Playsports
Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner, Partnerships & Sales
Chicago, Illinois, United States. Posted a month ago
The role
The Senior Talent Acquisition Partner serves as a strategic recruiting partner for an assigned business vertical. This person will own talent acquisition strategy and execution while building proactive talent pipelines.
What you will do
- Serve as the primary Talent Acquisition partner for an assigned Playfly business vertical.
- Develop understanding of vertical business priorities, workforce needs, and talent landscape.
- Own full-cycle recruiting from intake and sourcing through offer and close.
- Advise hiring managers on search strategy, candidate profiles, and compensation.
- Lead recurring talent reviews with hiring managers and HR partners.
- Build proactive talent pipelines through various sourcing channels.
- Measure sourcing effectiveness through outreach and conversion rates.
- Use recruiting data and funnel analytics to improve hiring outcomes.
- Deliver pipeline updates and market intelligence to leaders.
- Create a consistent, high-quality candidate experience.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
- 5+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition or recruiting experience, including complex full-cycle searches.
- Strong proactive sourcing skills, including Boolean search and talent mapping.
- Ability to use recruiting metrics and conversion data.
- Experience serving as a consultative partner to hiring managers and senior leaders.
- Ability to independently own searches, relationships, projects, and competing priorities.
- Strong candidate assessment, market intelligence, and talent advisory capabilities.
- Excellent written, verbal, relationship-building, and presentation skills.
- Ability to translate business needs into actionable recruiting and talent strategies.
- Experience partnering across HR, business functions, and cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with ATS, CRM, sourcing platforms, recruiting technology, and talent analytics.
- Ability to lift up to 30 lbs.
Nice to have
- Interest in sports, media, entertainment, or marketing
About the company
Playfly Sports is a full-service sports marketing and media company. It enables brands to engage with sports fans through linear, digital, and experiential assets.