Published: Nov 5, 2024 – The Acquisition Lead is responsible for achieving acquisition targets by leading a high-performing team, enhancing strategies based on customer feedback, and driving collaboration across multiple functional teams. This role builds strong relationships with ecosystem partners and implements proactive recruitment strategies to meet business growth demands. The lead also develops talent pipelines and employer branding efforts to attract diverse, qualified candidates for current and future needs.
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1. Acquisition Lead, BrightPath Solutions, Austin, TX
Job Summary:
- Working with stakeholders across the organization to define roles and targets
- Build and maintain candidate pipeline for hardware and software engineering, product, design, operations and logistics, data science, marketing, customer support
- Schedule and conduct interviews
- Identify and engage with top talent using innovative approaches (e.g. new platforms, A/B testing candidate approaches)
- Manage candidate hiring end to end from sourcing to onboarding
- Manage an Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
- Maintains and expands recruiting expertise by staying abreast of industry trends, best practices, legal developments, and benchmark comparisons.
- Leverages existing technology to conduct proactive sourcing, campaigns, and events and participate in university relations.
- Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department and hospital in community outreach efforts.
- Participates in multi-disciplinary quality and service improvement teams.
Skills on Resume:
- Stakeholder Management (Soft Skills)
- Candidate Pipeline Management (Hard Skills)
- Interview Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Talent Sourcing Strategies (Hard Skills)
- Hiring Process Management (Hard Skills)
- ATS Proficiency (Hard Skills)
- Recruiting Trends Knowledge (Hard Skills)
- Community Outreach (Soft Skills)
2. Acquisition Lead, Greenfield Innovations, Seattle, WA
Job Summary:
- Builds strong relationships with hiring managers and is seen as the subject matter expert in all areas of talent acquisition as assigned.
- Develops and implements effective recruiting and sourcing strategies, processes, and procedures to support staffing needs.
- Ensures strategies are aligned with corporate objectives and goals to positively impact business results.
- Provides direction and oversight of strategic advertising for hard-to-fill positions.
- Partners with hiring leaders and business partners to create short- and long-term recruitment forecasts and workforce hiring plans.
- Creates and delivers reports to hiring and TA leaders and HR Business Partners on key metrics focused on recruitment effectiveness, efficiency, and achievement of targeted goals.
- Coaches and counsels TAP/Sr. TAP including completion of the annual review process.
- Provides timely, consistent, and candid feedback regarding team members’ performance and progress to departmental goals and objectives.
- Fosters relationships with HR Business Partners, TAPs/Sr. TAPs and hiring leaders to develop talent acquisition plans for hard-to-fill positions and proactively plan for anticipated vacancies.
- Provides leadership and direction to the TA team on excellence in hiring leader communication, candidate relationship development, offer negotiation, and the effective execution of recruitment and onboarding practices.
Skills on Resume:
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Recruiting Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
- Alignment with Corporate Goals (Hard Skills)
- Strategic Advertising Oversight (Hard Skills)
- Recruitment Forecasting (Hard Skills)
- Recruitment Metrics Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Coaching and Performance Feedback (Soft Skills)
- Talent Acquisition Leadership (Soft Skills)
3. Acquisition Lead, FutureTech Systems, Denver, CO
Job Summary:
- Help convey the impact staff have in service of HBS by establishing a Careers in External Relations web presence
- Ensure job postings effectively relay the daily contributions of staff
- Establish a proactive and robust recruitment and outreach strategy for key segments of ER’s workforce Lead hiring and associated activities.
- Partner with hiring managers across External Relations from job ad creation, candidate review, and advice on the hiring process
- Establish necessary tracking and reporting to support hiring and recruitment processes
- Assess current hiring practices in close partnership with ER managers, leadership, and HBS HR and recommend substantive process changes over time.
- Ensures team consistently meets and/or exceeds metrics, and hiring targets and delivers on projects
- Develops and contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards, and safety standards.
- Ensures compliance with company policies, procedures governmental/accreditation regulations, and collective bargaining agreements.
- Provides direct hands-on recruitment-related support and manages the search process for key positions.
