Description

The Talent Systems Manager is a people leader and strategic owner of ABARTA’s enterprise recruiting and onboarding operations. This role has direct management responsibility for the full Talent Acquisition team and serves as the functional owner of recruiting and onboarding systems. Partnering closely with HR leadership, HRIS, Legal, IT, and business leaders, the Talent Systems Manager sets direction for how recruiting is delivered across the organization while driving system optimization, process standardization, and change adoption as part of enterprise HR transformation initiatives.

This position balances people leadership, recruiting strategy, and talent systems ownership to deliver scalable, compliant, and highquality hiring outcomes across all locations.

Talent Acquisition Team Leadership

• Lead and manage the entire Talent Acquisition team, including recruiters and recruiting support roles.
• Set vision, priorities, and performance expectations for the TA function in alignment with business and HR strategy.
• Oversee team capacity planning, workload distribution, and recruiting delivery organizationwide.
• Coach, mentor, and develop recruiters to strengthen recruiting effectiveness, business partnership, and system proficiency.
• Conduct performance management activities, including goal setting, feedback, and development planning.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex recruiting, system, or compliance issues.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and datadriven decision making.

Talent Acquisition Strategy & Execution

• Lead enterprise recruiting strategy while maintaining handson oversight of critical, management, and leadershiplevel searches.
• Partner with business leaders to translate workforce needs into effective hiring strategies and timelines.
• Establish consistent standards for job intake, interview workflows, candidate assessment, and selection.
• Provide labor market insights and hiring recommendations informed by recruiting data and trends.
• Ensure recruiting practices align with compliance requirements, diversity goals, and workforce plans.

Talent Systems Leadership

• Serve as the functional owner of SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting and Onboarding.
• Establish and enforce standards for system usage, workflows, and data integrity across the TA team.
• Partner with HRIS and IT on system enhancements, integrations, releases, and roadmap planning.
• Ensure recruiters are trained, proficient, and compliant in system usage.
• Leverage system capabilities to improve recruiter efficiency, visibility, and candidate experience.

HR Transformation & Process Optimization

• Lead recruitingrelated components of enterprise HR transformation initiatives.
• Drive adoption of standardized, technologyenabled recruiting and onboarding processes.
• Assess current workflows and identify opportunities for automation, simplification, and scalability.
• Lead change management efforts impacting recruiters, hiring managers, and HR partners.

Onboarding Experience

• Oversee enterprise onboarding strategy and execution using SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding.
• Partner with HR and operations to ensure seamless candidatetoemployee transitions.
• Monitor onboarding completion and earlytenure outcomes to support engagement and retention.

Compliance, Governance & Risk

• Ensure recruiting operations comply with federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Partner with Legal and HR leadership on Affirmative Action planning and reporting.
• Maintain recruiting governance, documentation, and audit readiness.
• Train and hold recruiters and hiring managers accountable to compliant recruiting practices.

Employer Brand & DEI

• Lead TA team execution of employer branding initiatives.
• Support diversity recruiting strategies and monitor pipeline and hiring outcomes.
• Build relationships with community and diversityfocused organizations.

Data, Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Monitor teamlevel and enterprise recruiting metrics (e.g., timetofill, pipeline health, source effectiveness).
• Use data to guide staffing decisions, process improvements, and system enhancements.
• Provide executivelevel insights into recruiting performance, risks, and trends.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across TA operations and systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5–7 years of progressive experience in recruiting, talent operations, or HR systems in a complex or multisite environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing and leading a full Talent Acquisition team.
• Handson experience administering ATS and onboarding platforms; SAP SuccessFactors strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting HR transformation, system implementations, or enterprise process redesign.
• Strong knowledge of employment law, compliance requirements, and Affirmative Action programs.
• Proven ability to drive change, influence stakeholders, and balance strategic leadership with operational execution.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.