Senior Talent Acquisition Lead: Strategic Hiring

HNI Corporation; Muscatine (IA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

HNI Corporation is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to join its Corporate team within the Talent Acquisition Center of Excellence. You will own full-cycle recruitment for professional, salaried roles, partnering with hiring managers to forecast needs and drive strategies that move the business forward.

In this role, you will lead complex searches, build pipelines through diverse sourcing channels, coach on structured interviewing, and use recruiting metrics to improve outcomes,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruitment experience for professional salaried roles across multiple functions.
• Proven success partnering with managers and leaders to support organizational success through talent acquisition.
• Advanced proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter and Boolean search techniques.
• Expertise using diverse sourcing methods to attract and engage talent.
• Strong negotiation and closing skills with complex offers.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruitment for professional, salaried positions from intake to hire.
• Lead complex searches including leadership-level, niche, and multi-site roles.
• Partner with hiring managers and stakeholders to forecast workforce needs and strategy.
• Share market intelligence on talent availability and compensation trends.
• Build talent pipelines via LinkedIn, networks, referrals, and job boards.
• Coach hiring managers on structured interviewing and equitable assessment.
• Track recruiting metrics and drive improvements.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

LinkedIn Recruiter

Talent sourcing

Negotiation

Employment law knowledge

Agency & in-house recruiting

Tools

Boolean search

Pipeline management

Recruiting metrics

Job description

HNI Corporation is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to join its Corporate team within the Talent Acquisition Center of Excellence. You will own full-cycle recruitment for professional, salaried roles, partnering with hiring managers to forecast needs and drive strategies that move the business forward.

In this role, you will lead complex searches, build pipelines through diverse sourcing channels, coach on structured interviewing, and use recruiting metrics to improve outcomes,