Skills on Resume:
- Web Presence Development (Hard Skills)
- Job Posting Optimization (Hard Skills)
- Recruitment Strategy Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Collaboration with Hiring Managers (Soft Skills)
- Hiring Process Tracking and Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Hiring Practices Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Metrics and Target Achievement (Hard Skills)
- Compliance Management (Hard Skills)
4. Acquisition Lead, Apex Strategies, Orlando, FL
Job Summary:
- Source and headhunt world-leading talent for Operations and Network teams
- Work alongside the team to successfully execute the ambitious hiring roadmap
- Help create compelling job descriptions and advertise them on appropriate channels/job boards
- Build strong talent pipelines, execute sourcing campaigns, and engage with talent throughout the entire recruitment process
- Be creative and take initiative in attracting the best talent through new avenues
- Manage relationships both with candidates and internal hiring managers
- Create an engaging and memorable candidate experience
- Support on important projects that benefit the wider business
- Communicate with active candidates to keep them informed and engaged
- Develop diversity recruitment strategies and programs to attract and retain the best talent
Skills on Resume:
- Talent Sourcing (Hard Skills)
- Hiring Roadmap Execution (Hard Skills)
- Job Description Creation (Hard Skills)
- Talent Pipeline Management (Hard Skills)
- Creative Talent Attraction (Soft Skills)
- Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
- Candidate Experience Enhancement (Soft Skills)
- Diversity Recruitment Strategies (Hard Skills)
5. Acquisition Lead, Insightful Analytics, Minneapolis, MN
Job Summary:
- Leading the operational recruitment activities (100+ annual hires) across Sales and Commercial Functions.
- Build clear mathematical workbacks to aid the team’s understanding of volumes needed at each step of the recruiting funnel and articulate input goals that enable the output goals
- Effective measurement of KPIs and rigorous action plan to ensure the team meets weekly, quarterly, and annual delivery targets
- Building an impactful diversity attraction strategy for building a diverse North American business
- As a role model of candidate experience, lead multiple initiatives in partnership with the Talent Operations, Employer Branding & Talent Marketing team, and key business stakeholders.
- The first point of contact for Director and VP-level business partners and strong collaboration with People Partners
- Prepare monthly and quarterly business reviews that leverage compelling data to tell a clear story on the health of talent progress against business demand, ROI on strategic initiatives, ongoing operational excellence initiatives, and more
- Build constant best practices on how we leverage product, Beamery, to solve daily hiring challenges and build talent strategies for short-, mid-and long-term impact
- Work with peers across the Talent Team and collaborate on key talent projects and deliverables.
Skills on Resume:
- Operational Recruitment Leadership (Hard Skills)
- Mathematical Workback Development (Hard Skills)
- KPI Measurement and Action Planning (Hard Skills)
- Diversity Attraction Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Candidate Experience Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Stakeholder Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Data-Driven Business Reviews (Hard Skills)
- Best Practices Implementation (Hard Skills)
6. Acquisition Lead, Quantum Growth Partners, Phoenix, AZ
Job Summary:
- Full cycle recruitment for senior-level positions
- For every search, source and identify a diverse slate of top talent
- Develop strong partnerships with hiring managers and candidates
- Deliver an inclusive and thoughtful interview process and candidate experience
- Manage and develop junior recruiters so they have a long and fruitful career at Everlane
- Partner with Total Rewards to ensure compensation practices are fair, consistent, and competitive
- Continue to act as an ambassador for the brand and protector of Everlane’s values
- Source and build pipelines for non-technical roles (Sales, Customer Support, Licensing and Credentialing, Product, Marketing) and manage all pipelines
- Conduct initial screening interviews for each open position before presenting to the hiring managers and discuss skill fit, values fit, compensation, and pitch Verifiable
- Work closely with hiring managers to craft interview processes, job descriptions, and scorecards for each new role
Skills on Resume:
- Full Cycle Recruitment (Hard Skills)
- Diverse Talent Sourcing (Hard Skills)
- Partnership Development (Soft Skills)
- Inclusive Interview Process (Soft Skills)
- Junior Recruiter Development (Soft Skills)
- Compensation Practices Collaboration (Hard Skills)
- Brand Ambassadorship (Soft Skills)
- Pipeline Management for Non-Technical Roles (Hard Skills)
7. Acquisition Lead, Elevate Marketing Group, Richmond, VA
Job Summary:
- Responsible for new customer acquisition through paid and non-paid channels.
- Drive paid media strategy and budget allocation to hit CAC targets.
- Oversee paid media buyers, ad creative designers, and SEO agencies/resources
- Work closely with the retention lead, brand team, and product team.
