Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Texas Capital Bank; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Capital Bank seeks a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to lead recruitment for its Corporate & Investment Banking team and build a scalable, high-performing recruiting engine.

The role partners with C&IB leadership to define role requirements, manage top-of-funnel sourcing, and ensure an outstanding candidate experience while aligning with market compensation data.

Qualifications

• Analytical mindset for interpreting data, market trends, and recruitment metrics.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build trust with senior leadership and candidates.
• Capacity to maintain long-term relationships with passive candidates and networks.
• Advising and influencing senior leaders on recruitment strategy and decisions.
• Managing external agency partnerships when needed.
• Negotiating offers aligned to market data.

Responsibilities

• Implement and enforce a new TA operating model and structured interview framework.
• Develop top-of-funnel strategy and pipelines for growing hiring needs.
• Develop sourcing strategies to identify passive candidates in corporate and investment banking.
• Partner with senior leadership to define role requirements and selection criteria.
• Attend C&IB meetings to stay aligned with business priorities.
• Coach hiring managers on interview framework and evaluation practices.
• Provide market data to advise leadership on talent availability and compensation.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Interpersonal skills

Talent acquisition

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Interviewing

Strategic recruiting

Job description

Texas Capital is built to help businesses and their leaders. Our depth of knowledge and expertise allows us to bring the best of the big firms at a scale that works for our clients, with highly experienced bankers who truly invest in people’s success — today and tomorrow. While we are rooted in core financial products, we are differentiated by our approach. Our bankers are seasoned financial experts who possess deep experience across a multitude of industries. Equally important, they bring commitment — investing the time and resources to understand our clients’ immediate needs, identify market opportunities and meet long-term objectives. At Texas Capital, we do more than build business success. We build long-lasting relationships. Texas Capital provides a variety of benefits to colleagues, including health insurance coverage, wellness program, fertility and family building aids, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans with a generous 401K match, paid leave programs, paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).

Headquartered in Dallas with offices in Austin, Fort Worth, Houston, Richardson, Plano and San Antonio, Texas Capital was recently named Best Regional Bank in 2024 by Bankrate and was named to The Dallas Morning News’ Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex Top Workplaces 2023 and GoBankingRate’s 2023 list of Best Regional Banks.

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

The Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner, Corporate & Investment Banking (C&IB) will serve as the dedicated recruiting lead for Texas Capital's C&IB team, a business unit of 300+ professionals with a significant and sustained hiring mandate. This role sits at the intersection of talent strategy and business execution, working in direct partnership with C&IB leadership to build a scalable, high-performing recruiting engine from the ground up. As the team's insider expert, this individual will embed within the business and become a trusted advisor on recruiting strategy, market intelligence, and hiring execution.

Competencies:

• Analytical mindset for interpreting data, market trends, and recruitment metrics to drive decisions specific to the C&IB talent market
• Strong interpersonal skills to build trust and credibility with senior banking leadership, hiring managers, and candidates at all levels
• Capacity to maintain long-term relationships with passive candidates and specialized talent networks within corporate and investment banking
• Skilled at advising and influencing senior leaders on recruitment strategy, interviewing best practices, and selection decisions
• Ability to manage and evaluate agency partnerships, ensuring ROI and alignment with hiring needs when internal sourcing requires external support
• Negotiate offers and compensation that align to market data, competitive banking compensation structures, and firm budget
• Ability to guide leaders through complex, high-stakes hiring challenges with a solutions-oriented mindset
• Commitment to delivering an outstanding candidate experience for senior-level and specialized banking talent
• Consistent documentation of recruitment activities to ensure audit-readiness and compliance
• Ability to partner with HR Business Partner and business leaders to drive solutions for talent gaps directly affecting business performance and revenue-generating capacity

Responsibilities:

• Implement and enforce a new TA operating model and structured interview framework
• Manage top-of-funnel strategy, building and maintaining robust pipelines to meet an active and growing hiring mandate
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies to identify and attract passive candidates in specialized corporate and investment banking talent markets
• Partner directly with senior leadership to define role requirements, competencies, and selection criteria for critical hires
• Attend all C&IB meetings to stay closely aligned with business priorities, organizational changes and evolving hiring needs
• Manage relationships with external agency partners when internal sourcing requires supplemental support, ensuring quality and cost-effective outcomes
• Champion a high-quality, white-glove candidate experience appropriate for senior banking talent, ensuring timely and professional communication throughout
• Provide coaching and training to hiring managers on the new interview framework, structured evaluation techniques, and consistent decision-making practices
• Leverage market data and competitive intelligence to advise leadership on talent availability, compensation benchmarking, and emerging trends in the banking talent market
• Document all recruitment activity to ensure compliance with company policy and applicable employment law
• Continuously refine recruiting workflows and the TA operating model to drive efficiency and scalability as the team's hiring needs evolve
• Serve as a trusted advisor and become a go-to resource on recruitment strategy

The duties listed above are the essential functions, or fundamental duties within the job classification. The essential functions of individual positions within the classification may differ. Texas Capital Bank may assign reasonably related additional duties to individual employees consistent with standard departmental policy.

Texas Capital is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Texas Capital is built to help businesses and their leaders. Our depth of knowledge and expertise allows us to bring the best of the big banks at a scale that makes sense for our clients, with highly experienced bankers who truly invest in people’s success — today and tomorrow. While we are rooted in core financial products, we are differentiated by our approach. Our bankers are seasoned financial experts who possess deep experience across a multitude of industries. Equally important, they bring commitment — investing the time and resources to understand our clients’ immediate needs, identify market opportunities and meet long-term objectives. At Texas Capital, we do more than build business success. We build long lasting relationships. Headquartered in Dallas with offices in Austin, Fort Worth, Houston, Richardson, Plano and San Antonio, Texas Capital was recently named the #1 most trusted bank in the country on Newsweek’s inaugural list of America’s Most Trusted Companies.