Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner

AXIS Capital; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans for you and your family

Wellness programs

Retirement plans

Tuition reimbursement

Paid vacation

Job summary

AXIS Capital is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to lead full-cycle recruitment for key functions, partnering with leaders and HR partners. The role focuses on building diverse pipelines, guiding hiring decisions, and delivering an exceptional candidate experience.

Be prepared to mentor peers and optimize sourcing across multiple channels. The position emphasizes collaboration with BTS, Data & Analytics, and Global Operations, with a strong focus on market intelligence and strategic

Qualifications

• 7+ years of corporate or in-house full-cycle Talent Acquisition experience.
• Experience partnering directly with hiring managers, business leaders and HR stakeholders to develop and execute recruitment strategies.
• Demonstrated success sourcing, engaging and hiring passive candidates through a variety of channels.
• Strong understanding of talent acquisition best practices, candidate assessment, sourcing strategies and recruitment lifecycle management.
• Experience using recruiting metrics, talent market data and pipeline insights to inform hiring decisions and recruitment strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruitment activity for assigned roles, including intake discussions, sourcing strategy, candidate identification, screening, assessment, offer management and onboarding handoff.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies across multiple channels including internal mobility, referrals, direct sourcing, talent communities, external outreach, agencies and recruiting platforms.
• Serve as a trusted talent advisor by providing talent market intelligence, competitive hiring insights, compensation perspective, talent availability analysis and recommendations to support informed hiring decisions.
• Partner with hiring managers on search calibration, helping define realistic and competitive hiring criteria based on market conditions and available talent pools.
• Build and maintain pipelines of talent for recurring and business-critical skill sets across technology, data, analytics, operations and transformation functions.
• Deliver a high-quality candidate and hiring manager experience through consistent communication, thoughtful guidance and proactive issue resolution throughout the recruitment process.
• Conduct candidate assessments and evaluate qualifications, capabilities, experiences and alignment with organizational values and role expectations.
• Guide hiring managers through structured interviewing, candidate evaluation and selection decisions that promote consistency and sound hiring practices.
• Lead offer strategy discussions and negotiations in partnership with hiring managers, People Business Partners, Compensation and other stakeholders as appropriate.
• Monitor pipeline health, recruitment activity and key hiring metrics to identify risks, opportunities and process improvements.
• Support workforce planning discussions by identifying talent trends, competitive intelligence and external market dynamics relevant to future hiring needs.
• Manage relationships with external search firms, recruitment agencies and other service providers, ensuring effective utilization and alignment with AXIS standards.
• Participate in Talent Acquisition initiatives related to recruiting technology, candidate experience, reporting, sourcing effectiveness, process improvement and hiring manager enablement.
• Mentor and support other recruiting professionals by sharing best practices, market insights and recruiting expertise.

Skills

Strong communication

Relationship management

Strategic sourcing

Stakeholder management

Recruitment analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business

Tools

Workday Recruiting

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

AXIS Capital is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to lead full-cycle recruitment for key functions, partnering with leaders and HR partners. The role focuses on building diverse pipelines, guiding hiring decisions, and delivering an exceptional candidate experience.

Be prepared to mentor peers and optimize sourcing across multiple channels. The position emphasizes collaboration with BTS, Data & Analytics, and Global Operations, with a strong focus on market intelligence and strategic