Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Description

The company is a private equity-backed, high-growth software business building one integrated platform for the whole public safety sector, covering dispatch, law enforcement, forensics, courts and more.

It has grown through acquisitions and heavy product investment, and its software has been in use for over 40 years in 911 centres, detective work and forensic labs.

AI is being built in as core infrastructure, embedded into the daily workflows customers depend on and developed together with them.

Recruiting is run by a small TA group that uses AI-enabled tools to speed up sourcing and admin, while every hiring and employment decision is made by people.

Responsibilities

• Run full-cycle recruitment for senior, confidential and leadership hires across the company, including Senior Manager and Director searches.
• Work with executives and the C-suite to define hiring needs, role requirements, hiring plans and final selection decisions.
• Build and carry out proactive sourcing and talent mapping for senior candidates through outreach, networking and pipelining.
• Give senior candidates a high-touch, high-quality experience.
• Use recruitment metrics, market data and pay intelligence to advise leaders and shape hiring strategy.
• Plan and deliver talent acquisition initiatives and programs owned by the Manager, TA, handling scope, timelines, stakeholders and results.
• Question assumptions, spot gaps and propose improvements to recruiting processes, tools and systems.
• Apply AI-enabled tools and automation to make recruiting more effective, with human judgement guiding every hiring decision.
• Support hiring managers with training, including structured interviewing and inclusive hiring practices.
• Act as the team's subject matter expert and informal coach on best practice and complex searches.
• Support the Manager, TA on Executive and VP searches and other selected mandates.
• Make sure hiring and candidate data handling follows employment law and internal policy in every relevant jurisdiction.
• Take on other related duties that support team goals, department needs and company priorities.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field, or an equivalent mix of education and experience.
• 7+ years of progressive recruitment or talent acquisition experience, including hiring for Senior Manager and Director roles, ideally in a technology or software setting.
• Executive presence, with the credibility to advise and influence the C-suite and other senior leaders.
• A proven record of planning and delivering talent acquisition programs from start to finish, with strong project management and critical thinking.
• Hands-on experience with AI-enabled recruiting tools and automation, and sound judgement about how to use them.
• A solid grasp of sourcing methods, applicant tracking systems (preferably Greenhouse) and recruitment analytics, plus the business sense to use that data when advising leaders.
• Excellent communication and relationship skills, able to work effectively with people at every level of the organization.
• A collaborative, adaptable approach with a drive for continuous improvement and service quality.

Conditions

This role requires a Government of Canada Reliability security clearance, which you must obtain and keep, and you must be legally authorized to work in Canada.

Specific customer contracts may require additional security checks, and holding all required clearances is a condition of employment.

For Canada-based remote roles, the expected base salary is CAD $95,000 to CAD $125,000 per year.

Starting pay depends on skills, experience, education, training, internal equity, market data and business needs.

The role is remote for Canada-based candidates.

The company is an equal opportunity employer, and accommodations are available on request at every stage of recruitment and for the terms of employment.

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package on top of base salary.
• Some roles may be eligible for variable pay, such as incentive plans or discretionary performance bonuses.