Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team. 

As the next member of our team, you will impact how recruitment is executed at one of the most influential talent acquisition organizations in the world. We are looking for a passionate talent acquisition professional who delivers results, elevates the candidate experience, and inspires the teams around them. We measure our impact through Leadership, Leverage, and Results, and the right person for this role will thrive in an environment where these traits are valued, acknowledged, and expected.  

In this role, you’ll act as a trusted advisor, bringing market insights, guiding inclusive interview decisions, and driving a standout candidate experience across a diverse portfolio within our Global Business Organization and Corporate Functions. You’ll support hiring ranging from quota‑carrying and customer success roles, to more specialized positions as needed. You’ll partner closely across the Global Talent Organization to ensure operational excellence, track progress against key metrics, and close top talent through thoughtful negotiation. If you thrive in change, embrace new tools and AI‑driven solutions, and enjoy sharing best practices while supporting team growth, we’d love to meet you.  

Responsibilities:  

Talent Acquisition Execution  

• Leads strategy and kickoff meetings with hiring managers to understand role requirements, business needs, and timelines for moderately complex roles.   
• Leverages domain expertise to evaluate candidates for mid-level positions using skills assessments and behavioural interviewing and sources candidates when necessary.  
• Anticipates candidate needs and proactively addresses concerns, providing differentiated experience for competitive talent strengthening the employer brand and turning candidates into promoters.  
• Adheres to recruiting processes and ensures accuracy of data in systems to enable reliable reporting, compliance, and decision-making.   
• Runs risk and nurture strategy reviews with hiring teams to align on pipeline/hiring updates for moderately complex roles.  
• Utilizes negotiation techniques using knowledge of candidate motivators to influence decision making.  
• Monitors and tracks progress against agreed upon core delivery metrics and goals to meet business hiring demand.  

Talent Strategy and Stakeholder Management  

• Consults with hiring managers and interview teams to build a skills-based and inclusive hiring process.  
• Reviews market data and insights to identify improvements to talent strategies.  
• Analyzes interview and assessment outcomes to influence hiring decisions, offering recommendations on where the candidate meets core needs of team.  
• Evaluates and introduces artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to optimize team workflows, improves data-driven decision-making, and shares best practices to build team fluency.  
• Participates in Customer Zero pilots by testing prototypes, following guidance, and providing timely feedback on usability.  
• Supports components of projects across the function or business unit.  
• Actively seeks coaching and mentoring opportunities within and outside of immediate team, focusing on a growth mindset and a willingness to continuously upskill and provides informal guidance to junior individual contributor levels.  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications  

• Minimum 7 years of experience in talent acquisition, recruiting, human resources, sourcing, or related field 

Preferred Qualifications   

• 4+ year of experience using HR Systems.  
• 4+ year of experience in a client-facing role.  
• 4+ year of experience in function-specific recruiting.  
• Business-level fluency in Mandarin for internal and external audiences

Suggested Skills  

• Communication  
• Cross-Team Collaboration  
• Stakeholder Management  
• Talent Acquisition Tools & Systems  
• Talent Sourcing  

Additional Information

Global Data Privacy Notice and Compliance Posters for Job Candidates 

Please use this link to access documents that provide information about how LinkedIn handles the personal data of employees and job applicants, as well as the E-Verify Participation Notice and the Department of Justice Immigrant and Employee Rights Section Right to Work posters: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/candidate-portal.