Senior Commercial Recruitment Lead - Remote

Cognizant; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 89,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Manager - Commercial Recruitment to design and execute strategic sourcing initiatives that fulfill complex hiring needs across an international organization, partnering with business stakeholders to drive talent strategies.

You will lead end-to-end commercial recruiting partnerships, optimize workflows, and monitor funnel metrics to continuously improve performance, with a flexible remote work arrangement for qualified US applicants.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of commercial hiring and recruitment experience.
• Extensive experience in strategic sourcing for commercial, professional, and managerial roles, with a proven track record of building and maintaining strong talent pipelines.
• Strong capability in interpreting recruitment metrics and dashboards to communicate trends, risks, and opportunities clearly to business partners.
• Expertise in modern selection techniques, including structured interviews, competency-based questioning, and objective evaluation methods that support inclusive hiring.
• Advanced stakeholder management and communication skills, enabling clear expectation setting, negotiation of hiring priorities, and timely escalation of constraints.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic commercial sourcing programs that align with business workforce plans and deliver a strong pipeline of high-impact talent across multiple functions and levels.
• Lead end-to-end commercial recruiting partnerships with business stakeholders, translating workforce demand into clear hiring strategies that balance quality, speed, and candidate experience.
• Develop data-informed sourcing strategies that leverage market intelligence, hiring trends, and competitive insights to prioritize the roles and channels with maximum talent impact.
• Optimize day-to-day recruiting workflows by refining intake, screening, and interview structures, and guide hiring teams on robust, competency-based selection methodologies.
• Monitor recruitment funnel metrics such as time-to-hire, conversion ratios, and source effectiveness to provide actionable recommendations that improve commercial hiring performance.

Skills

Commercial recruitment experience

Strategic sourcing

Recruitment metrics dashboards

Structured interviews

Stakeholder management

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Manager - Commercial Recruitment to design and execute strategic sourcing initiatives that fulfill complex hiring needs across an international organization, partnering with business stakeholders to drive talent strategies.

You will lead end-to-end commercial recruiting partnerships, optimize workflows, and monitor funnel metrics to continuously improve performance, with a flexible remote work arrangement for qualified US applicants.