AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Hiring for Director, Talent Attraction – Remote at Atlanta, GA Full Time

At the American Cancer Society, we’re leading the fight for a world without cancer. Our employees and 1.5 million volunteers are raising the bar every single day. We actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds including communities of color, the LGBTQ community, veterans, and people with disabilities. The greater the diversity of our people, the better we can serve our communities.

Position Description

JOB SUMMARY

• Strategic, innovative, and results-driven leader who is passionate about attracting and engaging high performing talent who will successfully thrive in our mission-driven, people-first organization.
• Inspirational talent leader who can motivate the high-performing Talent Attraction team to achieve organizational goals and achieve their personal best.
• Deeply understand the business in order to develop and drive talent strategies that will meet the organizational needs of today and the future
• Commitment to building and sustaining our diverse and inclusive workforce
• Creating exceptional, engaging candidate experiences that bring our organizational brand and culture to life
• Developing innovative recruitment strategies to market American Cancer Society as a best place to work
• Ongoing pursuit of excellence in the talent acquisition function, implementing new and innovative ideas and continuous process improvements

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Business Leader

• Develop and implement a strategic talent recruitment roadmap that delivers the highest impact to the business by addressing the business needs and challenges of today and proactively plans for the workforce of the future
• Lead a data driven approach to talent acquisition by leveraging analytics, insights and external trends as well as understanding of the long-term business objectives to guide hiring strategies and drive informed decisions.
• Be a curious student of the business forming deep understanding of the internal business strategies, goals and objectives. Develop strategies to accomplish these business objectives and DE&I initiatives through knowledge of the external labor market and the impact of the micro and macro environmental trends

Lead the team’s full life-cycle recruiting

• Lead team that successfully delivers exceptional full life-cycle of recruitment including attracting, reviewing, interviewing, assessing and offer negotiations for multiple searches and businesses in the organization
• Support the team in developing a robust, high-quality proactive candidate pipeline through research, networking, social media, and effective outreach to meet the needs of the business
• Deep understanding of how talent acquisition relates to talent management including succession planning, performance metrics and internal mobility
• Understanding skill needs in relation to the larger organization wide strategy. Uncovering traditional and non-traditional skill markets. Hiring for potential and understanding transferrable and adjacent experiences and skills

Relationship Management

• Foster outstanding business partnerships with both internal stakeholders and external marketplace leaders. Be a trusted advisor to leadership by educating, advising, and influencing on recruitment and market trends
• Create an extraordinary candidate experience journey that represents our people-first culture.
• Collaborate with DE&I team to develop and leverage a robust network of strategic partnerships to support DE&I hiring objectives
• Manage and lead executive-level searches in partnership with executive search teams
• Evaluate, negotiate, and manage relationships with all talent acquisition vendor partners to optimize performance

Innovation and Employer Brand

• Benchmark with best-in-class organizations to ensure competitive advantage.
• Incorporate an innovative employment brand marketing strategy using social media and other techniques to differentiate the brand and engage candidates
• Ongoing pursuit of best-in-class talent acquisition strategies and processes
• Drive for excellence with a strong focus on pursuing innovation, optimizing performance and continuous process improvement

Position Requirements

FORMAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

• 8+ years of recruitment experience in a progressive corporation and/or agency
• 5+ years leading a large high-performing team
• Exceptional leader motivating and growing team to be best in class talent acquisition
• Proven track record of creating a diverse and inclusive workforce
• Exceptional skills at consulting, collaborating, and influencing with business leaders using organizational insights and strong business acumen

The starting starting range is $118,000 – $146,000. The final candidate’s relevant experience/skills will be considered before an offer is extended. Actual starting pay will vary based on non-discriminatory factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, experience, skills, specialty, and education.

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