Senior Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. in Houston, TX seeks a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to serve as a strategic advisor, execution lead, and pipeline architect for high-impact hires across corporate functions and centers.

You will own the TA operating model, guide a market-embedded, data-driven approach, and mentor peers while expanding external pipelines. You will partner with leaders to forecast demand, build scalable sourcing strategies, and elevate hiring outcomes across markets, balancing speed

Qualifications

• 7+ years talent acquisition experience required.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional partners.
• Build community partnerships to create sustainable pipelines.
• Advanced sourcing skills: Boolean, talent mapping, passive outreach, market research.
• Advanced emotional intelligence, diplomacy, business acumen, and ability to influence leaders.
• Data fluency: ability to tell the story behind the numbers.

Responsibilities

• Drives Talent Acquisition support and strategy for corporate office and Business Service Center roles; develops and owns recruiting processes.
• Create and execute high-volume sourcing strategies that are scalable.
• Partner with HRBPs and business leadership on workforce planning and pipeline needs; advise on talent trends and market data.
• Act as primary support and escalation point for TA Partners and Coordinators; coach teams on intake quality, interviews, sourcing, and process adoption.
• Model leadership presence and influence teams as a player-coach.
• Define sourcing models, set intake standards, establish hiring timelines, and build ongoing pipelines through communities and events.
• Drive adoption of modern TA processes with data-driven recommendations; manage expectations and candidate experience.
• Regularly analyze funnel metrics and provide data-backed recommendations to leaders.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Sourcing strategy

Stakeholder influence

Community partnerships

Boolean sourcing

Data fluency

Job description

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. in Houston, TX seeks a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to serve as a strategic advisor, execution lead, and pipeline architect for high-impact hires across corporate functions and centers.

You will own the TA operating model, guide a market-embedded, data-driven approach, and mentor peers while expanding external pipelines. You will partner with leaders to forecast demand, build scalable sourcing strategies, and elevate hiring outcomes across markets, balancing speed