Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant

PowerSchool Group LLC is hiring a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant to lead full life-cycle recruiting and act as a talent market advisor for business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring leaders to align on business goals, team needs, and the outcomes each hire must deliver.
• Develop recruiting strategies using market insight, sourcing data, compensation context, and candidate evidence.
• Manage multiple searches at once while maintaining responsiveness, quality, accuracy, and a strong candidate experience.
• Proactively source and engage active and passive candidates via professional networks, sourcing platforms, referrals, events, and AI-enabled tools.
• Lead structured, behavioral interviews to evaluate skills, experience, competencies, motivation, and role readiness.
• Deliver clear candidate recommendations and respectfully challenge assumptions when evidence, market conditions, or business needs indicate a different approach.
• Build long-term relationships and talent communities across PowerSchool and the EdTech market.
• Continuously improve recruiting practices, tools, processes, and candidate experiences.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full life-cycle recruiting experience in a corporate, staffing, or search environment.
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent requisitions across different functions or levels.
• Proven success developing proactive sourcing strategies for both active and passive candidates.
• Experience using behavioral interviewing techniques and turning evidence into candidate recommendations.
• Experience advising hiring leaders throughout the recruiting and selection process.
• Experience with an applicant tracking system and sourcing technologies.
• Ability to travel approximately 5% to 10% for business needs.

Technologies

• Applicant tracking system
• Workday Recruiting
• AI-enabled tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience recruiting in SaaS, technology, EdTech, or another complex professional environment.
• Staffing or executive search experience.
• Workday Recruiting experience.
• Experience using AI-enabled recruiting or sourcing tools.
• PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, or comparable certification.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision
• Pharmacy
• Life and disability coverage
• 401(k)
• Parental leave
• Discretionary Time Off
• Wellness programs
• Tuition reimbursement
• Additional voluntary benefits

Capabilities That Matter

• Strong business acumen, sound judgment, clear communication, and the ability to influence through trust rather than authority.
• Translate business needs into recruiting strategy.
• Advise leaders with confidence and credibility.
• Build relationships across levels and functions.
• Use market insight and evidence to improve hiring decisions.
• Create proactive talent pipelines before needs become urgent.
• Balance ownership and urgency with thoughtful judgment.
• Deliver a customer and candidate experience built on ownership, urgency, relationships, and service.

Location and Travel

• Hybrid role in the Plano, TX corporate office.
• Regular onsite presence expected based on team and business needs.
• Occasional travel of approximately 5% to 10% may be required.