Are you a seasoned leader with a passion for talent acquisition and team development? We’re seeking a Senior Director of Recruiting to lead and support our recruiting goals across our general practice and emergency and critical care veterinary hospitals. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact by shaping our talent strategy and driving recruitment efforts across multiple locations.

Location: On-site or Remote (with 30% travel required for practice visits, key events, sponsored events, and conferences).

Reports to: Chief Veterinary Officer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of recruiters to meet hiring goals and objectives across both branches of the organization – general practice and emergency hospitals.
• Develop, implement, and train to best practices for sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates.
• Evaluate and optimize recruitment tools and technologies.
• Monitor recruitment metrics and provide regular reports to senior leadership.
• Spearhead veterinarian, practice manager, and paraprofessional recruiting efforts, including conducting interviews, guiding candidates through the hiring process, and negotiating offers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization, actively participating in strategy development and serving as a key leader.
• Partner with the executive team to establish recruitment targets and work closely with the Chief Veterinary Officer and Director of Operations to achieve them.
• Provide clear direction to ensure collective achievement of goals and objectives, while monitoring performance and providing support and guidance to team members.
• Foster a culture of respect, collaboration, and open communication within the recruiting team and across the organization.
• Identify and cultivate sourcing pipelines through various methods such as networking, referrals, marketing, direct sourcing, conferences, and career fairs.
• Develop metrics to measure recruiting effectiveness and provide insights to inform strategic adjustments. Regularly report on results.
• Continuously enhance the candidate experience, striving to create a best-in-class recruitment process.

Qualifications

• Track record for success in recruiting, building, developing, and managing a team
• Recruiting leader with proven record of achieving goals
• Eye for talent and the ability to exercise quick, solid people judgment and accurate decision making
• A strong interest in working in a fast-paced and high-growth environment
• Exceptional time management, multi-project management and overall task prioritization
• Highly self-motivated and directed; takes strategic initiative
• Focuses on continuous improvement and looks for ways to streamline processes
• Demonstrated expertise in extracting, analyzing, and translating data
• Knowledge of labor regulations and willingness to stay current on labor law changes in states of operation
• Practiced in recruiting on social media platforms

Experience

• Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in full-cycle recruiting, with at least 3 years in a leadership or people management role.
• Experience in professional services or veterinary industry recruitment is highly preferred.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Master’s Degree preferred

Employment Type: Full Time

Years Experience: 5 – 10 years

Bonus/Commission: No