Head of Talent Acquisition — U.S. OTR Trucking & International Remote Teams.
Mandatory Requirements:
- At least 3 years of recent recruiting experience directly supporting U.S. Class 8 OTR trucking companies.
- At least 2 years hiring international remote back-office employees for U.S. trucking companies.
- Recent experience recruiting across multiple departments, including Dispatch, Safety and Compliance, Fleet and Maintenance, Operations, Accounting, Driver Recruiting, HR, IT and Automation, and Department Managers.
- Experience hiring both individual contributors and management-level employees.
- Experience owning or building a recruiting department, processes, SOPs, scorecards, pipelines, and KPIs.
- Experience managing recruiters and making independent hiring decisions.
- Strong proactive sourcing skills using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, job boards, referrals, professional groups, ATS systems, and AI tools.
- Must be ready to take ownership after one day of company-specific orientation.
- No basic trucking or recruiting training will be provided.
- Must work full-time and exclusively Monday–Friday, 6:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Chicago Central Time.
Main Responsibilities:
- Take immediate ownership of all company recruiting.
- Recruit international remote employees and U.S.-based employees across all company departments.
- Build sourcing strategies for every open position.
- Proactively source, screen, interview, verify, and present qualified candidates.
- Create and maintain recruiting SOPs, interview scorecards, pipelines, and candidate-verification standards.
- Manage recruiters, assign vacancies, monitor performance, and improve recruiting results.
- Track time-to-fill, candidate quality, retention, sourcing performance, and other recruiting KPIs.
- Hire department managers and help build the company’s management team.
- Maintain an organized recruiting system and provide weekly reports directly to the owner.
- Continuously improve hiring quality, speed, and retention.
