The Talent Acquisition Specialist will manage end-to-end recruitment for high-volume roles, build relationships with candidates and hiring managers, and ensure an outstanding candidate experience while utilizing JazzHR for tracking.
About Xanadu:
Xanadu’s mission is to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere.
At Xanadu, we are learners, innovators, researchers, collaborators and problem solvers. We are creating something that has never been built before. Few people in their life will be able to be a part of something like this, where if we are successful, the technologies we develop will solve some of the world’s most challenging problems, and literally change the world. And that is something to be excited about!
Your role and responsibilities:
As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will be a key player in the recruiting process at Xanadu, owning end-to-end recruitment activities for multiple teams. You will build and maintain good relationships with both candidates and Xanadu hiring managers, ensuring an outstanding candidate experience. You will manage a high volume of candidate pipeline activity and maintain confidentiality within our hiring process.
- Managing the full cycle recruitment for high-volume roles including understanding recruitment needs, creation of job descriptions, posting jobs on various external job boards, sourcing candidates, scheduling and conducting interviews and job offer
- Ensuring there is a full pipeline of qualified candidates through targeted sourcing
- Leading a high volume of phone screens with candidates
- Guiding and scheduling candidates throughout the recruiting process
- Build and maintain working relationships with hiring managers and HR team to understand current and future recruitment needs and identify optimum sourcing strategies
- Conduct interviews to assess candidates; make hiring recommendations; provide support and counsel to hiring managers throughout the recruiting process
- As an expert in recruitment, provide feedback and recommendations to both the candidate and hiring manager regarding strengths and development opportunities, with the goal of selecting the most qualified candidate
- Manage the job offer process, including negotiation and background checks
- Effectively communicate with the candidates, recruiter, and hiring managers throughout the entire candidate journey
- Maintain a database of job descriptions and ensure they are up to date
- Use JazzHR to manage requisitions, jobs postings, and track candidate pipeline activity and maintain information during the recruitment process; ensuring all information is current and activity is updated on a regular basis
- Collaborating on ad-hoc events or tasks related to talent
Required qualifications and experience:
- Post-secondary degree in Human Resources or a related field
- 4+ years of experience in a high volume or startup recruitment position
- Required experience recruiting for both technical and non-technical roles
- Expert Sourcing Skills: Proficiency with tools beyond the standard LinkedIn Recruiter—familiarity with GitHub, specialized engineering forums, and talent mapping
- Negotiation & Closing: Strong experience closing complex offers, including relocation, sign-on bonuses, and equity packages
- Operational Excellence: Exceptional organizational skills and a "self-starter" mindset. You take ownership of your desk and your data
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Xanadu Toronto, Ontario, CAN Office
Toronto, Ontario , Canada, M5B 2H7
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