Director of Talent Acquisition

Job Description

Job Description

100000 +

Director of Talent Acquisition

Location Buffalo, West Seneca Office

Department Human Resources

Reports to CHRO

Team Recruiting Supervisor, Recruiters, Onboarding Specialists

Pay range 100,000 +

Purpose

Help more children get the best start in life by building a high performing talent function for our centers across North America. Join an award-winning culture that values care, quality, service, and value. This role shapes how we identify, attract, select, and onboard talent in both countries while tailoring approaches by market.

Your Role :

Manage end-to-end talent acquisition for centers and regional operations. Lead the team that supports high volume hiring for teachers, center leadership, field operations and shared services roles. Deliver a candidate and new hire experience that is timely, consistent, and welcoming, with localized strategies for challenging markets.

Responsibilities :

• Build and execute a North America hiring strategy that varies by region, with country specific plans for the United States and Canada.
• Lead, coach, and develop recruiters and onboarding specialists, define standards, workflows, and operating rhythms that scale
• Design creative sourcing and attraction programs for hard to fill U.S. markets, for example geo targeted, community-based partnerships, re-entry and career changer pathways, referral sprints, other hiring events
• Build market intelligence, map competitor hiring tactics, monitor license requirements, and use data to shift tactics quickly
• Build the recruiting and onboarding processes, service levels, tools, and reporting needed to run hiring at scale. Create clear ATS dashboards and provide weekly reports on funnel health by role family and market, including time to interview, time to accept, time to start, and conversion rates.
• Own onboarding for centers and field teams, standardize moments that matter from offer acceptance to day one and reduce time to productivity
• Partner with Operations on workforce planning, opening timelines, and acquisition integration, convert plans into pipelines with clear SLAs
• Oversee vendor partnerships and TA systems, evaluate performance and cost, and run pilots so effective solutions can be scaled
• Ensure compliance across the United States and Canada, maintain accurate documentation and consistent processes

What you bring

Benefits and perks

Ready to lead with impact

If this sounds like your next chapter, apply today and help us welcome more exceptional teammates to a mission that matters. Together, we will offer the best start in life to children, and a fabulous professional experience for the people who educate and care for them.