About the Role
Success Academy is seeking a results-obsessed Senior Director, Talent Acquisition to lead day-to-day recruiting operations outside of academic teacher recruitment, executive search, and TA operations. This role involves running talent acquisition like a high-performing sales organization with a focus on daily activity targets, pipeline management, and coaching to metrics.
Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day leadership, execution, and results across non-instructional, corporate, and arts & athletics recruiting.
- Manage recruiting teams like a high-performing sales organization, setting activity targets and monitoring key metrics.
- Lead, hire, and develop recruiting Leads and managers, setting a high performance bar and providing direct feedback.
- Forecast hiring demand, set capacity and headcount plans, and reallocate resources to meet aggressive volume goals.
- Partner with TA leadership to build the Florida TA Team and operations, covering both instructional and non-instructional hiring.
- Optimize and streamline the end-to-end recruiting process to improve candidate experience and reduce time-to-hire.
- Own vendor and agency relationships and drive agency reduction.
- Partner with TA leadership to translate enterprise plans into weekly results.
- Build strong relationships with hiring managers, People partners, and senior leaders to align on needs and deliver.
Requirements
- 8–10+ years in recruiting / talent acquisition.
- 4+ years leading recruiters through managers in a high-volume, metrics-intensive environment.
- Track record leading a high-velocity recruiting engine in a search firm, staffing/recruiting agency, or a fast-paced, technology-forward, high-growth company.
- Demonstrated ability to manage recruiting like a sales floor with activity metrics, pipeline discipline, quotas, and daily coaching.
- Hands-on experience across the full recruiting lifecycle, from sourcing through close.
- Proven ability to build and scale new teams, markets, or functions in a fast-growth setting.
- Fluency with a modern recruiting tech stack (Greenhouse strongly preferred; GEM, BrightHire, or similar).
- Bachelor's degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Skills
- Talent Acquisition
- Recruiting
- Sales Management
- Pipeline Management
- Metrics-Driven Operations
- Team Leadership
- Forecasting
- Process Optimization
- Vendor Management
- Relationship Building
- Greenhouse
- GEM
- BrightHire
Location
- New York
- Florida
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior Director
- 8-10+ years of experience
- 4+ years of leadership experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Salary/Compensations
- $230,000 - $275,000 + bonus
Benefits
- Full benefits program
- Opportunities for professional growth
About the Company
- Success Academy operates a large, fast-growing, and high-performing network of public charter schools in New York and is expanding to Florida.
- The company is dedicated to providing children with access to rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status.
- Success Academy aims to give every student a fair shot at reaching their potential.
Equal Opportunity
- Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds.
- We value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
- We actively seek applications from people of all backgrounds to strengthen our community and the perspectives needed to flourish in a multicultural world.
