Sr. Partner Talent Acquisition

MGM Resorts International; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness programs

Discounts across hospitality, dining,,

Complimentary parking

Health & income protection

Leadership programs

Job summary

MGM Resorts International in Las Vegas seeks a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to lead a full lifecycle search for senior leadership, partnering with HR, marketing, and operations to attract top executives.

This role requires strategic sourcing, stakeholder management, and hands-on interviewing, with a focus on delivering a best-in-class candidate experience and ensuring competitive, aligned compensation discussions.

Qualifications

• Three+ years of overall recruitment experience, including executive talent acquisition.
• Proven track record with senior leadership hiring and complex compensation negotiations.
• Strong sourcing strategies and candidate assessment abilities.

Responsibilities

• Advise hiring leaders on search strategy, timelines, and market trends.
• Manage full lifecycle recruiting from briefings to offer negotiations.
• Source and deliver qualified passive candidates and build diverse pipelines.
• Collaborate with compensation on packages and coordinate interview experiences.
• Oversee external search firms when used and mentor junior staff.

Skills

Executive recruitment

Stakeholder management

Sourcing strategy

Candidate interviewing

Consultative recruiting

Tools

Workday Recruiter

Job description

Las Vegas, Nevada

The SHOW comes alive at MGM Resorts International

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work in a place full of excitement, diversity, and entertainment? Are you enthusiastic about being a team player in one of the most fascinating industries in the world? At MGM Resorts, we seek individuals like YOU to create unique and show-stopping experiences for our guests.

THE JOB:

The Talent Acquisition Sr Partner will drive a high-touch, proactive, and consultative full life-cycle search process for MGM Resorts International in order to attract and engage best-in-class senior leadership talent. This role will help to continue to evolve executive recruitment as a center of excellence (COE) through developing our people, processes and tools. This will include, but is not limited to, developing effective sourcing strategies (including third party search partners), delivering a best-in-class candidate experience and ensuring utilization of standardized selection and evaluation procedures.

The candidate will be required to collaborate with various stakeholder groups, including human resources, marketing, social media, sourcing, diversity, organizational culture, employee engagement and guest experience. All duties are to be performed in accordance with departmental and MGM Resorts International policies, practices and procedures.

THE DAY-TO-DAY:

• Advise hiring leaders on search strategy, effective and efficient search processes, and market/hiring trends
• Manages full lifecycle recruiting process from end-to-end; including conducting initial client briefings, identifying job requirements, sourcing candidates, analyzing resumes, conducting preliminary interviews, recommending qualified candidates and coordinating job offer negotiation
• Source, attract, and deliver highly qualified passive candidates
• Assess candidates and make recommendations to hiring managers, manage the evaluation process and hiring decisions, execute candidate follow-up and feedback
• Partner with sourcing to develop strategies to ensure we meet or exceed or hiring goals while proactively building a diverse pipeline of top talent
• In partnership with compensation, provide guidance on compensation packages
• Work closely with recruiting coordinators to ensure a great candidate interview experience
• Manage outside search firms as necessary
• Stay abreast of various compensation offerings for executive-level candidates to recommend and review competitive job offers as appropriate
• Provides work leadership to more junior members of staff as necessary; supports a work environment that promotes client service, teamwork; and mutual respect

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• The ideal Senior Recruiter possesses over three years of overall recruitment experience, including at least two years specializing in executive talent acquisition.
• This highly polished professional has a proven track record of building trusted relationships with senior hiring leaders and high-level candidates, backed by extensive hands‑on expertise across the entire recruitment life cycle, advanced sourcing strategies, and complex executive compensation negotiation.
• Operationally proficient in Workday Recruiter, this senior-level individual thrives independently under pressure, seamlessly prioritizing multiple critical deadlines while maintaining the tact, diplomacy, and persuasive communication required to deliver premier talent.

THE PERKS & BENEFITS:

• Comprehensive wellness programs designed to support employees' physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
• Exclusive access to company-sponsored discounts across hospitality, dining, retail, entertainment, travel, technology, and a wide range of partner offerings.
• Complimentary parking both during and outside of scheduled work hours.
• Competitive health, wellness, and income protection benefits for eligible employees.
• Ongoing professional growth and career development through leadership programs, learning opportunities, strategic networking, and community engagement initiatives.

Are you ready to JOIN THE SHOW?