Talent Acquisition Lead - Onboarding & Early Careers

Spurs Sports & Entertainment; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K with company match

Pet Insurance

12 weeks of paid time off for parents

Unlimited PTO

Professional Development through AntLr

Employee Resource Groups

Discounts (Milwaukee Bucks and NBA)

Parking and Phone Allowance

Job summary

The Milwaukee Bucks are seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead the recruitment strategy across the organization, including Fiserv Forum, Wisconsin Herd, and related entities. You will partner with leaders to attract, assess, and hire top talent while delivering an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.

In addition to talent acquisition, you will own the organization's onboarding program and internship program, ensuring new hires and interns experience a seamless transition.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field.
• Five or more years of progressive talent acquisition, recruiting, or talent management experience.
• Experience leading full-cycle recruiting across multiple functions and position levels.
• Experience designing onboarding, internship, university recruiting, or early career programs.
• Strong sourcing, interviewing, candidate assessment, and relationship-building skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and partner effectively with leaders at all levels of the organization.
• Experience using applicant tracking systems, recruiting technologies, and talent analytics.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for exempt, non-exempt, part-time, seasonal, and leadership positions.
• Consult with hiring managers on job requirements, candidate profiles, interview strategies, and hiring decisions.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies utilizing job boards, social media, employee referrals, networking, and direct outreach.
• Manage relationships with external recruiting partners, universities, professional organizations, and community groups.
• Oversee the interview and selection process to ensure consistency, compliance, and a best-in-class candidate experience.
• Analyze recruiting metrics and provide regular reporting on hiring activity, time-to-fill, sourcing effectiveness, and recruitment outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable employment laws, regulations, and internal hiring policies.
• Own and continuously improve the organization's onboarding program from offer acceptance through new hire integration.
• Partner with leaders and key stakeholders to create a welcoming, engaging, and consistent onboarding experience.
• Coordinate onboarding activities, communications, resources, and orientation programs.
• Identify opportunities to improve the new hire experience and accelerate employee productivity and engagement.
• Own the organization's internship program, including workforce planning, recruitment, selection, onboarding, development, and program evaluation.
• Partner with hiring managers to create impactful internship assignments and learning opportunities.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to support diversity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives throughout the employment lifecycle.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Sourcing

Onboarding

University recruiting

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decisions

Candidate experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field

Tools

Applicant Tracking Systems

Recruiting technologies

Talent analytics

Job description

The Milwaukee Bucks are seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead the recruitment strategy across the organization, including Fiserv Forum, Wisconsin Herd, and related entities. You will partner with leaders to attract, assess, and hire top talent while delivering an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.

In addition to talent acquisition, you will own the organization's onboarding program and internship program, ensuring new hires and interns experience a seamless transition.