Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

The Senior Talent Acquisition Partner is a strategic, full-cycle recruiting professional responsible for delivering high-quality talent across Discovery Senior Living (DSL), with primary emphasis on Management Companies, regional, community leadership, and other critical positions. The role partners closely with Operations, Sales, Human Resources, and regional leaders to translate business priorities into practical recruiting strategies, build proactive talent pipelines, and deliver an efficient, consistent candidate and hiring-manager experience. This position serves as a trusted advisor to business leaders and uses market intelligence, recruiting data, disciplined execution, and creative sourcing strategies to attract, assess, and hire talent aligned with DSL’s growth objectives, operational performance, culture, and commitment to resident experience.

Responsibilities

Full-cycle recruiting for assigned leadership and critical roles; leading intake meetings to clarify position scope, success profiles, required qualifications, sourcing strategy, interview process, decision makers, and target timelines; sourcing, screening, and assessing candidates; facilitating structured interviews and assessments; coaching hiring managers on effective interviewing and candidate evaluation; partnering with hiring leaders and Human Resources on selection decisions, offer strategy, approvals, negotiations, and pre-employment handoffs; maintaining timely communication with candidates and hiring managers; building and maintaining diverse talent pipelines; developing relationships with colleges, universities, technical schools, professional associations, and community partners; coordinating and participating in job fairs, networking events, and targeted recruiting campaigns; using LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, social media, and other digital channels; evaluating sourcing channels and adjusting strategy; serving as a trusted advisor to leaders; leading regular pipeline reviews; developing strong business relationships with hiring managers; balancing recruitment activity across multiple locations and concurrent openings; maintaining accurate candidate and requisition activity in the applicant tracking system; managing job-board accounts and posting activity; tracking and analyzing recruiting metrics; providing weekly reporting and actionable insights; maintaining compliance with recruiting processes and employment laws

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field required; equivalent directly relevant experience may be considered; 7+ years of progressive full-cycle recruiting experience, including demonstrated success recruiting leadership-level and critical business roles; advanced sourcing and talent-pipeline development skills, including proactive outreach for hard-to-fill roles; strong consultative, relationship-building, influencing, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills; ability to organize and prioritize a high volume of recruitment activity across multiple locations and roles; sound judgment and the ability to assess candidates, interpret market conditions, identify hiring risk, and recommend practical solutions; strong written and verbal communication skills; proficiency with applicant tracking systems, job boards, sourcing platforms, Microsoft Office, and recruiting analytics; ability to learn new applications quickly; working knowledge of applicable employment laws, fair hiring practices, and confidential information handling

Nice to have

Experience supporting multi-site, geographically dispersed organizations; Experience in senior living, healthcare, hospitality, or a related service industry