Talent Acquisition Manager

Description

Job Summary

The Manager of Talent Acquisition is a brand ambassador and strategic partner to our business leaders and is responsible for designing and executing a talent acquisition strategy enabling the company to attract, assess, hire and retain the right people to execute our strategic priorities. The Manager, TA will bring our culture to life in our recruiting tools and processes including candidate and business partner experience. Will develop and manage outside sourcing relationships to include professional and community organizations. Plans effective acquisition strategies based on workforce planning efforts, including the availability of the right recruiting tools and processes and the ability to use data to determine innovations needed for continuous improvement.

Essential Functions

+ Develops and operationalizes recruiting strategies that emphasize speed, quality, diversity, innovation, process efficiency and candidate and leader experience. + Identifies and monitors recruitment metrics to assess recruiting effectiveness in hiring cycle time, competitive hiring measures candidate experience, and new hire quality and engagement. + Continues to innovate strategy by leveraging available tools to include social media, company website, job boards and team member ownership and engagement in process. + Facilitates effective talent acquisition discussions with leaders and helps forecast talent needs in line with workforce planning and business strategy. + Researches and cultivates new and innovative recruiting sources to develop a pipeline of talent. + Selects, leads and develops talented full cycle recruiters– while improving capability and delivering results. + Shares best practices and successes to maximize sources of candidates and capitalize on competitive opportunities. + Ensures that the team is knowledgeable and aligned with the company vision, culture and values and are good brand ambassadors. + Conducts regular reviews with department leaders to report on staffing, metrics, in order to ensure client satisfaction. + Collaborates with Human Resources Business Partners (HRBPs) to successfully deploy HR recruiting and staffing practices in a way that is seamless to our partners. + Builds a data-driven recruiting organization, including analytics that provide insight and decision support. + Identifies inefficiencies in processes and encourages innovative thinking and decision making. + Stays abreast of trends through networking and benchmarking and incorporates the information into the recruiting / sourcing processes. + Monitors and ensure compliance to all applicable Federal, State, and local laws governing the selection process including application forms, pre-employment forms, post-employment forms, and recruiting materials. + Directs and administers recruitment vendor relationships with service providers challenges them to provide innovation. + Manages recruitment cost center budget, maximizing the return on investment of recruitment expenditures. + Leverage relationship recruitment opportunities and other sources of external candidates to reduce/eliminate need for external recruitment expenses. + Monitors offers to ensure within budget and hiring range. + Create meaningful metrics to measure improvements in the experience, success, and impact on the organization. + Manages vendor contracts, budget forecasting and timely invoice processing. + Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications for Position

Preferred Qualifications for Position

The preceding description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required of the position.

As a public utility, NiSource is required to provide continuous service to customers at all times. To ensure we fulfill that obligation, employees may be required to work outside their normal work hours and perform tasks outside of their normal responsibilities in support of emergency operations.

Work Authorization

Authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship.

Workplace Connection

Value inclusion within your day to day responsibilities by respecting others perspectives/convictions, engaging others opinions, creating a safe environment where people, ideas, and opinions are valued within your Team/Customers and external partners.

Respect the unique lived experiences within your Team/Customers and external work partners by valuing different world views, challenges, and cultures that represents all walks of life and all backgrounds.

Treat others with respect and consideration. Actively participate in creating and contributing to a positive work environment.

Equal Employment Opportunity

NiSource is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in each of its companies to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, veteran status, disability, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth or related medical conditions), genetic information, citizenship status, or any protected group status as defined by law. Each employee is expected to abide by this principle.

By applying, you may be considered for other job opportunities.

Safety Statement

Promote a safe work environment by actively participating in all aspects of our employee safety program. Report any unsafe conditions and take actions to prevent personal injuries. Support our interdependent safety culture by ensuring the safety of your co-workers. Stay focused on the task at hand and promote productivity through good work habits.

Salary Range*:

$110,200.00 - $165,300.00

The salary offered to a candidate is based on several factors including but not limited to the candidate’s skills, job-related knowledge, and relevant experience, as well as internal pay equity.*

Posting Start Date:

2025-07-02

Posting End Date (if applicable):

Please note that the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.