Talent Acquisition Specialist

Role Overview

Talent Acquisition Specialist (100% Remote, United States)

You will lead end-to-end recruiting, sourcing and securing exceptional candidates for competitive and difficult-to-fill roles. This is a senior-level role with strong independence expectations, and it may grow into a Talent Acquisition or Hiring Manager position based on performance, leadership, and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting: job intake through offer acceptance
• Partner with leadership and hiring managers to define hiring needs
• Create clear, accurate job descriptions
• Source candidates via LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, referrals, and professional networks
• Identify and engage passive candidates
• Screen applicants and conduct structured interviews
• Coordinate interviews with candidates and hiring teams
• Evaluate candidates for skills, experience, and organizational alignment
• Handle salary discussions and negotiate offers
• Maintain a positive, professional candidate experience
• Build talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs
• Maintain accurate candidate records in the applicant tracking system
• Track recruiting metrics (e.g., time-to-fill, offer-acceptance rate, quality of hire)
• Ensure hiring practices comply with employment laws and company policies
• Improve recruiting processes using data, automation, and AI-powered tools

Requirements

• At least 5 years of full-cycle recruiting/talent acquisition experience
• Experience recruiting for senior-level, specialized, or difficult-to-fill positions
• Proven sourcing experience using LinkedIn Recruiter and other platforms
• Experience screening candidates and conducting professional interviews
• Experience working directly with executives and hiring managers
• Experience creating recruiting strategies and building candidate pipelines
• Experience negotiating competitive compensation packages
• Experience using applicant tracking systems and recruiting technology
• Experience tracking and reporting recruiting performance metrics
• Ability to manage multiple open roles and competing deadlines
• Proven success working independently in a remote environment

Skills / Nice-to-haves

• Strong ownership, urgency, and ability to work with minimal supervision
• Excellent communication and strong interviewing/evaluation/negotiation abilities
• Strong organization and time management
• Comfortable making decisions and solving problems independently
• Ability to handle sensitive/confidential information
• Interest in eventually leading and developing a recruiting team