Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

HNI Corporation’s Talent Acquisition Center of Excellence is hiring a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to lead full-cycle recruiting and complex searches for the Corporate team.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for professional, salaried roles, covering intake, sourcing, screening, interviews, selection debriefs, offer negotiation, and hiring completion.
• Lead complex searches, including leadership-level, niche, hard-to-fill, and multi-site positions, using tailored sourcing and assessment approaches.
• Partner with hiring managers, Member & Community Relations, and other stakeholders to assess current and future workforce needs and recommend short- and long-term recruiting strategies.
• Provide market intelligence on talent availability, competitor activity, and compensation trends to support hiring planning and offer decisions.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines through LinkedIn, professional networks, referrals, job boards, social media, and other sourcing channels.
• Coach hiring managers on structured interviewing and consistent, equitable assessment, while keeping candidates informed, engaged, and supported throughout the process.
• Manage performance against recruiting metrics and service-level targets, including time to fill and requisition aging; proactively address risks, escalate barriers, and identify improvement opportunities.
• Support Talent Acquisition Center of Excellence initiatives by strengthening recruiting processes and serving as a resource and mentor to other team members as needed.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience supporting professional, salaried roles across multiple functions and organizational levels.
• Proven ability to partner with hiring managers and leadership to support organizational success through talent acquisition.
• Advanced proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter, including advanced and Boolean searches, projects, pipeline management, and recruiting metrics.
• Expertise using diverse sourcing methods and tools to identify, attract, and engage qualified talent.
• Strong negotiation and closing skills, including managing complex offers through acceptance.
• Working knowledge of employment laws and regulations impacting recruiting, including equal employment opportunity, pay transparency, and immigration and sponsorship requirements.

Preferred

• Experience that blends agency and in-house recruiting.
• Experience recruiting for leadership-level roles and/or hard-to-fill technical roles.

Technology

• LinkedIn Recruiter

Working Conditions and Travel

• Primarily office-based work with ongoing low-level noise.
• Significant computer use; sitting or standing at a designated workspace for much of the scheduled workday.
• No special safety equipment required.
• Minimal travel expected: less than 10% annually.

What You’re Good At

• Trusted advisory approach: independent work with close consultation to translate business needs into effective hiring strategies.
• Thoughtful influence: clear recommendations and constructive challenge to align on realistic candidate profiles, timelines, and compensation.
• Candidate engagement: compelling outreach and purposeful communication that helps candidates understand HNI career opportunities.
• Competing priorities management: high-volume requisition handling with attention to detail, organization, and follow-through.
• Adaptability: adjusts approach as business priorities, hiring needs, and market conditions change.
• Results improvement: uses recruiting data to identify barriers and strengthen hiring outcomes.
• Collaboration: builds productive relationships, supports teammates, and contributes to consistent practices across operating companies.