Description
The Director of Talent Acquisition leads the organization’s talent acquisition strategy and execution for a multi-state health care company. This role is responsible for developing recruiting strategies, leading the recruiting team, and successfully filling hard-to-staff roles across both urban and rural markets nationwide.
While prior clinic-level experience is not required, experience recruiting within healthcare or other regulated, service-driven environments is strongly preferred. This role partners closely with executive leadership and operations, translating workforce needs into effective, scalable recruiting solutions while maintaining ownership of day-to-day execution.
This position report to the Chief People Officer.
Requirements
Recruiting Strategy & Execution
- Design and execute talent acquisition strategies aligned with organizational growth, clinic coverage needs, and workforce plans
- Partner with HR leadership, Operations, Clinical Leadership, and Finance to forecast hiring demand and prioritize recruiting efforts
- Balance strategic planning with hands-on oversight of recruiting execution to ensure roles are filled efficiently and effectively
- Continuously evaluate and adapt recruiting approaches based on market conditions and business needs
Hard-to-Fill & Geographic Recruiting
- Lead recruiting efforts for difficult-to-fill roles, including clinical, leadership, and specialized operational positions
- Develop targeted sourcing strategies for urban, suburban, and rural markets, recognizing distinct regional labor challenges
- Apply creative and proactive sourcing methods to expand candidate pipelines
- Identify patterns in vacancy risk and recommend mitigation strategies
Clinical & Non-Clinical Recruiting Oversight
- Oversee recruiting for a wide range of roles, including:
- Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers (depending on organizational structure)
- Clinical leadership roles
- Corporate and field-based operational roles
- Partner with clinical and operational leaders to ensure hiring decisions align with coverage, quality, and long-term retention goals
Talent Acquisition Team Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of recruiters and sourcing professionals
- Set clear expectations, priorities, and performance measures for the TA team
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Ensure adequate staffing and workload balance within the recruiting function
Candidate Experience & Employer Brand
- Ensure a consistent, positive candidate experience across all roles and markets
- Partner with Marketing and HR to strengthen employer branding and recruiting messaging
- Lead recruitment marketing strategy, including job advertisements, career events, and community engagement initiatives.
- Represent the organization professionally and competitively in tight labor markets
- Ensure recruiting practices reflect organizational values, culture, and brand
Processes, Metrics & Market Intelligence
- Establish and track recruiting metrics such as time-to-fill, quality of hire, candidate experience, and offer acceptance rates
- Use data and market insights to identify recruiting challenges and opportunities
- Recommend adjustments to sourcing strategy, process, or prioritization based on performance trends
- Manage recruiting tools, systems, and external vendor relationships
Compliance & Risk Management
- Ensure recruiting practices comply with employment law, EEOC guidelines, and healthcare-related requirements
- Partner with HR, Legal, and Compliance teams to maintain equitable and compliant hiring practices
- Support documentation and audit readiness related to recruiting activities
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 8+ years of progressive experience in talent acquisition or recruiting
- Demonstrated experience building and executing recruiting strategies
- Proven success recruiting hard-to-fill roles across multiple geographies
- Experience recruiting in both urban and rural markets
- Experience recruiting in multi-state and retail type environments
- Experience leading and developing recruiting teams
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
Preferred
- Healthcare recruiting experience (urgent care experience not required)
- Experience recruiting in regulated or credential-based environments
- Experience supporting multi-state or distributed organizations
- Exposure to high-growth or rapidly changing business environments
- Skills & Competencies
- Strategic thinking with strong execution orientation
- Ability to influence without direct authority
- Data-driven decision-making
- Creative problem-solving in competitive labor markets
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills
- Collaborative leadership style