Senior Talent Acquisition & HR Generalist

UNKNOWN; West Chatsworth (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition & HR Generalist with strong mortgage industry recruiting experience to lead high-volume hiring and support day-to-day HR operations. This role focuses on recruiting, onboarding, HR administration, and generalist duties.

Responsibilities include full-cycle recruiting across mortgage sales, operations, and corporate roles, passive candidate headhunting, pipeline building, and collaboration with hiring managers to define hiring profiles and timelines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of recruiting or talent acquisition experience, including mortgage industry recruiting.
• Experience with high-volume recruiting and hiring classes.
• Proficient with LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS platforms, job boards and sourcing tools.
• Familiarity with California HR practices.
• Experience in agency/search and in-house recruiting.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting across mortgage sales, operations, and corporate roles.
• Lead high-volume and class-based recruiting initiatives.
• Proactively source and headhunt passive mortgage candidates.
• Build talent pipelines for current and anticipated hiring needs.
• Partner with hiring managers to define hiring profiles and strategies.
• Conduct candidate screens and manage candidates through interview, offer, and acceptance.
• Maintain accurate recruiting records within the ATS.
• Coordinate onboarding and assist HR administration tasks.

Skills

Passive sourcing

Candidate closing

Time management

Communication

Organization

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS platforms

Job boards

Boolean search

Job description

Description

We are seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition & HR Generalist with strong mortgage industry recruiting experience to lead high-volume hiring while supporting day-to-day HR operations. This role is ideal for an experienced recruiter who knows how to headhunt, engage passive candidates, build talent pipelines, and fill hiring classes at scale. The position will primarily focus on recruiting, with additional responsibility for onboarding, HR administration and other generalist duties.

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting across mortgage sales, operations, and corporate roles.
• Lead high-volume and class-based recruiting initiatives.
• Proactively source and headhunt passive mortgage candidates.
• Build talent pipelines for current and anticipated hiring needs.
• Partner with hiring managers to define hiring profiles, class sizes, timelines, and recruiting strategies.
• Conduct candidate screens and manage candidates through interview, offer, and acceptance.
• Track recruiting activity, class fill rates, time to fill, offer acceptance, and candidate conversion.
• Maintain accurate recruiting records within the ATS.

HR Generalist & Administration

• Coordinate new-hire onboarding.
• Maintain personnel files, HRIS records, and employee documentation.
• Prepare offer letters, status changes, compensation changes, and other HR correspondence.
• Support benefits administration and routine employee HR questions.
• Assist with leave administration, training records, compliance documentation, and HR audits.
• Support employee relations and other HR projects as needed.
• Maintain confidentiality when handling employee and candidate information.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field preferred, though not required.
• Equivalent combination of education and relevant recruiting/HR experience considered in lieu of a degree.

Experience

• 5+ years of recruiting or talent acquisition experience, including mortgage industry recruiting experience required.
• Demonstrated experience with high-volume recruiting and hiring classes, strong passive sourcing and headhunting experience, and experience recruiting mortgage sales and/or operations professionals.
• Previous HR generalist or HR administrative experience, and experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS platforms, job boards, and sourcing tools.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Strong communication, organization, follow-through, and candidate-closing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in consumer-direct, call center, retail mortgage, or centralized mortgage operations.
• Familiarity with NMLS-related hiring processes.
• Experience working in both agency/search and in-house recruiting environments.
• Familiarity with California HR practices.