Hospitality Talent Director: Recruit & Retain Top Teams

Reach Recruiting; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Employee referral program

Career advancement opportunities

Team-oriented culture

Job summary

Hospitality Group is seeking a dynamic Director of Recruitment & Retention to lead strategy and execution across our restaurant portfolio. You will partner with Executive Leadership, Operations, and restaurant leaders to design programs that attract, hire, develop, and retain top hospitality professionals.

This role is about building an employee experience that makes great people stay and grow with us, implementing stay interviews, onboarding improvements, and data-driven talent analytics, while

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive recruiting and hospitality leadership experience.
• Proven ability to recruit management and leadership-level talent.
• Strong understanding of retention strategies and employee engagement.
• Experience with high-volume recruiting across multiple locations.
• Data-driven mindset with experience tracking recruiting metrics.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive recruitment strategy across all locations.
• Partner with Operations and restaurant leadership to forecast hiring needs.
• Own full lifecycle recruitment for key management roles, from sourcing to onboarding.
• Build proactive talent pipelines and improve candidate experience.
• Establish recruiting metrics and report on time-to-fill and retention.
• Create employer branding and engaging interview processes.
• Collaborate with Marketing for recruitment content.

Skills

Leadership

Talent acquisition

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Data-driven

Sourcing

Interviewing

HR metrics

Job description

Hospitality Group is seeking a dynamic Director of Recruitment & Retention to lead strategy and execution across our restaurant portfolio. You will partner with Executive Leadership, Operations, and restaurant leaders to design programs that attract, hire, develop, and retain top hospitality professionals.

This role is about building an employee experience that makes great people stay and grow with us, implementing stay interviews, onboarding improvements, and data-driven talent analytics, while