Atlantic Union Bank

Lead Recruiter

Atlantic Union Bank

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • The Lead Recruiter acts as a strategic partner, driving talent acquisition strategies to attract top internal and external talent for Atlantic Union Bank’s Wholesale (Commercial) Banking positions.
  • This role collaborates closely with recruiting, HR, and executive leadership to define hiring needs and execute effective search strategies.
  • Key responsibilities include delivering consultative recruiting services such as market research, competitive intelligence, sourcing, candidate assessment, and client advisory.
  • The Lead Recruiter also provides leadership and guidance to several Talent Acquisition teammates, offering coaching and development to ensure high performance and alignment with organizational goals.
  • Serve in Leadership role in Talent Acquisition, providing mentoring and coaching to recruiter(s).
  • Manage assigned recruiter(s) on the Talent Acquisition team.
  • Collaborate with business unit leaders and hiring managers to define and document hiring forecasts.
  • Lead strategic sessions with internal customers to understand the overall strategy, internal and external pipeline and any gaps.
  • Develop comprehensive current and future search strategies and be able to clearly communicate those strategies.
  • Leverage talent intelligence and candidate insights to tailor strategy and inform the customer.
  • Collaborate with HR business partners to identify and implement improvements to bring a unified experience to our customers and candidates.
  • Leverage social media tools to inform recruiting campaigns and contribute to brand strategy.
  • Generate a diverse talent pipeline, building a database of talent for the future.
  • Proactively identify and recruit passive candidates using sourcing strategies, cold calling, and networking tools.
  • Manage outsourced searches and search firms to establish winning search strategies and processes.
  • Continues to identify process improvements that drive greater efficiencies and quality of hire.
  • Lead senior-level and/or executive searches across the Bank.
  • Educate hiring managers on what it means to be a true recruiting organization and developer of talent.
  • Actively manage and promote the referrals program.
  • Establish regular reporting on search progress, including candidate pipeline, diversity initiatives, and market competition.
  • Consult with hiring managers on the assessment and evaluation of candidates.
  • Conduct a thorough reference process and background checks on all finalist candidates.
  • Continually stay up-to-date on current search tactics, process updates and audit procedures.
  • Ensure a positive client and candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
  • Flawlessly articulates the Bank's value proposition.
  • Obtain market critical information on candidate experience, acquisitions, motivations, pay and talent availability.
  • Monitor and ensure compliance to company, state, and federal employment guidelines.
  • Ensure that the applicant tracking system (UKG) is consistently and effectively used to provide accurate recruitment metrics and compliance.
  • Demonstrate a general understanding of employment laws and regulations.
  • Oversee project management for TA projects; take on leadership role for assigned projects.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required
  • Minimum of 6-8 years’ experience in Talent Acquisition; corporate experience is preferred
  • Banking and financial service experience strongly preferred, ideally with knowledge of the Wholesale (Commercial) banking function
  • Agency experience preferred
  • Executive recruiting experience preferred
  • Experience in leading a team preferred
  • At least 2+ years of experience in strategic development; building recruitment strategies
  • Strong command of Microsoft Office products: PowerPoint, Excel, Word, required
  • Proven experience working with Talent Acquisition systems and processes required
  • Project management or experience running large projects preferred
  • Proven success in building targeted diversity recruitment strategies; partnerships with diversity and community organizations
  • Preferred certifications in Sourcing and Human Resources e.g., CIR, SHRM.
Benefits
  • General information on our comprehensive benefits package can be found by visiting https://www.atlanticunionbank.com/about/careers/benefits.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
talent acquisitionmarket researchcandidate assessmentsourcing strategiesproject managementdiversity recruitment strategiesstrategic developmentexecutive recruitingprocess improvementscompliance monitoring
Soft skills
leadershipcoachingmentoringcollaborationcommunicationconsultative servicesclient advisoryproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingrelationship building
Certifications
CIRSHRM