- Build a new customer acquisition strategy to align with the forecast
- Report on paid media spending across all channels
- Ensure ad production is moving efficiently and according to the process
- Collaborate with the brand to increase acquisition from non-paid channels
- Managing paid media buyers, SEO agencies, creative agencies
Skills on Resume:
- Customer Acquisition Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Paid Media Management (Hard Skills)
- Budget Allocation (Hard Skills)
- Team Oversight (Soft Skills)
- Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Reporting on Paid Media Spending (Hard Skills)
- Ad Production Management (Hard Skills)
- Non-Paid Channel Acquisition (Hard Skills)
8. Acquisition Lead, New Horizons Consulting, Portland, OR
Job Summary:
- Drive Banking UK and Europe acquisition activity for all Programmatic channels, including but not limited to Interns and Graduates
- Take ownership and accountability for fulfilling requested business demands for Programmatic hiring needs
- Partner closely with various Programmatic TA Teams to deliver against shared goals, including but not limited to propositions, program planning & delivery
- Partner closely with Programmatic Assessment & Selection teams, to develop and implement attraction and assessment efforts in line with firm and individual business goals
- Continually search for ways to do things better, and identify opportunities for continual improvement
- Support and encourage diversity initiatives to help support Barclay's Diversity and Inclusion efforts
- Evaluate ROI on events and use information to inform future recommendations
- Coach, train, and support team to deliver to the highest standard and achieve their potential
- Manage recruitment vendors and optimize processes and tools to enhance efficiency.
- Builds a strong pipeline of passive candidates through proactive sourcing techniques like LinkedIn, Social Media, and other search techniques.
Skills on Resume:
- Programmatic Acquisition Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Business Demand Fulfillment (Hard Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Attraction and Assessment Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Continuous Improvement Identification (Soft Skills)
- Diversity and Inclusion Support (Soft Skills)
- ROI Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Candidate Sourcing Techniques (Hard Skills)
9. Acquisition Lead, Synergy Dynamics, Charlotte, NC
Job Summary:
- Own the acquisition component of the Customer and Growth strategy for Uber Eats in Latam and the execution
- Ensure hit new customer targets with the right strategy, and with the most efficient investment
- Oversee investment and efficiency to ensure we use structured frameworks and great execution to spend the Acquisition budget smartly
- Optimize promotional spend, communications strategy, and messaging campaigns, and input into decisions on how we spend in other channels like paid and brand marketing to ensure not just quantity, but quality of new customers
- Oversee how we think creatively about new channels for customer acquisition and working with other teams across the business (for example, the business development team) to maximize impact
- Own the overall performance and direction of the team and be expected to manage them to a high standard
- Use various advanced analytics and business intelligence techniques to uncover hidden patterns and business drivers to optimize operations.
- Use data to challenge the status quo and drive teams to action
- Oversee the customer acquisition funnel to identify opportunities to increase conversion as well as develop and execute solutions
- Act as Product Champion to improve the UX/UI of apps based on global and regional requirements, and roll out new product features in LatAm
Skills on Resume:
- Customer Acquisition Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Budget Management (Hard Skills)
- Promotional Spend Optimization (Hard Skills)
- Creative Channel Exploration (Soft Skills)
- Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Advanced Analytics Techniques (Hard Skills)
- Data-Driven Decision Making (Hard Skills)
- UX/UI Improvement (Hard Skills)
10. Strategic Acquisition Lead, Thrive Enterprises, Nashville, TN
Job Summary:
- Deliver against assigned goals.
- Manage, inspire, and motivate a team of client-facing and high-performing Googlers.
- Assess the needs of customers and gather feedback to enhance the working strategies.
- Engage with cross-functional teams, such as Application Development, Online Partnerships Group (OPG), Google Play, Large Customer Sales, and other stakeholders to drive acquisition business.
- Build strategic relationships with ecosystem partners to deliver high-quality full solutions to customers.
- Manage daily recruitment activities across all business functions to meet recruitment targets.
- Develop and implement proactive TA strategies
- Build a talent pipeline of diverse and qualified talents for current and future expansion business needs.
- Develop and establish strong employer branding strategies with the external public and universities.
- Evaluate existing recruitment channels and develop new approaches to meet hiring needs.
Skills on Resume:
- Goal Delivery (Soft Skills)
- Team Management and Motivation (Soft Skills)
- Customer Needs Assessment (Soft Skills)
- Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Strategic Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Recruitment Activity Management (Hard Skills)
- Proactive Talent Acquisition Strategies (Hard Skills)
- Employer Branding Development (Hard Skills)