Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (Contractor)

• Lead end-to-end recruiting for multiple teams at Pattern serving as the go-to talent partner for leaders across these teams

• Partner closely with hiring managers to develop and execute strategic recruitment plans tailored to each role

• Own the full-cycle recruiting process: define role requirements post job openings proactively source candidates review applications conduct interviews extend and negotiate offers and close hires

• Source top-tier talent through LinkedIn job boards networking events university partnerships career fairs and other creative channels

• Strengthen Patterns employer brand through consistent representation on platforms like Glassdoor LinkedIn and social media

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date candidate records in the Applicant Tracking System (Lever) throughout the hiring lifecycle

• Manage and mentor a Talent Acquisition Coordinator providing coaching and training on recruiting best practices

• Champion an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience ensuring a thoughtful timely and inclusive process from start to finish

• Bachelors degree required

• Minimum of 2 years of full-cycle recruiting experience ideally in a fast-paced or high-growth environment

• Deep understanding of recruiting best practices tools and sourcing strategies

• Proven ability to assess talent and match candidates to complex role requirements across diverse functions

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization

• Highly organized with strong time management skills and attention to detail

• Strategic thinker with sound analytical judgment and decision-making ability

• Skilled in conducting interviews using a variety of techniques (behavioral technical structured etc.)

• Adept at building and maintaining long-term relationships with candidates hiring managers and industry professionals

• Proactively partners with hiring managers to drive alignment urgency and resultsearning trust as a strategic advisor not just a recruiter

• Consistently delivers high-quality candidates in a timely manner with strong conversion rates from screen to hire

• Maintains clean complete data in the ATS and leverages insights to optimize pipeline strategy and hiring outcomes

• Continuously raises the bar by improving processes enhancing candidate experience and helping hiring teams become better interviewers and decision-makers

First 30 Days

Youll focus on getting deeply familiar with Patterns people processes and priorities. This includes onboarding to our culture tools (like Lever) and hiring workflows. Youll shadow interviews learn how the orgs you are assigned to operate and begin building relationships with your hiring managers and key partners. Youll also review and open roles hiring plans and pipeline activity to get up to speed on current needs and begin recruiting for your roles independently.

By 60 Days

Youre fully embedded in the recruiting process and driving open searches independently. Youre building strong trust-based partnerships with hiring managers regularly sourcing and submitting candidates and facilitating a smooth structured interview process. Youll begin contributing ideas to improve our recruiting operationswhether thats updating scorecards refining our outreach strategy or streamlining how we engage candidates.

By 90 Days

Youre viewed as a trusted advisor and owner of all things talent across your client groups. Youre filling roles efficiently with great candidate and hiring manager experience proactively advising on talent strategy and helping shape how we scale tech and product hiring. Youre mentoring your coordinator contributing to team-wide best practices and actively identifying ways to optimize how we recruit at Pattern.

• Potential consideration for future recruiting opportunities at Pattern based on business needs and performance

• Opportunity to expand leadership experience by managing a Talent Acquisition Coordinator

• Exposure to executive-level hiring strategy managing a hiring vertical from the top to the bottom

• Opportunity to broaden expertise across multiple business functions

We are looking for individuals who are:

• Game Changers A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals makes profitable productive and innovative contributions and actively pursues improvements to Patterns processes and outcomes.

• Data Fanatics A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions and continues to track the effects of those solutions using data.

• Partner Obsessed An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback actively listens to partners expectations and delivers results that exceed them prioritizes the needs of partners and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern.

• Team of Doers Someone who is a part of a team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions takes initiative to help in any circumstance actively contributes to supporting improvements and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners.

• An initial phone interview with Patterns Talent Acquisition team

• An Zoom interview with Patterns Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition

• An onsite interview with:

  • Two peers

  • Patterns VP of Talent Acquisition

  • Patterns Chief People Officer

• Reference checks

• Executive Review

• Offer

• Be prepared to talk about professional accomplishments with specific data to quantify examples

• Be ready to talk about how you can add value and be the best addition to the team

• Focus on mentioning how you would be partner obsessed at Pattern

• Be prepared to talk about any side projects related to data and analytics

Pattern offers big opportunities to make a difference in the ecommerce industry! Were a company full of talented people that evolves quickly and often. We set big goals work tirelessly to achieve them and we love our Pattern community. While this is a contract position and is not eligible for Patterns full benefits package we offer:

• Potential for conversion to a full-time Pattern employee based on performance and business needs

• Competitive Pay

• Onsite Fitness Center

• Casual Dress Code

• Hybrid work flexibility

• The opportunity to work alongside industry-leading ecommerce experts and make a real impact from day one