Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Join Versaterm in Mesa, AZ (onsite) as a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, leading end-to-end recruiting for complex, confidential, and leadership hiring. In this role, you will partner closely with executives and senior leaders, apply AI-enabled tools alongside human judgment, and use recruiting analytics to guide strategy. You will also support team enablement and act as a subject matter expert on high-impact searches.

What you’ll do

• Partner with executives and senior leaders to understand current and future hiring needs, shape role requirements, build hiring plans, and contribute to selection decisions.
• Own full-cycle recruitment for business-critical searches, leading Senior Manager, Director, and other priority roles, including confidential searches and select mandates assigned by the Manager, TA.
• Build proactive sourcing and talent-mapping strategies for senior talent, including passive outreach, networking, and pipelining.
• Deliver a high-quality, high-touch candidate experience for senior candidates.
• Use recruitment metrics and market and compensation intelligence to advise leaders and inform hiring strategy.
• Plan and deliver talent acquisition initiatives and programs owned by the Manager, TA, managing scope, timelines, stakeholders, and results.
• Apply critical thinking to challenge assumptions, identify gaps, and recommend improvements to recruiting processes, tools, and systems.
• Leverage AI-enabled tools and automation to improve recruiting effectiveness and productivity, with human judgment applied to hiring decisions.
• Support hiring manager training and enablement, including structured interviewing and inclusive hiring practices.
• Serve as an informal coach and subject matter expert to the Talent Acquisition team on best practices and complex searches.
• Support the Manager, TA on Executive and VP searches and other select mandates.
• Ensure compliance with employment laws and internal policies related to hiring and candidate data privacy across relevant jurisdictions.
• Perform other related duties as assigned to support team objectives, departmental needs, and organizational priorities.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field (or an equivalent combination of education and experience).
• 7+ years of progressive experience in recruiting or talent acquisition, including recruiting Senior Manager and Director roles, ideally in a technology or software environment.
• Executive presence and credibility to advise and influence C-suite and senior leaders.
• Proven success delivering talent acquisition initiatives or programs from planning through implementation, with strong project management and critical thinking skills.
• Experience using AI-enabled recruiting tools and automation to improve efficiency and outcomes, with sound judgment in how they are applied.
• Strong sourcing expertise, applicant tracking systems (preferably Greenhouse), and recruitment analytics, with business acumen to apply insights when advising leaders.
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills to partner effectively across all levels of the organization.
• A collaborative, adaptable mindset focused on continuous improvement and service excellence.

Tools you’ll work with

• AI-enabled tools
• Automation
• Applicant tracking systems
• Greenhouse

Security and authorization requirements

• This position requires a security clearance from the Government of Canada.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada and must successfully obtain and maintain a Reliability security clearance.
• Specific customer contracts may require additional security verification.
• Obtaining and maintaining required security clearances is a condition of employment.
• For details on the Government of Canada security screening process, visit Public Services and Procurement Canada.