About the Role
The Talent Acquisition Manager will lead Cushing Terrell's recruiting function, balancing personal recruitment of strategic hires with team leadership. This new role aims to build the recruiting strategy, metrics, and systems to support the firm's growth.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of three to five recruiters, running 1:1s, pipeline reviews, and team meetings that build sourcing, assessment, and closing skills
- Personally own full-cycle recruiting for leadership, principal, and other high-priority searches, building proactive pipelines through passive sourcing and long-term relationship building
- Partner with the Chief People Officer and practice leaders to translate workforce plans into annual hiring plans and an actionable recruiting strategy
- Build and report recruiting dashboards covering pipeline health, time-to-fill, source effectiveness, and quality of hire to drive continuous improvement
- Partner with Marketing to shape employer brand strategy, manage the careers site, and strengthen Cushing Terrell's presence on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and Indeed
- Develop and execute campus and early-career recruiting strategy, including target school selection and internship and entry-level hiring programs
- Select and manage the vendor and agency portfolio, negotiating fees and monitoring performance and return on investment
- Continuously improve the talent acquisition technology stack and refine the full-cycle recruiting process from intake through offer and onboarding handoff
- Negotiate complex offers and partner with Operations on compensation benchmarking and leveling
- Advise hiring managers and practice leaders as a trusted partner on hiring strategy, role definition, and candidate assessment
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Marketing, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of experience and education
- 10+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including 2 to 3 years leading or managing recruiters
- Proven track record personally recruiting and closing senior or leadership-level roles
- Strong full-cycle recruiting skills, including sourcing, screening, and closing senior candidates
- Experience managing vendor and agency relationships, including negotiating fees
- Proficiency with applicant tracking systems such as Jobvite and sourcing platforms such as LinkedIn Recruiter
- Ability to travel up to 15% annually
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Cushing Terrell will not sponsor applicants for work visas.
Skills
- Applicant tracking systems (Jobvite)
- Sourcing platforms (LinkedIn Recruiter)
- Full-cycle recruiting
- Sourcing
- Screening
- Closing senior candidates
- Vendor and agency relationship management
- Negotiating fees
- Employer brand strategy
- Careers site management
- Campus and early-career recruiting strategy
- Offer negotiation
- Compensation benchmarking
- Candidate assessment
Location
- Remote
- Boise
- Billings
- Bozeman
- Missoula
- Denver
- Seattle
- Austin
Work Type
- Full-time
- Remote
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 10+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience
- 2-3 years leading or managing recruiters
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Marketing, or a related field
- Equivalent combination of experience and education
Salary/Compensations
- $125,000 to $145,000 annually
- Eligible for an annual performance bonus
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package
- Work opportunities in a variety of locations and markets
- Company culture that celebrates all unique viewpoints and personalities
About the Company
- Cushing Terrell is a multidisciplinary design firm with 17 offices and more than 500 team members who bring together their expertise to deliver holistic built environments.
- Leveraging our influence as designers, we work to create sustainable systems and spaces that help people live their best lives.
- At Cushing Terrell, we empower creative designers to discover imaginative, responsible, first-of-their-kind environments.
- We support a strong, cohesive team, from our design professionals to our business operations staff.
- Together, we champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, placing people at the center of our practice, thus our tagline, 'design meets you.'
- Together, we find joy in uncovering imaginative solutions for the people who work here, the people we work for, and the planet as a whole.
Equal Opportunity
- Cushing Terrell is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.
- Contact 406.248.7455 if you require assistance or accommodation during the employment application process.
