Senior Talent Acquisition Manager

• Strategic Recruitment Leadership: Translate Nuovo's business needs and growth targets into clear, actionable recruitment strategies and lead the execution of our overall hiring plan.
• Process Optimization & Standardization: Design, implement, and continuously improve our hiring processes, ensuring a structured methodology that enhances the quality of hires, reduces time-to-fill, and drives cost efficiency.
• Hands-On Recruiting & Partnership: Actively manage a portion of open roles, providing hands-on recruiting expertise and partnering closely with department managers to ensure a seamless, high-quality, and cost-effective hiring experience.
• Team Coaching & Development: Provide direction, constructive feedback, and day-to-day support to foster a thriving recruitment team, ensuring they deliver an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Talent Program Evolution: Oversee and evolve key talent programs, including campus recruitment, employee referral initiatives, interviewer certification, and employer branding efforts, always seeking ways to optimize spend and impact.
• Budget Management & Cost Efficiency:

• Collaborate with finance and leadership to align recruitment spending with company financial goals, forecasting hiring needs, and proactively managing the recruitment budget.
• Develop accurate Cost-Per-Hire (CPH) estimates and identify areas for efficiency, differentiating between fixed and variable costs.
• Strategically optimize recruitment channels, negotiate favorable terms with vendors (e.g., job boards, agencies), and champion cost-effective sourcing methods like internal referrals and talent pipeline development.
• Manage annual budgets of hiring costs, team of recruiters, platforms, etc.
• Identify and implement strategies to reduce recruitment-related expenses while maintaining a high quality of hire.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Own our Applicant Tracking System (ATS), ensuring process compliance, and leveraging data and insights to guide hiring strategy, inform workforce planning, measure team performance, and report on key KPIs (e.g., CPH, time-to-fill, source-of-hire).
• Enhancing Employee Experience: Contribute to the design and implementation of talent management initiatives, including onboarding and offboarding, to ensure a positive employee journey from day one, impacting retention and future recruitment.
• Promoting DEI: Implement and manage strategies to shape a diverse and inclusive culture throughout the recruitment and onboarding process, aligned with Nuovo's values.

• Experience: 5+ years in talent acquisition, with at least 2 years in a leadership role managing and developing a recruitment team.
• Process Improvement: A proven track record of building or significantly improving recruiting processes that enhanced structure, consistency, and the quality of hires.
• Strategic & Detail-Oriented: The ability to think strategically about big-picture priorities while executing with meticulous care and thorough follow-through on day-to-day tasks.
• ATS Proficiency: Comfort and expertise in owning an ATS, using it effectively to drive process compliance, generate insightful reports, and enhance team performance.
• Coaching Prowess: A genuine passion for coaching and developing team members, demonstrated by your investment in their growth and professional development.
• Communication & Influence: Exceptional communication skills that allow you to engage, influence, and build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Financial Acumen: A strong understanding of recruitment budget management, cost-per-hire metrics, and strategies for optimizing recruitment spend proactively.

• A competitive salary of $90k CAD, plus hiring bonuses, along with a comprehensive benefits package.
• Endless opportunities for personal and professional growth in a fast-growing, innovative company.
• A role where your strategies and decisions directly influence the company’s operations and growth.
• A workspace where everyone is welcomed, heard, and valued.

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