Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

APGFCU - Your Community Credit Union! For over 80 years, APGFCU has shared our financial experience and provided valuable products and services to build stability and financial independence, one member at a time. We are looking for those who want to join this movement and become a part of a growing organization. We offer competitive pay and great benefits.

Summary: We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition to lead and evolve our recruitment function. This role is both player and coach, directly managing two recruiters while also driving full-cycle recruitment across the organization. You will be instrumental in reshaping the candidate and employee experience, optimizing recruitment processes, and building a high-performing, metrics-driven talent acquisition function.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead & Coach: Manage, mentor, and develop a team of two recruiters, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence.
• Full-Cycle Recruitment: Own and execute high-volume, fast-paced recruitment efforts across multiple departments and levels.
• Hiring Manager Partnership: Build strong relationships with hiring managers, providing strategic guidance, training, and support to ensure effective and inclusive hiring practices.
• Process Optimization: Redesign and implement scalable, efficient, and inclusive recruitment processes that drive quality hires and a seamless candidate experience.
• Technology & Tools: Leverage applicant tracking systems (ADP, UKG, Workday preferred) and tools like LinkedIn Recruiter to source, track, and manage candidates.
• Employer Branding: Partner with Marketing and People teams to enhance our careers website and promote our employer brand across digital platforms.
• Data-Driven Decisions: Define and track key recruitment metrics (e.g., time-to-fill, quality of hire, candidate satisfaction) to measure success and inform strategy.
• Candidate Experience: Champion a best-in-class candidate journey from first touch to onboarding, ensuring every interaction reflects our values and culture.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with other People Team leaders to ensure the recruitment process aligns with and supports the broader employee journey and engagement strategy.

Core Competencies:

• Business Acumen: Understands the organization's goals and how talent acquisition contributes to broader business success.
• Analytical Thinking: Uses data and insights to drive decisions, measure outcomes, and continuously improve processes.
• Communication Skills: Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills; able to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Collaboration & Influence: Builds strong partnerships across the People Team and with business leaders to align recruitment with employee engagement and retention strategies.
• Adaptability: Thrives in a fast-paced environment and embraces change with a solution-oriented mindset.
• Candidate & Employee-Centric Mindset: Prioritizes the experience of both candidates and internal stakeholders in every aspect of the recruitment process.

• A high-performing, engaged recruiting team consistently meeting or exceeding hiring goals.
• Streamlined, data-informed recruitment processes that reduce time-to-fill and improve quality of hire.
• Hiring managers who feel confident, supported, and capable in their roles as talent selectors.
• A careers site and candidate experience that reflect our culture and attract top talent.
• Clear, actionable recruitment metrics that drive continuous improvement and strategic decision-making.

Additional: Responsible for completion of applicable training and compliance on federal regulations and APGFCU policies and procedures as related to the duties of this position (Bank Secrecy Act, Information Security as examples, if applicable).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field required; Master's degree preferred.
• HR certifications (e.g., PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP) are a plus.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in talent acquisition, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Experience in financial services is a strong plus.
• Proven success in high-volume, fast-paced recruitment environments.
• Strong experience with ATS platforms (ADP, UKG, Workday preferred).
• Expertise in LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing tools.
• Demonstrated ability to lead process improvement initiatives and manage to recruitment KPIs.
• Strong track record of partnering with and coaching hiring managers to improve hiring outcomes.
• Excellent interpersonal, coaching, and communication skills.

Physical Demand: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to sit, stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must be able to handle prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 15 pounds, and be capable of transporting related supplies and equipment. Specific vision abilities by this job include vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus. The employee must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization's facilities.

Compensation information: Offers are based on experience and education.

$92,872.00 - $116,084.80 annually

APGFCU provides comprehensive benefits such as: medical and dental (shared expense), vision, 401(k), life and disability insurance, flexible spending account, employee assistance program, referral program, educational assistance, holidays, annual leave and sick leave.

APGFCU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability to Protected Veteran status. Please use the attached link to view the EEO law poster http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/poster.cfm

APGFCU is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to persons of all abilities, including persons with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send to the Human Resources Department and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodations will be responded to from this e-mail address.