Talent Acquisition Specialist, Senior

SGS Consulting; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS Consulting is seeking an experienced recruitment professional to own the end-to-end hiring process for technical and engineering roles. You will source, engage, and attract qualified candidates while building robust pipelines across multiple workstreams.

You will collaborate closely with hiring managers to understand staffing needs, manage interviews and negotiations, and ensure a smooth candidate experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree required.
• Experience with ATS/CRM systems.
• Strong sourcing and interviewing skills.
• Experience recruiting technical/engineering roles.
• Ability to influence hiring managers and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of labor laws and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage full life cycle recruiting from sourcing to onboarding.
• Develop pipelines for multiple tech workstreams.
• Partner with hiring managers to define staffing requirements and candidate profiles.
• Lead interviews, negotiations, and offer discussions.
• Coordinate scheduling and maintain candidate relationships.
• Provide data-driven hiring updates and recruiting metrics.
• Ensure compliance with policies and laws.

Skills

Full life cycle recruiting

Technical recruiting

Sourcing & pipeline development

Interviewing & assessment

Hiring manager engagement

Offer negotiation

Candidate management & communication

ATS/CRM experience

Workday/Eightfold/Greenhouse

Organizational/time management

Multi-requisition management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Business

Human Resources

Psychology

Tools

Workday

Eightfold

Greenhouse

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

Manage the full life cycle recruitment process from sourcing through candidate hire and onboarding.Source, identify, engage, and attract qualified technical and engineering candidates.Develop and maintain candidate pipelines for multiple recruiting workstreams.Demonstrate a strong sense of urgency and ownership throughout the recruiting process.Partner closely with hiring managers to understand staffing requirements, job expectations, and candidate profiles.Serve as a talent advisor to hiring managers and business stakeholders.Provide regular requisition-level hiring updates and communicate recruiting status proactively.Manage candidate relationships throughout the recruitment process and provide a positive candidate experience.Conduct and coordinate candidate interviews.Apply strong interviewing techniques to evaluate candidate qualifications, skills, experience, and fit against role requirements.Coordinate interview scheduling and maintain communication with candidates and hiring teams.Develop effective sourcing strategies using recruiting platforms, sourcing tools, ATS, and CRM systems.Utilize ATS/CRM systems to manage candidate information, requisitions, recruiting activities, and hiring workflows.Preferred experience with Workday, Eightfold, Greenhouse, or other internal ATS platforms.Build and maintain candidate networks to quickly identify qualified talent.Manage candidate pipelines across multiple technical recruiting workstreams.Lead offer discussions, negotiations, and candidate closing activities.Work closely with hiring managers and stakeholders to facilitate successful offer acceptance.Apply knowledge of compensation and negotiation practices during the offer process.Ensure recruiting activities follow applicable policies, processes, labor laws, legal requirements, and compliance standards.Support candidate hiring, onboarding, transfers, and disposition activities.Pull and analyze appropriate recruiting reports to support data-driven hiring discussions.Monitor personal recruiting metrics and evaluate performance against department objectives.Collaborate with internal and external partners to accomplish recruiting and talent acquisition objectives.Develop strong working relationships across teams and business functions.Apply industry best practices and recruiting strategies aligned with corporate objectives.Support process improvements and recruiting initiatives that enhance the overall candidate experience.Consider business, industry, legal, and compliance factors when developing and implementing TA solutions.Contribute to talent acquisition initiatives and strategic recruiting programs.Support multiple requisitions and priorities while maintaining effective organization and follow-through.

Skills:

• Strong full life cycle recruiting experience.
• Strong technical recruiting experience, particularly for technical and engineering positions.
• Strong candidate sourcing and talent pipeline development skills.
• Strong interviewing and candidate assessment skills.
• Excellent hiring manager engagement and relationship management skills.
• Strong offer negotiation and candidate closing skills.
• Strong candidate management and communication skills.
• Strong sense of urgency and ability to move candidates efficiently through the recruiting process.
• Knowledge of technical and engineering skill sets and hiring requirements.
• Ability to understand complex technical job requirements and identify qualified candidates.
• Strong knowledge of sourcing platforms and recruiting strategies.
• Experience using an ATS or CRM system is required.
• Workday, Eightfold, Greenhouse, or another enterprise ATS experience preferred.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple requisitions and priorities simultaneously.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong influencing, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work effectively with hiring managers, candidates, HR partners, and cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of recruiting metrics and data-driven hiring discussions.
• Understanding of applicable employment, labor, and compliance considerations.
• Ability to work independently under supervision and make decisions affecting assigned work.
• Strong problem-solving, planning, prioritization, and follow-through abilities.
• Ability to operate effectively in a global or matrixed organizational environment.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree required.
• Accepted preferred degree fields include:
• BusinessHumanitiesHuman ResourcesPsychology
• BusinessHumanitiesHuman ResourcesPsychology