Talent Acquisition Leader — Global Recruiting & Strategy

IDEX Corporation; Northbrook, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Hybrid work schedule

Performance-based bonus

Job summary

IDEX Corporation in Northbrook, Illinois, is seeking a Manager, Talent Acquisition to lead recruiting delivery across assigned business segments, ensuring the organization attracts, engages, and hires high-quality talent in alignment with enterprise TA strategy.

The role manages a team of recruiters and sourcers, oversees 60–80 active requisitions, and drives a centralized, scalable TA operating model while maintaining a strong focus on candidate experience and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial & Organizational Psychology, or related field preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition or recruiting experience, including full-cycle recruiting, sourcing, and stakeholder partnership.
• Experience leading recruiters, sourcers, or project teams.
• Experience managing recruiting across multiple requisitions in a complex matrix environment.
• Experience with data-driven recruiting and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Lead recruiting delivery across assigned segments, partnering with HR and business leaders to align hiring support to workforce needs and evolving business priorities.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of Talent Acquisition professionals, including recruiters and/or sourcers.
• Oversee recruiting delivery and team capacity across a portfolio of approximately 60–80 active requisitions, aligned to business priorities and role complexity across supervisor, manager, and select high-impact individual contributor roles
• Serving as a player/coach, balancing leadership of recruiting delivery, team performance, and stakeholder partnerships while directly managing a targeted portfolio or critical or business-sensitive searches (typically 10-15 active requisitions).
• Implement and reinforce enterprise Talent Acquisition processes, tools, workflows, and governance, ensuring consistent intake, sourcing, assessment, interview practices, offer management, compliance, and data integrity.
• Use recruiting data, metrics, and market insights to assess performance, identify bottlenecks, improve time to fill, strengthen pipeline quality, and reduce reliance on external agencies.
• Drive proactive sourcing and pipeline strategies for critical and recurring roles in partnership with recruiters, sourcers, HR, and business leaders
• Partner with HR and business leaders to anticipate future talent needs, and critical capability gaps, develop proactive recruiting plans and talent pipelines align with business strategy.
• Coach hiring managers on structured interviewing, candidate evaluation, selection discipline, and inclusive hiring practices to ensure consistent and high-quality hiring decisions.
• Ensure a high-quality candidate and hiring manager experience through clear communication, disciplined process management, and consistent expectations across the recruiting lifecycle.
• Support employer brand and talent attraction initiatives in partnership with Talent, HR, Communications, and business stakeholders.
• Lead or support Talent Acquisition initiatives that improve process consistency, reporting, technology adoption, sourcing effectiveness, and operating model implementation.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, policies, data privacy requirements, and fair hiring practices

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Talent acquisition

Recruiting

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decision-making

Change management

People management

Sourcing

Process improvement

Education

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

Tools

ATS

Job description

IDEX Corporation in Northbrook, Illinois, is seeking a Manager, Talent Acquisition to lead recruiting delivery across assigned business segments, ensuring the organization attracts, engages, and hires high-quality talent in alignment with enterprise TA strategy.

The role manages a team of recruiters and sourcers, oversees 60–80 active requisitions, and drives a centralized, scalable TA operating model while maintaining a strong focus on candidate experience and compliance.