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Associate Director of Talent Acquisition

Cambridge, MA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-11 → 2026-09-26

Core

Strategic and operational leadership for the talent acquisition function supporting Harvard's Campus Operations and Safety client groups, including workforce planning, executive search, and team management.

Role type

Associate Director of Talent Acquisition (Strategic Leadership & Team Management)

Builds

Scalable recruiting processes, metrics-driven hiring strategies, and high-quality hires for specialized and hard-to-fill roles within the university.

Domain

Higher Education / Human Resources / Talent Acquisition

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure

Required skills

Strategic planning, team leadership, executive search management, workforce planning, data analytics, vendor management, employer branding, compliance management

Preferred skills

Higher education or large non-profit experience, experience with complex matrixed organizations, advanced knowledge of labor markets

Technologies

Applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, Microsoft Office, Harvard Central Recruitment Services systems

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end recruiting strategy for a complex client group; manage a team of Talent Consultants and Coordinators; lead executive and senior-level searches; design and optimize recruiting processes and systems; analyze recruiting data and metrics to drive continuous improvement.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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