Strategic Sales Talent Partner

Colonial Group; Sarasota (FL); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

IPG North America is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist – Sales to partner with senior leaders in attracting top salaried talent across multiple functions, including sales and operations. The role manages end-to-end recruitment, builds pipelines, and leverages analytics for hiring strategies.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, strong sourcing skills, and a proven ability to engage passive candidates while delivering an exceptional candidate

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in HR, Business, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with success hiring sales professionals and other salaried roles.
• Experience recruiting across multiple functions including sales, leadership, professional, corporate, and technical roles preferred.
• Proven ability to source and engage passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, referrals, and other advanced sourcing techniques.
• Strong consultative and relationship-building skills to influence hiring decisions and partner with business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary TA business partner for assigned sales organizations and other salaried functions across IPG North America.
• Manage full-cycle recruitment for assigned requisitions including intake, sourcing, screening, interviewing, offers, and onboarding coordination.
• Build and maintain robust talent pipelines through proactive sourcing, networking, referrals, and passive candidate outreach.
• Partner with hiring managers to develop sourcing strategies, define candidate profiles, and establish selection criteria.
• Evaluate resumes, conduct in-depth interviews, assess qualifications, and present top candidates to hiring managers.
• Recruit for a variety of salaried positions across sales, operations, finance, HR, engineering, and more as needed.
• Utilize labor market data and recruiting analytics to advise on talent availability, trends, and hiring strategies.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Sales recruitment

Sourcing strategies

Stakeholder management

ATS & HRIS

Interviewing

Candidate experience

Labor market analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS

HRIS

Recruiting analytics tools

Video conferencing

Job description

IPG North America is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist – Sales to partner with senior leaders in attracting top salaried talent across multiple functions, including sales and operations. The role manages end-to-end recruitment, builds pipelines, and leverages analytics for hiring strategies.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, strong sourcing skills, and a proven ability to engage passive candidates while delivering an exceptional candidate