Talent Acquisition Manager

ALTEN Technology USA
Irvine, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Engineering professionals with recruitment management experience and strong interpersonal skills will find this leadership role in a collaborative, technical environment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years in recruiting and 1+ year in engineering talent acquisition
    — “Min 5 years recruiting experience, preferably minimum 1 year of engineering recruiting experience”
  • Candidates who can manage teams and drive recruitment strategy in a technical field
    — “Management experience is required”
  • Candidates with a strong grasp of applicant tracking systems and data-driven reporting
    — “Experience in reporting and KPI tracking is highly preferred”

Things to consider

  • Must be prepared to complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire
    — “All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire”
  • Candidates should be ready to work in a multicultural and collaborative environment
    — “Very good interpersonal and communication skills to use in a multicultural context”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in building long-term candidate networks and relationships
    — “Proactively builds solid and long-term candidate relationships and networks for current and future talent needs”
  • Demonstrate your ability to lead and mentor other recruiters effectively
    — “Mentor, guide and coach other recruiters, and assure system compliance for all recruiters”
  • Showcase your familiarity with Greenhouse and your interest in becoming a Super User
    — “Applicant Tracking Systems (Greenhouse) knowledge & interest in becoming the Super User for systems”
  • Emphasize your ability to execute diverse sourcing strategies and candidate screening
    — “Execute sourcing searches (cold calling, networking, identifying applicant associations/pools/professional groups and affiliations, websites, Boolean searches, targeted companies/individuals etc.), managing candidate experience through the sourcing process”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Built solid and long-term candidate relationships
  • Provided diverse pools of high-quality candidates
Typical background
5+ years of recruiting experienceManagement experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment StrategyCandidate Relationship ManagementSourcingRecruitment Campaigns

Preferred

Applicant Tracking Systems (greenhouse)Engineering Recruiting

Stack & domain

RecruitmentBusiness PartnershipCandidate Relationship ManagementSourcing SearchesCandidate ExperienceTalent Market InsightsCompetitive IntelligenceTalent DemographicsRecruitment CampaignsScreening CandidatesPipeline ManagementComplianceDatabase NavigationApplicant Tracking Systems (greenhouse)Microsoft OfficeCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsTeamworkProblem-solvingAttention To Detail

About the role

Original posting from ALTEN Technology USA via Greenhouse

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

We are currently looking for a Talent Acquisition Manager, who will manage Recruiters, be a Business Partner for our Account Managers while providing recruitment support.

Responsibilities:

Serve as a business partner to account managers throughout the recruiting process, reporting to the US Recruitment Director while keeping the VP informed

Mentor, guide and coach other recruiters, and assure system compliance for all recruiters

Proactively builds solid and long-term candidate relationships and networks for current and future talent needs, by interacting with potential candidates on social media and professional networks (e.g. LinkedIn, CB, Handshake, and Jobvite.)

Crafting and sending recruiting emails.

Execute sourcing searches (cold calling, networking, identifying applicant associations/pools/professional groups and affiliations, websites, Boolean searches, targeted companies/individuals etc.), managing candidate experience through the sourcing process.

Provide talent market insights, competitive intelligence and talent demographics as appropriate to enable US Recruitment Director and Account Managers to be best informed on market conditions.

Develop recruitment campaigns for specific vacancies to provide diverse pools/ pipelines of high-quality candidates

Screen candidates to determine availability, interest level, business unit needs, and qualifications

Establish and maintain accurate and well documented pipelines of searches, recruiting activity, contact data, etc.

Ensures compliance with all policies

Assist with special projects as needed

Ability to navigate databases

Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree Required

Min 5 years recruiting experience, preferably minimum 1 year of engineering recruiting experience 

Management experience is required

Experience in reporting and KPI tracking is highly preferred

Applicant Tracking Systems (Greenhouse) knowledge & interest in becoming the Super User for systems

Microsoft Office knowledge

Very good interpersonal and communication skills to use in a multicultural context

Autonomous and rigorous person with high technical interest

Able to manage his/her own priorities while also being a team player keeping a focus on the company’s interests

Salary: $120,000 base with competitive bonus and commission

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.

Please beware of job seeker scams and see this important notice on our careers page for more information about our recruiting process.

Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.

Source: ALTEN Technology USA careers (Greenhouse)

Similar roles