Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner — Hybrid

Playfly Sports; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Playfly Sports in Atlanta, GA seeks a Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner to own full-cycle recruiting for a key business vertical in a hybrid, office-based role.

You will develop sourcing strategies, build talent pipelines, advise leaders on market conditions and compensation, and partner across HR to elevate recruiting practices.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, employer branding, and proactive talent engagement to meet current and future hiring needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• 5+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition or recruiting experience, including complex full-cycle searches.
• Strong proactive sourcing skills, including Boolean search, talent mapping, passive candidate engagement, and pipeline development.
• Demonstrated ability to use recruiting metrics and conversion data to evaluate and improve sourcing strategy.
• Experience serving as a consultative partner to hiring managers and senior leaders.
• Ability to independently own searches, relationships, projects, and competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting from intake and sourcing strategy through assessment, interview management, offer, and close.
• Advise hiring managers on search strategy, candidate profiles, market conditions, compensation considerations, and hiring decisions.
• Lead recurring talent reviews with hiring managers, HR partners, and internal stakeholders to assess pipelines, hiring priorities, talent gaps, and upcoming needs.
• Build proactive talent pipelines through Boolean search, LinkedIn, referrals, networking, talent mapping, ATS/CRM tools, and other sourcing channels.
• Own prospecting performance and measure sourcing effectiveness through outreach, response, conversation, qualification, and interview conversion rates.
• Develop and continuously refine Boolean searches, sourcing strategies, talent maps, and candidate engagement approaches.
• Use recruiting data and funnel analytics to identify gaps, adjust strategy, and improve hiring outcomes.
• Deliver regular pipeline updates, market intelligence, and recommendations to business and HR leaders.
• Conduct thoughtful candidate assessments focused on capabilities, experience, motivation, and organizational alignment.
• Create a consistent, high-quality candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
• Help own Playfly's talent-facing online presence, including recruitment marketing, social content, employee storytelling, and careers messaging.
• Partner with Playfly Creates and other internal teams on employer branding, recruitment campaigns, and talent-focused content.
• Build and maintain relationships with relevant professional associations, affinity groups, community organizations, and external talent networks.
• Identify opportunities to expand Playfly's reach into new talent communities and strengthen long-term candidate pipelines.
• Own and execute quarterly talent activations, including networking events, industry engagement, talent communities, sourcing campaigns, and other targeted recruiting initiatives.
• Partner across HR, including HR Business Partners, People Operations, Total Rewards, Learning & Development, Early Careers, and other Centers of Excellence.
• Contribute to TA process improvements, recruiting technology, reporting, hiring manager enablement, and sourcing best practices.
• Represent Playfly at industry events, career events, networking opportunities, and other talent-focused programs as needed.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Talent sourcing

Stakeholder management

ATS/CRM tools

Talent mapping

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Boolean search

LinkedIn

Talent mapping

ATS/CRM platforms

Job description

Playfly Sports in Atlanta, GA seeks a Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner to own full-cycle recruiting for a key business vertical in a hybrid, office-based role.

You will develop sourcing strategies, build talent pipelines, advise leaders on market conditions and compensation, and partner across HR to elevate recruiting practices.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, employer branding, and proactive talent engagement to meet current and future hiring needs.