Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Computacenter; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) match

Parental leave

Flexible benefits

Life insurance

Job summary

Computacenter in Plano, TX is seeking a Senior Recruiter who acts as a talent advisor and SME for Professional Services. You will partner with business leaders, translate growth objectives into talent strategies, and influence hiring decisions while balancing speed, quality, and candidate experience.

The role requires building credibility with executives, developing talent pipelines, and delivering thoughtful recruitment solutions that align with long-term workforce needs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive full-cycle recruiting experience.
• Experience with complex, highly specialized technical and Professional Services.
• Experience partnering with senior and executive stakeholders.
• Expertise in candidate assessment, behavioral interviewing, and offers negotiation.
• Strong executive presence and clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary Talent Acquisition partner and SME for assigned Professional Services leaders.
• Develop clear talent profiles and targeted recruiting strategies.
• Translate business needs into talent strategies and plans.
• Provide regular, concise updates on pipeline health and hiring risks.
• Build sustainable pipelines for critical Professional Services skill sets.
• Influence hiring decisions and constructively challenge strategies.
• Balance speed, quality, candidate experience, and long-term workforce needs.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Talent advisory

Recruiting strategy

Sourcing

Candidate assessment

Hiring best practices

Executive communication

Job description

Plano

220942-en_US

About the role

We're looking for a Senior Recruiter who operates as a talent advisor, stakeholder manager, and Talent Acquisition subject matter expert, someone who can build credibility with Professional Services leaders, understand their business, and translate growth objectives into effective talent strategies.

This individual will act as both a Talent Acquisition subject matter expert and trusted advisor to business leaders, bringing expertise in recruiting strategy, talent markets, sourcing, candidate assessment, and hiring best practices.

Success in this role requires more than strong recruiting execution. You will be expected to develop credibility with stakeholders, understand their business priorities, anticipate talent needs, and confidently influence hiring decisions. You will help leaders translate business challenges into thoughtful talent strategies while balancing speed, quality, candidate experience, and long-term workforce needs.

What you'll be doing

Stakeholder Management & Talent Advisory

• Serve as the primary Talent Acquisition partner and SME for assigned Professional Services leaders and organizations.
• Assist with supporting and leading recruiting initiatives across organizations outside of PS.
• Build trusted relationships with executives, practice leaders, hiring managers, HR partners, and other key stakeholders.
• Develop a strong understanding of each stakeholder's business, customer commitments, organizational goals, skills gaps, and future talent requirements.
• Translate business needs into clear talent profiles and targeted recruiting strategies.
• Set clear expectations with hiring managers around market conditions, candidate availability, interview processes, feedback, and recruiting timelines.
• Use talent-market insights to advise stakeholders on when requirements may need to evolve based on candidate availability and competitive market dynamics.
• Confidently challenge hiring assumptions and provide alternative solutions when talent requirements, compensation, location, or interview expectations may limit the candidate pool.
• Provide hiring leaders with regular, concise updates on pipeline health, market feedback, recruiting risks, and recommended actions.
• Establish accountability across the hiring process by ensuring stakeholders understand their role in interviewing, providing timely feedback, and maintaining candidate momentum.
• Build credibility as a Talent Acquisition expert, bringing recommendations and solutions rather than simply taking recruiting requests.
• Act as the voice of both the business and the talent market, helping leaders understand how their requirements and hiring approach affect their ability to attract top talent.

Success in this role means being recognized by Professional Services leadership as a trusted advisor and Talent Acquisition subject matter expert, not simply the recruiter assigned to their requisitions.

You will

• Build strong, credible relationships with hiring leaders.
• Understand the business well enough to anticipate talent needs rather than simply react to requisitions.
• Bring meaningful talent-market intelligence into hiring conversations.
• Influence stakeholders and provide recommendations, even when that means constructively challenging the original hiring strategy.
• Create accountability and alignment throughout the recruiting process.
• Build sustainable pipelines for critical Professional Services skill sets.
• Help leaders make informed, timely, and high-quality hiring decisions.
• Balance immediate hiring demands with the organization's longer-term talent strategy.

