Lead Recruiter Location: Portland, OR
Schedule: Monday-Friday | 100% Onsite | Standard Business Hours
Salary: $85,000-$105,000 annually
Travel: Approximately 15-25%
Employment Type: Direct Hire | Exempt
About the Opportunity We are seeking an experienced talent acquisition professional to serve as a strategic partner to HR and business leaders across a multi-location organization. This role combines hands-on recruiting with workforce planning, sourcing strategy, recruiting analytics, and process improvement.
The ideal candidate is comfortable managing difficult searches, engaging passive talent, and partnering with leaders in a fast-paced operational environment.
What You'll Do - Manage full-cycle recruiting for professional, exempt, and leadership-level positions.
- Proactively source and engage passive candidates for difficult-to-fill roles.
- Partner with HR and hiring leaders to understand current and future workforce needs.
- Build proactive talent pipelines and targeted sourcing strategies.
- Analyze recruiting data, market trends, and pipeline performance to recommend solutions.
- Advise hiring managers on interviewing, selection, offers, and recruiting best practices.
- Support complex offers, negotiations, and candidate closing.
- Help improve recruiting processes, employer branding, and the overall candidate experience.
- Maintain recruiting and employment compliance throughout the hiring process.
What We're Looking For - 5+ years of progressive recruiting or talent acquisition experience, preferably supporting multiple locations.
- Experience with ATS/HRIS systems, recruiting metrics, and social media sourcing.
- Full-cycle recruiting experience with professional and leadership-level positions.
- Strong direct sourcing and passive candidate engagement skills.
- Experience recruiting challenging or hard-to-fill positions.
- Ability to develop recruiting strategies, talent pipelines, and workforce plans.
- Experience using recruiting data and market insights to drive recommendations.
- Strong communication, relationship-building, negotiation, and consultative skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Marketing, or a related field.
- Ability to travel 15-25%.
Benefits - Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k)
Equal Opportunity Employer We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
Pay Details: $85,000.00 to $105,000.00 per year
Search managed by: Sada Dewey
Equal Opportunity
Employer/Veterans/Disabled Military connected talent encouraged to apply
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