Principal Recruiter

CareerCircle
Dallas, TX, United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
7 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Applicant Tracking Systems Data Integrity Power BI

Job description

The Principal Recruiter is a senior individual contributor responsible for owning hiring outcomes and talent strategy across a designated business unit. This role partners directly with Regional Directors and Sr HRBPs, providing consultative guidance on workforce planning, hiring strategy, and talent market dynamics.

Operating with an executive search mindset, the Principal Recruiter delivers high quality, curated candidate slates and influences hiring decisions through data driven insights and structured assessments. The role requires strong technical and operational understanding of the business, enabling effective talent evaluation and ongoing upskilling of the recruiting team.

This role offers a high degree of autonomy and ownership, with accountability for business unit hiring outcomes, pipeline health, and overall recruiting performance. The Principal Recruiter is empowered to shape strategy, influence senior stakeholders, and drive meaningful improvements in how hiring is executed across the business., * Each Principal Recruiter will be aligned to a business unit

  • Act as the primary recruiting partner to Regional Directors and Sr HRBPs
  • Own business unit hiring strategy, workforce planning alignment, and execution
  • Provide market insights, hiring trends, and strategic recommendations to leadership
  • Lead staffing reporting in weekly and monthly business reviews

Executive Search and Advisory

  • Operate with an executive search mindset for leadership and critical roles, prioritizing quality over volume
  • Build and present curated candidate slates with structured assessments and clear hiring recommendations
  • Partner with Regional Directors and Sr HRBPs to define success profiles and calibrate hiring decisions
  • Provide consultative guidance on talent availability, compensation positioning, and competitive landscape
  • Elevate candidate presentation standards by delivering insight driven profiles rather than resume forwarding

Technical Acumen and Capability Building

  • Develop deep understanding of business unit operations, including building infrastructure, equipment types, and maintenance workflows
  • Build working knowledge of systems such as robotics, conveyor systems, controls, and automation equipment relevant to each business unit
  • Translate technical and operational concepts into clear recruiting strategies and candidate profiles
  • Act as a subject matter expert for assigned business unit, elevating the team’s understanding of roles, environments, and skill requirements
  • Design and deliver training sessions, enablement materials, and ongoing coaching to upskill recruiters on technical knowledge and role requirements
  • Lead regular presentations to recruiting teams and business stakeholders on market insights, technical trends, and hiring strategy

Recruiting & Data Reporting

  • Manage a reduced requisition load focused on high priority, complex, and high throughput sites
  • Support critical, hard to fill, and leadership level roles
  • Drive consistency and quality across hiring processes, including interview and selection standards
  • Own business unit reporting including staffing levels, pipeline health, time to fill, and offer conversion
  • Translate data into actionable insights to drive performance and decision making
  • Identify risks early and implement corrective actions

Operational Excellence & Team Development and Leadership

  • Coach and mentor recruiters to improve stakeholder management, technical fluency, and recruiting effectiveness
  • Raise the bar on candidate quality, process discipline, and overall team performance
  • Partner with recruiting managers to drive accountability and continuous improvement
  • Operational Excellence
  • Standardize recruiting processes and ensure alignment with recruiting and business expectations
  • Partner with internal teams including Candidate Care, People team, and Operations to remove bottlenecks
  • Support hiring events, launches, and surge hiring needs as required, Dallas, TXOn-Site Coaching Robotics Dashboard Operations Leadership Automation Mentorship Upskilling Communication Presentations Team Building Accountability Data Reporting Decision Making Talent Strategy Conveyor Systems Technical Acumen Analytical Skills Influencing Skills Workforce Planning Workflow Management Executive Recruitment Stakeholder Management Operational Excellence Recruitment Strategies Full-Cycle Recruitment Team Performance Management Influencing Without Authority Continuous Improvement Process +0 Talent Acquisition Coordinator Aston Carter Dallas, TXRemote Finance Avature Power BI Dashboard Operations Accounting Scalability Procurement Coordinating

Requirements

Robotics, Dashboard Operations Leadership Automation Mentorship Upskilling Communication Presentations Team Building Accountability Data Reporting Decision Making Talent Strategy Conveyor Systems Technical Acumen Analytical Skills Influencing Skills Workforce Planning Workflow Management Executive Recruitment Stakeholder Management Operational Excellence Recruitment Strategies Full-Cycle Recruitment Team Performance Management Influencing Without Authority Continuous Improvement Process, * Minimum 7+ years of full cycle recruiting experience

  • Experience supporting high volume and/or technical hiring environments
  • Strong stakeholder management experience with senior business leaders

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience within executive search, agency recruiting or retained search environment with a focus on consultative hiring support
  • Experience supporting engineering, maintenance, or automation related roles
  • Strong ability to learn and translate technical concepts into hiring strategies
  • Experience building training materials or enabling teams
  • Strong analytical skills with experience with recruiting dashboards and data tools
  • Experience mentoring or leading recruiters

Travel Requirement

  • This role requires minimum 25% travel to support business unit alignment, site engagement, hiring events, and stakeholder partnership

Success Profile

  • Proven ability to elevate team capability and drive measurable improvements
  • Strategic thinker with strong business and operational acumen
  • Ability to quickly build credibility in technical environments
  • High ownership and accountability for results
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to present to senior stakeholders, Communication Collaboration Data Integrity Detail Oriented Customer Service Workflow Management Process Improvement Calendar Management Project Coordination Organizational Skills Artificial Intelligence Applicant Tracking Systems Verbal Communication Skills Continuous Improvement Process +0

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