What you have

• 7+ years of progressive, full-cycle recruiting experience, including significant experience supporting complex, highly specialized technical and Professional Services organizations.
• Demonstrated recruiting experience within a Value-Added Reseller (VAR), systems integrator, MSP, technology consulting firm, OEM, or comparable technology services organization, with a strong understanding of the Professional Services talent landscape.
• Proven ability to operate as a Talent Acquisition subject matter expert and strategic advisor, translating business objectives and workforce needs into effective talent strategies.
• Extensive experience partnering with senior and executive-level stakeholders, building credibility, managing expectations, influencing hiring decisions, and providing thoughtful recommendations based on talent-market expertise.
• Proven success leading searches for highly specialized, senior, and difficult-to-find technical, consulting, architecture, engineering, and customer-facing talent.
• Advanced passive sourcing, talent intelligence, competitive mapping, and pipeline-building capabilities, with demonstrated success engaging talent that is not actively seeking new opportunities.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to quickly understand Professional Services business models, customer requirements, technical practices, utilization considerations, and growth objectives and connect those priorities to talent strategy.
• Demonstrated expertise in candidate assessment, behavioral interviewing, talent evaluation, offer strategy, negotiation, and closing senior-level candidates.
• Ability to use recruiting data, funnel metrics, market intelligence, and candidate feedback to identify hiring risks and provide actionable recommendations to business leaders.
• Strong executive presence and the ability to communicate complex recruiting challenges and recommendations clearly, confidently, and concisely to senior leadership.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.

Showing appreciation & having fun

Great performance is recognized, so too the willingness to help others. Our Bravo! and tenure recognition scheme schemes are just a taste of how we say thank you for all that you do. And when it comes to recognizing success, we love to celebrate. Our company and team events are legendary!

Open communication

Despite our size, we’re an open organization that doesn’t hide behind hierarchy. We communicate regularly, openly, and directly. For us, it’s about being straightforward, delivering, and doing the right thing. Essentially, we’re people dealing with people!

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work; that’s why we see and value you as the individual you are. We take a genuine interest in you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity, and promote inclusion within our industry.

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset, and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program, a ‘Be well’ app (powered by Humanoo), Mental Health First Aiders, wellbeing webinars, wellness fairs, and much more.

Tuition reimbursement

Interested in continuing your formal education or pursuing various certifications? Computacenter provides up to $5,250 in tuition reimbursement for full time employees. We value continuing education, and this assistance includes tuition, books, registration fees, and more.

Pension & financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? For our people based in the US, we offer automatic enrollment onto our 401(k)-retirement plan with a company match. For our Canadian colleagues we offer enrollment onto a Registered Retirement Savings Plan provided by Canada Life where we’ll match 25% up to 6% of your base earnings. Irrespective of where you’re based, you’ll also have access to our financial advisors who can help you with your retirement planning needs.

Parental leave

If you’re expanding your family, you can utilize our parental leave program that provides twelve weeks of 100% paid leave for birthing parents, and two weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents. Grow your family with peace of mind as you grow professionally with us.

Flexible benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that you can tailor to fit you needs. In addition to great medical, dental, and vision coverage options, we also provide 100% company-paid life insurance, and short- and long-term disability insurance. Our easy to navigate employee benefits platform, you’ll have the opportunity to enroll in supplemental life insurance.

We’re a place where you can belong

At Computacenter, people matter. We value what makes you, you, and believe everyone should feel comfortable being themselves at work. Here, you’ll be recognised for your contribution, supported to grow, and welcomed into a vibrant, collaborative culture where you can experience a genuine sense of belonging - because when you thrive, we thrive.

You’ll see this reflected in our recruitment process too. We aim to provide fair access to opportunities and an inclusive, barrier‑free experience. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values and bring the skills and experience we need.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme. If you opt in and meet the minimum criteria for the role, you’ll be guaranteed an interview, and we’re happy to support any reasonable adjustments. Please let us know when you apply.

Winning Together

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years. Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.