Team Leader of Talent Acquisition

CSC (Corporation Service Company); Wilmington (DE); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

CSC (Corporation Service Company) in Wilmington, DE is seeking a Talent Acquisition Team Leader to lead a 2–4-person team of Senior Talent Acquisition Partners while remaining actively involved in sourcing for critical roles.

You will shape data-informed recruiting strategies, drive full-cycle delivery, manage capacity planning, and partner with senior leaders to ensure exceptional candidate and stakeholder experiences in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Significant talent acquisition experience, including full-cycle recruitment within the U.S. market.
• Formal people-management experience with coaching, performance management and growth.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local employment requirements.
• Ability to use data and metrics to drive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop recruiters by setting objectives, managing performance, supporting career growth, and building a collaborative, accountable, high-performing, inclusive team culture.
• Own team capacity planning and workload allocation, delivering full-cycle recruiting across assigned business areas, including senior and business-critical searches.
• Act as the senior escalation point for complex or high-impact recruitment issues.
• Develop and implement proactive, data-informed talent acquisition strategies aligned to business priorities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, partners, and hiring managers by anticipating talent needs and guiding decisions.
• Drive sourcing and pipeline strategies across job boards, social media, networking, referrals, and other channels.
• Maintain excellent candidate and stakeholder experience by ensuring consistent service standards across the team.
• Ensure recruiting practices comply with U.S. employment laws, regulations and internal policies.
• Manage external recruitment agencies and vendors, focusing on quality and service levels.
• Lead strategic projects and partner with global TA leaders on cross-regional initiatives to optimize processes, tools, and practices.
• Track and analyze key recruitment metrics and share insights with senior stakeholders to drive accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills

People management

Data-driven recruiting

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Job description

CSC (Corporation Service Company) is hiring a Talent Acquisition Team Leader in Wilmington, DE (hybrid). In this role, you’ll lead and grow a team of 2–4 (Senior) Talent Acquisition Partners while staying actively involved in sourcing and hiring for critical roles. You’ll shape data-informed recruiting strategies, improve how the team delivers end-to-end recruitment, and help ensure consistent candidate and stakeholder experiences.

What you’ll do

• Lead, coach, and develop recruiters by setting clear objectives, managing performance, supporting career growth, and building a collaborative, accountable, high-performing, and inclusive team culture.
• Own team capacity planning and workload allocation, delivering full-cycle recruiting across assigned business areas, including personally leading select senior and business-critical searches.
• Act as the senior escalation point for complex, sensitive, or high-impact recruitment issues.
• Develop and implement proactive, data-informed talent acquisition strategies aligned to business priorities and workforce plans.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders, Business Partners, and hiring managers for designated client groups by anticipating talent needs and influencing hiring decisions.
• Drive sourcing and pipeline strategies across job boards, social media, networking, referrals, and other relevant channels.
• Maintain excellent candidate and stakeholder experience by ensuring consistent service standards across the team.
• Ensure recruiting practices comply with applicable U.S. federal, state, and local employment laws, regulations, and internal policies.
• Manage external recruitment agencies and vendors, focusing on quality, commercial value, and adherence to agreed service levels.
• Lead strategic projects and partner with global Talent Acquisition leaders on cross-regional initiatives to optimize processes, tools, and practices, improving efficiency, scalability, and quality.
• Track and analyze key recruitment metrics and share insights with senior stakeholders to drive accountability and continuous improvement.

What you bring

• Significant talent acquisition experience, including full-cycle recruitment within the U.S. market and responsibility for complex or senior-level hiring.
• Proven formal people-management experience, including direct responsibility for recruiter performance, coaching, development, objective setting, and workload allocation.
• Strong knowledge of recruitment practices and applicable federal, state, and local employment requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead recruitment delivery in a complex, fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Strong executive stakeholder management skills, including the credibility to build trust, challenge constructively, influence decisions, and communicate across functions and seniority levels.
• Proven ability to use recruitment data and metrics to assess performance, identify risks, improve outcomes, and support strategic decisions.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, with sound judgment and a hands-on, solution-focused leadership style.
• A collaborative and proactive approach, including experience strengthening team capability and improving the effectiveness of a talent acquisition function.

Role scope

This is an experienced Talent Acquisition Team Leader position that balances leadership with hands-on recruiting. You will work closely with the other leader in the Americas and collaborate with global Talent Acquisition leadership to drive cross-regional initiatives and recruiting excellence.