Remote AI-Driven Talent Acquisition Manager

Cognizant; Teaneck Township (NJ); Remote; USD 75,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance

Paid time off

401(k)

Parental leave

Stock purchase plan

Job summary

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Manager, Talent Acquisition to own a portfolio of mid-to-senior leadership hires and deliver thoughtful, high-quality talent solutions using market intelligence, analytics, and AI-enabled recruiting practices.

You will act as a trusted talent advisor, manage the full lifecycle from intake to offer, and lead recruitment teams across geographies while aligning with workforce plans and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of progressive recruitment experience within management consulting, professional services, or executive search environments.
• Proven experience hiring mid-to-senior-level consulting talent in an in-house TA role, including recruiting across multiple geographies and complex organizational structures.
• Strong working knowledge of ATS platforms, CRM tools, AI-enabled sourcing technologies, and LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Demonstrated ability to use data, dashboards, and market insights to influence senior stakeholders, with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Working knowledge of Americas employment laws, hiring regulations, and recruitment compliance requirements across supported markets.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the full recruitment lifecycle for mid-to-senior-level consulting roles, from intake through offer and onboarding handoff, ensuring disciplined assessment, timely stakeholder engagement, and diverse, inclusive candidate slates.
• Serve as a trusted talent advisor to Consulting leaders and Hiring Managers, leading structured job calibration discussions and building hiring strategies aligned to business priorities, market realities, and workforce plans.
• Operate as a player-coach by personally driving critical hires while leading, coaching, and developing assigned recruiters/TA partners on performance, prioritization, capacity planning, and team well-being.
• Leverage AI-enabled recruiting tools, ATS insights, CRM data, and sourcing automation to improve pipeline quality, speed, and predictability, and translate recruiting analytics into executive-ready insights.
• Design and execute targeted, cost-effective sourcing strategies while ensuring adherence to TA, HR, and operational governance, data accuracy, and compliance requirements.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Data-driven recruiting

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ATS platforms

CRM tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

AI-enabled sourcing

Job description

Cognizant Consulting is seeking a Manager, Talent Acquisition to own a portfolio of mid-to-senior leadership hires and deliver thoughtful, high-quality talent solutions using market intelligence, analytics, and AI-enabled recruiting practices.

You will act as a trusted talent advisor, manage the full lifecycle from intake to offer, and lead recruitment teams across geographies while aligning with workforce plans and governance.