Senior Talent Acquisition Strategist — Hybrid EdTech Leader

PowerSchool; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Discretionary Time Off

Wellness programs

401(k)

Job summary

PowerSchool is hiring a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant for our Plano, TX office in a hybrid role. You will lead full life-cycle recruiting across multiple functions, partnering with leaders to define success and build effective sourcing strategies while ensuring a strong candidate experience.

You will proactively identify candidates, conduct structured interviews, and advise leaders through the recruiting process.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full life-cycle recruiting experience in a corporate, staffing, or search environment.
• Experience using an applicant tracking system and sourcing technologies.
• Experience advising hiring leaders throughout the recruiting and selection process.
• Ability to travel approximately 5% to 10% for business needs.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring leaders to understand business goals, team needs, and the outcomes each hire must deliver.
• Build recruiting strategies using market insight, sourcing data, compensation context, and candidate evidence.
• Manage multiple searches while maintaining responsiveness, quality, accuracy, and a strong candidate experience.
• Proactively identify and engage active and passive candidates through professional networks, sourcing platforms, referrals, events, and AI-enabled tools.
• Conduct structured, behavioral interviews to assess skills, experience, competencies, motivation, and readiness for the role.
• Provide clear candidate recommendations and respectfully challenge assumptions when evidence suggests a different approach.
• Build long-term relationships and talent communities across PowerSchool and the EdTech market.
• Continuously improve recruiting practices, tools, processes, and experiences.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience

Tools

Workday Recruiting

Job description

PowerSchool is hiring a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant for our Plano, TX office in a hybrid role. You will lead full life-cycle recruiting across multiple functions, partnering with leaders to define success and build effective sourcing strategies while ensuring a strong candidate experience.

You will proactively identify candidates, conduct structured interviews, and advise leaders through the recruiting process.