience partnering directly with hiring managers and business leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, or lead other recruiters.
• Strong understanding of recruiting metrics and performance analytics.
• Experience using an ATS and modern sourcing/recruiting technology.
• Strong communication, organization, and relationship-management skills.
• Ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on.

Preferred Experience

• Previous Senior Recruiter, Lead Recruiter, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, or TA Manager experience.
• Experience in a corporate Talent Acquisition environment.
• Experience building recruiting processes, training programs, or enablement initiatives.
• Experience supporting sales, technical, corporate, or leadership recruiting.
• Strong data/analytics orientation.
• Experience with recruiting technology optimization or ATS implementation.
• Exposure to workforce planning or talent strategy.