Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Trinity Partners, LLC; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinity Life Sciences in Waltham, MA is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to partner with leaders on analytics, insights, and technology hires across experience levels from individual contributors to senior leaders.

You will own end-to-end recruitment, develop sourcing strategies, and guide candidates through assessment, offers, and acceptance, while delivering data-driven insights and maintaining a superior candidate experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years of recruitment experience spanning experienced professional through senior leadership hiring.
• Experience recruiting Analytics & Insights talent and technology professionals (architects, AI engineers, software engineers).

Responsibilities

• Partner with business unit leaders, Executives, hiring managers, and HR to understand talent needs in Analytics, Insights, and Technology.
• Manage portfolio of experienced-hire and leadership searches across leadership requirements.
• Lead intake discussions to confirm scope, required expertise, and assessment criteria.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for Analytics, Insights, and Technology talent (data science, BI, market research, architecture, AI, software engineering).
• Build proactive pipelines via direct outreach, LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, events, and networks; engage passive candidates for hard-to-fill roles.
• Screen candidates, coordinate interviews, support decision-making, and negotiate offers within parameters.
• Use competency-based interviews and SMEs for role-related assessments; evaluate leadership and business impact capabilities.
• Advise hiring teams on talent availability, compensation expectations, and market dynamics.
• Track recruiting metrics and provide stakeholder updates; coordinate with external recruiters when needed.
• Represent Trinity Life Sciences as an ambassador, promoting inclusive hiring practices.

Skills

Analytics recruiting

Insights recruiting

Technology recruiting

Stakeholder management

Leadership hiring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Position Summary

We are looking for a driven, collaborative Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to serve as a strategic recruiting partner for experienced professional through leadership hiring, with a primary emphasis on Analytics, Insights, and Technology talent. This role will support hiring across Trinity's practices, recruiting experienced individual contributors, managers, and senior leaders, including Associate Principal through Partner-level roles where applicable, based on business needs.

The successful candidate will own the end-to-end recruitment process, from defining hiring needs and developing sourcing strategies through candidate assessment, interview coordination, offer negotiation, and acceptance. Working closely with business leaders, hiring managers, and HR colleagues, this individual will build pipelines of talent across analytics, insights, and technology, including architects, AI engineers, and software engineers, to support Trinity's client solutions and technology capabilities. The recruiter will work independently, with review as necessary at key stages and guidance on unusually complex searches.

This role combines hands-on recruiting with talent market intelligence and a data-driven approach to hiring. The ideal candidate brings experience recruiting Analytics, Insights, and Technology professionals at multiple career levels, credibility with senior stakeholders, and the ability to adapt search and assessment strategies to specialist and leadership positions.

Essential Functions

• Partner with business unit leaders, Executives, hiring managers, and HR colleagues to understand current and future talent needs, with particular focus on Analytics, Insights, and Technology capabilities.
• Manage a portfolio of experienced-hire and leadership searches, balancing specialist, managerial, and senior leadership requirements across competing business priorities.
• Lead recruitment intake discussions to confirm role scope, required analytical, technical, and functional expertise, level appropriate leadership expectations, candidate profiles, and assessment criteria.
• Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies for Analytics, Insights, and Technology talent, including professionals in advanced analytics, data science, business intelligence, market research, commercial insights, architecture, AI engineering, and software engineering, as relevant to each search.
• Build and maintain proactive pipelines through direct outreach, LinkedIn Recruiter, professional networks, employee referrals, industry events, and other relevant sourcing channels; engage passive candidates for hard-to-fill and leadership opportunities.
• Own candidate screening, interview coordination, evaluation, support for hiring-manager selection decisions, and offer negotiation within approved parameters, maintaining clear communication and a high-quality candidate experience throughout the process.
• Use structured, competency-based interviews and partner with subject-matter experts on role-relevant assessments to evaluate analytical and technical problem-solving, insight generation, communication, and business impact; assess people leadership and business development capabilities where applicable.
• Advise hiring teams on talent availability, competitor landscapes, compensation expectations, and candidate motivations, using market intelligence to recommend adjustments to search requirements and inform hiring decisions.
• Track and interpret recruiting metrics, including pipeline health, source effectiveness, stage conversion, time-to-fill, and offer acceptance; translate findings into actionable recommendations to improve search outcomes.
• Maintain accurate candidate and search records, provide timely stakeholder updates, and coordinate with external recruiting partners or recruitment process outsourcing providers when appropriate.
• Represent Trinity Life Sciences as a company ambassador, communicating its value proposition to experienced professionals and leaders while supporting consistent, inclusive hiring practices.

Position Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree.
• Work Experience: 5+ years of recruitment experience spanning experienced professional through senior leadership hiring, including demonstrated success recruiting Analytics & Insights talent and experience sourcing and recruiting technology professionals, such as architects, AI engineers, and software engineers.

Skills & Experience

Experience recruiting in consulting, professional services, life sciences, healthcare, or pharmaceutical environments.

Demonstrated ability to recruit Analytics, Insights, and Technology professionals across multiple levels and distinguish between analytical expertise, technical and engineering capabilities, insight generation, client-facing skills, and leadership requirements.

Ability to partner with technical hiring managers to translate architecture, AI engineering, and software engineering requirements into targeted sourcing strategies an