Recruiting Lead
Role summary
The Recruiting Lead is a senior talent acquisition expert responsible for enterprise-level hiring initiatives. This role acts as a trusted advisor, leading recruiting projects, enhancing processes, ensuring compliance, and delivering high-quality hiring outcomes with minimal supervision. The position involves hands-on full-cycle recruiting, strategic insight, reporting, and operational leadership, but does not include direct supervisory responsibilities. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, 4-6 years of progressive recruiting or HR experience, and proven ability to lead recruiting initiatives and process improvements.
Job Title:
Recruiting Lead
Location:
Fountain Valley, CA (100% Onsite)
Employment Type:
Long-Term Temp to Hire
Pay:
$43-$48/hr.
Schedule:
Monday-Friday | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Summary
The Recruiting Lead serves as a senior recruiting and talent acquisition expert, supporting enterprise-level hiring initiatives while acting as a trusted advisor to recruiters, HR partners, and hiring managers. This role leads recruiting projects, improves recruiting processes, ensures compliance, and delivers high-quality hiring outcomes with minimal supervision. The position combines hands-on full-cycle recruiting with strategic insight, reporting, and operational leadership without direct supervisory responsibility.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a recruiting subject matter expert, providing guidance, best practices, and coaching to recruiters, HR partners, and hiring managers
- Lead and coordinate recruiting initiatives, including process improvements, training programs, and system or reporting enhancements
- Manage full-cycle recruiting from requisition approval through onboarding across a variety of roles
- Ensure recruiting standards are consistently met, including:
- Job postings completed within 36 hours of final approval
- Strategic use of internal and external postings
- Proper coordination of relocation processes, approvals, and budgets
- Completion of organizational announcements no later than the employee's start date
- Accurate maintenance of recruiting trackers and status reports
- Develop, maintain, and update recruiting standard operating procedures (SOPs), training materials, and company-wide recruiting resources
- Analyze recruiting metrics and trends, providing insights and recommendations to improve efficiency, quality of hire, and candidate experience
- Prepare and deliver timely, accurate recruiting reports, including workforce metrics, recruiting dashboards, bonus tracking, and relocation reporting
- Monitor recruiting-related expenses (job advertising, agencies, relocation, events) to support cost-effective hiring
- Partner closely with leadership to communicate recruiting progress, risks, and workforce challenges
- Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and internal employment laws, policies, and procedures
- Maintain accurate FTE and agency headcount aligned with approved budgets
- Utilize diverse sourcing strategies, including job boards, social media, networking, referrals, and external agencies
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 4-6 years of progressive experience in recruiting or HR
- Prior experience leading recruiting initiatives, projects, or process improvements
- Strong analytical and reporting skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
- Demonstrated ability to operate independently with minimal supervision
- Proficiency with applicant tracking systems, spreadsheets, and standard office software
- Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder partnership abilities
Preferred:
- PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP certification
Desired Skills and Experience
Talent Acquisition
Full-Cycle Recruiting
Strategic Recruiting
Workforce Planning
HR Business Partnering
Recruiting Operations
Hiring Manager Consulting
Recruiting Metrics & Analytics
Employment Law Compliance
Stakeholder Management
Recruiting Process Improvement
Recruiting Project Management
Recruiting Program Development
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Recruiting Training & Enablement
ATS & Recruiting Systems
Recruiting Reporting & Dashboards
Headcount & Budget Management
Relocation Coordination
Agency & Vendor Management
Advanced Candidate Sourcing
Boolean Search
Passive Candidate Engagement
LinkedIn Recruiter
Employer Branding
Candidate Experience Management
Social Media Recruiting
Referral Program Management
Recruiting Analytics
Workforce Metrics
Auditing & Process Controls
Policy Implementation
Federal & State Employment Compliance
OFCCP & EEO Awareness
Data Integrity & Reporting Accuracy
Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
HRIS Platforms
Microsoft Excel (Advanced)
Recruiting Dashboards & Reports
SHRM-CP / SHRM-SCP
PHR / SPHR
*All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance.*
