Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

sponsorsforeducationalopportunity; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

SEO in New York is hiring a Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition to own full-cycle recruitment for full-time staff and seasonal roles. The role partners with multiple teams to optimize hiring processes, build pipelines, and manage vendor relationships while guiding onboarding and compliance.

The position emphasizes data-driven decision making, SOP maintenance, and collaboration with People & Culture to support program calendars and strategic staffing initiatives in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading end-to-end recruitment for full-time staff and seasonal/part-time roles.
• Ability to partner with multiple stakeholders to improve hiring processes and metrics.
• Experience managing vendor relationships with staffing agencies.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruitment for full-time and seasonal staff.
• Develop talent pipelines through outreach, events, and CRM campaigns.
• Lead interviews, hire events, and candidate engagement.
• Maintain SOPs, templates, and job descriptions for hiring processes.
• Coordinate onboarding and ensure compliant, timely staff placements.
• Manage TA operations, analytics, and reporting with Monday.com and related tools.
• Collaborate with People & Culture on onboarding and executive searches as needed.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Full-cycle recruitment

Team leadership

Data-driven decisions

Vendor management

Tools

Greenhouse

Monday.com

Zendesk

Job description

Title: Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

Department: People & Culture

Report to: Director, Talent Acquisition

Compensation: $85,400 - $100,500

FLSA: Exempt

Employee Type: Full-Time, Regular

Location: New York, NY

Work Arrangement: Hybrid - 3 days/week in the SEO office at 55 Exchange Place, New York, NY 10005

ABOUT SEO

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POSITION OVERVIEW

The Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition owns the end-to-end coordination of Full-Time staff hiring and Seasonal & Part-time Temporary Staff hiring from workforce planning, to outreach, interviewing, and onboarding. This role partners closely with hiring managers across SEO for the Full-Time staff hiring as well as Teaching & Learning and Program Operations teams to manage high volume, seasonal hiring, temporary staffing, and independent contractor processing as requested.

The Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition supports the Director of Talent Acquisition in improving hiring processes and data-driven decision-making by creating and maintaining TA standard operating procedures, and tracking, analyzing and reporting on key TA metrics.

The Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition collaborates with People & Culture Business Partners to develop an expert understanding of program calendars and timelines, and create processes and strategies to hire and retain top talent. Moreover, this role manages vendor relationships with staffing agencies and build and maintain passive pipelines to quickly resolve temporary staffing needs throughout the organization, including requests for temps, fellows/residents, interns, and consultants.

Seasonal & Part-time Temporary Staff Recruitment & Selection

Own and execute high-volume, full-cycle recruitment for Seasonal/Instructional (S/I) and part-time temporary staff.

Develop and maintain talent pipelines using outreach, referrals, CRM campaigns, and events.

Conduct interviews, lead hiring events, and support candidate engagement.

Work with program teams to develop S/I hiring timelines, manage all content and documentation related to S/I/instructional hiring processes, including SOPs, templates, job descriptions, and forms. Audit and update collateral as required, and partner with P&C Business Partners for regular compliance review.

Partner with program teams to maintain accurate headcount and hiring projections.

Manage, configure, and troubleshoot S/I hiring within Greenhouse ATS and Monday.com.

Maintain compliance with local and national employment laws while leveraging HR tech stack and consulting P&C Business Partners, as needed.

Run S/I background checks and manage LiveScan vendor relationships. Under the direction of Talent Management team and External Counsel, coordinate adjudication processes as they arise.

Partner with P&C team members to facilitate volume onboarding each semester and manage all end-to-end Talent Acquisition processes.

Support the People & Culture Business Partners and People Operations Team with contingent workforce management.

Full-Time Staff Recruitment & Selection

Perform full-cycle recruitment for full-time positions across various departments, including high priority roles as assigned.

Coach and support hiring managers on job descriptions, hiring plans, candidate assessment tools, and interviewer training.

Partner with the Director of Talent Acquisition on organization-wide staffing strategies in support of the organization's short- and long-term goals.

Support the Director of Talent Acquisition in identifying platforms and strategic partnerships to increase the representation of all groups in SEO's talent pools across all levels of the organization.

Liaise between external staffing agencies and hiring managers to successfully manage searches and fill positions on time and under budget.

Partner with the Total Rewards team to ensure fair and equitable job offers are made to all final candidates.

Collaborate with People & Culture Business Partners to ensure an effective onboarding process for newly hired employees.

Support Director of Talent Acquisition with executive searches and other high-priority searches if needed.

Talent Acquisitions Operations, Analytics & Reporting

Act as a Talent Acquisition representative during in-office interview days including greeting candidates and new hires, setting up meeting spaces, facilitating panel interviews and hiring events, and participating in ERG and staff events.

Manage SEO Talent external inbox and Zendesk internal inbox to promptly respond to external candidate and internal inquiries.

Track and reconcile Talent Acquisition-related expenses.

Use project management tools (Monday.com among others) to coordinate, track, and manage strategic workflows and roadmaps.

Document and maintain recruiter playbook and standard operating procedures.

Collaborate with stakeholders throughout the organization to streamline and