Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

The Senior Talent Acquisition Partner will lead full-cycle, strengths-based, assessment-informed hiring while partnering with leaders to align candidate strengths with role outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end recruiting process from intake and sourcing through selection, offer, and onboarding handoff.
• Develop strengths-based, assessment-informed job advertisements that describe role outcomes, success traits, natural strengths, and CIP culture.
• Integrate validated assessments into selection, interpret results, and advise hiring managers on strengths alignment, competencies, and role requirements.
• Facilitate structured interviews using consistent and fair evaluation of demonstrated competencies and natural talent themes.
• Use recruiting metrics, assessment insights, market intelligence, and funnel data to improve hiring decisions and outcomes over time.
• Maintain expertise in CIP assessment tools and support ongoing refinement of talent profiles, success indicators, and selection frameworks.
• Apply structured, job-related selection practices consistently to support equitable hiring decisions based on role requirements, candidate evidence, and organizational needs.
• Deliver clear, timely, and candid communication to candidates and hiring managers covering expectations, process, compensation, benefits, and CIP culture.
• Protect candidate and employee confidentiality and maintain accurate documentation in the applicant tracking system or HRIS.
• Coordinate background checks, reference checks, employment verifications, and onboarding handoffs in line with company policy and applicable requirements.
• Serve as a trusted advisor by defining success profiles, role outcomes, selection criteria, and talent needs with leaders.
• Coach hiring managers on structured interviewing, assessment interpretation, selection best practices, and strengths-aligned decision-making.
• Partner with the Talent & Culture leader to support strengths-based coaching initiatives, including individual and team coaching, strengths education, workshops, and practical application of assessment insights.
• Provide actionable recommendations based on candidate evidence, talent insights, market conditions, and organizational priorities.
• Build cross-functional partnerships to deliver a consistent, equitable, high-quality hiring experience and represent CIP professionally with candidates and community partners.
• Create a warm, transparent, strengths-focused candidate experience from first contact through offer and transition to onboarding.
• Design and execute creative sourcing strategies across social platforms, talent communities, referral networks, targeted outreach, educational institutions, and community partnerships.
• Develop diverse, high-quality talent pipelines and improve sourcing approaches by analyzing channel and funnel performance.
• Represent CIP’s employer brand with authenticity, clarity, and enthusiasm, and continually improve recruiting tools, workflows, and candidate touchpoints.

Requirements

• Ability to work in alignment with CIP’s Core Values while delivering dependable service and exceptional experiences.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum five years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably in a strengths-based or assessment-driven environment.
• Proven ability to consult with leaders, influence hiring decisions, and translate talent, market, and recruiting data into recommendations.
• Experience integrating validated assessments into selection and facilitating assessment interpretation with hiring teams.
• Certification in assessment tools is strongly preferred.
• Strong sourcing skills with a track record of building high-quality, diverse candidate pipelines.
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, facilitation, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality, manage multiple priorities, and use an applicant tracking system or HRIS accurately.
• Passion for strengths-based talent strategy and exceptional candidate experiences.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Role Details

• Level: Senior Individual Contributor
• Reports to: SVP of Talent & Culture
• Location: Flexible / Hybrid
• Work location: Hybrid remote in Lincoln, NE 68512

Work Environment

• Safe and healthy work environments are provided.
• They work hard and have fun while building exceptional community experiences.
• Diversity and inclusion are celebrated; CIP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Physical demands may include standing, sitting, walking, climbing stairs, using hands and fingers, talking, hearing, and seeing.
• Regular lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds may be required.

Reasonable Accommodation

• May be provided to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions, provided it does not impose an undue hardship on business operations.