Talent Acquisition & Workforce Readiness Lead (Hybrid)

Battelle; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid arrangement

Compressed work schedule

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

401(k) plan

Job summary

Battelle is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition, Workforce Readiness and Retention Lead to direct enterprise recruiting and HR operations. The role focuses on workforce planning, credentialing coordination, retention programs, onboarding, and staffing analytics for a large, dispersed workforce across CONUS and OCONUS locations.

The leader partners with credentialing specialists, security, hiring managers, subcontractors, and program leadership to build a high-performing workforce and minimize

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, business, organizational leadership, nursing, healthcare administration, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in recruiting, talent acquisition, or workforce strategy.
• Experience credentialing and privileging 100+ health providers in military settings.
• Experience leading recruiting operations for large, dispersed workforces.
• Experience with workforce analytics, staffing metrics, forecasting, and pipeline management.
• Experience coordinating credentialing, compliance, onboarding, or workforce readiness activities.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience developing and presenting workforce performance metrics to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise recruiting operations and strategic workforce acquisition efforts.
• Develop and maintain proactive recruiting pipelines across multiple labor categories and regions.
• Oversee sourcing strategies, candidate engagement, screening, interview coordination, and offers.
• Maintain recruiting performance metrics including time-to-fill, fill rates, candidate quality, and pipeline health.
• Coordinate recruiting efforts across internal recruiters, subcontractors, staffing partners, and specialty search resources.
• Conduct workforce forecasting and staffing demand analysis.
• Develop hiring plans aligned to growth, attrition, contract requirements, and mission needs.
• Monitor workforce metrics and provide executive reporting on staffing readiness, vacancy trends, pipelines, retention, and recruiting effectiveness.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Workforce analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

Applicant Tracking Systems

Job description

Battelle is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition, Workforce Readiness and Retention Lead to direct enterprise recruiting and HR operations. The role focuses on workforce planning, credentialing coordination, retention programs, onboarding, and staffing analytics for a large, dispersed workforce across CONUS and OCONUS locations.

The leader partners with credentialing specialists, security, hiring managers, subcontractors, and program leadership to build a high-performing workforce and minimize