Talent Acquisition & HR Manager

Kapella Group is seeking an on-site Talent Acquisition & HR Manager in Centennial, Colorado to drive proactive recruiting and strengthen core HR practices. The role combines hands-on talent sourcing, candidate closing, and partnership with executive leadership to support scalable recruiting and HR systems as the organization grows.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead recruiting efforts for critical leadership and operational roles, including Business Development Managers/Directors, Chief and Senior Estimators, Project Managers, Superintendents, Construction Accounting and corporate roles, Roofing Sales Professionals, Roofing Canvassers, and other operational and leadership positions.
• Proactively source and headhunt passive candidates for hard-to-fill roles.
• Build reliable pipelines ahead of urgent hiring needs.
• Use a multi-channel sourcing approach including LinkedIn, industry networks, referrals, competitor mapping, direct outreach, job boards, and additional sourcing methods.
• Develop new recruiting approaches when conventional sources are not producing results.
• Screen and qualify candidates before presenting them to hiring managers.
• Manage the recruiting lifecycle from sourcing through offer and onboarding.
• Maintain accurate ATS pipelines and candidate records.
• Track recruiting KPIs, pipeline activity, and outcomes, and provide regular reporting on progress, challenges, and priorities.
• Partner directly with executive leadership and hiring managers throughout the process.
• Continuously evaluate compensation, job positioning, sourcing channels, and recruiting strategy to improve results.
• Support employee onboarding and integration.
• Provide employee relations and performance-management support.
• Manage HR compliance and documentation, including policies, procedures, and employee records.
• Coordinate benefits and HR/payroll system needs.
• Maintain management accountability and recurring HR processes.
• Help develop scalable HR systems as the company expands.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive talent acquisition and recruiting experience.
• Proven ability to proactively source and recruit passive candidates.
• Experience recruiting professional, management, sales, or difficult-to-fill positions.
• Strong sourcing, networking, interviewing, and candidate-closing skills.
• Experience using an ATS and managing recruiting pipelines and KPIs.
• True recruiting hunter mindset, with the ability to personally source candidates instead of relying primarily on Indeed or inbound applications.
• Capability to recruit experienced professionals who may not be actively seeking a new role.
• High organization, responsiveness, and ownership of deadlines and deliverables.
• Comfort being measured against recruiting KPIs and results.
• Ability to work independently while keeping leadership informed.
• Comfort working directly with the CEO and department leaders.
• Ability to shift recruiting strategy quickly when approaches are not producing results.
• Interest in building systems while remaining hands-on in daily recruiting activities.

Strongly Preferred

• Commercial construction recruiting experience.
• Experience recruiting Project Managers, Superintendents, Estimators, Construction Accounting professionals, and/or commercial construction Business Development professionals.
• Roofing or specialty-contractor recruiting experience.
• HR management or generalist experience supporting employee relations, onboarding, compliance, policies, and performance management.
• Construction recruiting experience: 4 years (preferred).

Tools and Technologies

• ATS
• LinkedIn
• Indeed

Compensation and Location

Compensation: USD 90,000 - 120,000 per year.

Location: Centennial, CO (onsite).

Experience Level: 5+ years.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

What Success Looks Like

• Build dependable pipelines for critical roles and consistently present qualified candidates.
• Reduce time-to-fill for challenging construction and leadership positions.
• Expand proactive sourcing channels beyond traditional job boards.
• Improve recruiting quality and hiring consistency.
• Establish measurable recruiting KPIs and accountability.
• Strengthen onboarding and HR processes.
• Develop scalable recruiting and HR systems that support continued company growth.
• Serve as a trusted, responsive partner to executive leadership and department managers.

Additional Application Questions

• How many full-time hires did you personally make during the last 12 months?
• When you have few or no qualified applicants, what is your primary sourcing strategy?
• Describe the most difficult position you have successfully filled and how you found the candidate.