Talent Acquisition Manager

Everyday, somewhere in the world, important decisions are made. Whether it is a private equity company deciding to invest millions into a business or a large corporation implementing a new strategic direction, these decisions impact employees, customers, and other stakeholders.

Consulting and private equity firms come to proSapient when they need to discover knowledge to help them make great decisions and succeed in their goals. It is our mission to support them in their discovery of knowledge.

We help our clients find industry experts who can provide their knowledge via interview or survey: we curate this knowledge in a market-leading software platform; and we help clients surface knowledge they already have through expansive knowledge management.

About The Role

proSapient is scaling fast in North America, and our Client Services function is the engine. We are building a high-performing Associate cohort pipeline that needs a constant flow of exceptional early talent. This is not a traditional Talent Acquisition role. We are looking for a builder and a hunter: someone who will make proSapient a known brand in the talent markets that matter most, go find outstanding candidates where they actually are, and then build the systems to do it all at scale.

You will own the full talent strategy for CS AMER Associate hiring and provide global support for Central Functions. You will build outbound pipelines, forge deep university partnerships across Ontario and beyond, embed yourself and your team in the competitive environments where our best hires spend their time, and develop the brand presence that makes top candidates come to us. You will also manage and grow a team to help you execute.

If you are happiest building things from scratch, get restless when pipelines go quiet, and have strong opinions about where great talent hides, this role is for you.

What You'll Do:

Outbound Pipeline and Talent Sourcing

• Outbound-First Sourcing: Build and manage a proactive, outbound-first sourcing engine for CS Associate roles, targeting high-potential passive candidates.
• Non-Traditional Channels: Identify and pursue talent in competitive student environments, professional networks, and talent communities where proSapient's ideal candidates spend their time.
• Sourcing Playbooks: Develop repeatable sourcing processes for the team that go beyond job boards, with clear frameworks for identifying, engaging, and converting passive talent at volume.

Campus Strategy and Early Careers

• Early Careers Ownership: Own end-to-end early careers strategy and execution across Ontario universities.
• University Partnerships: Build deep, lasting relationships with target university career offices, faculty, clubs, and student organizations.
• Competitive Ecosystem Embedding: Embed proSapient in the competitive environments where our best candidates already compete - case competitions, university debate circuits, competitive sport teams, chess clubs, and esports communities.
• Campus Calendar: Develop a calendar of campus touchpoints across the academic year, ensuring proSapient maintains consistent visibility at every key moment in the student decision-making cycle.
• Employer Branding: Architect and execute a high-impact brand strategy across the Toronto and Ontario markets, leveraging authentic content and targeted events to pre-engage top-tier talent and establish proSapient as a premier, high-velocity destination for early-career professionals.

Assessment Quality and Funnel Optimization

• High-Signal Vetting: Refine rigorous assessment rubrics and structured interview workflows that identify grit, bias to action, and alignment with our high-performance candidate profile.
• Performance Optimization: Lead ongoing review of the full recruitment funnel to identify conversion leaks, celebrate what is working, and implement rapid fixes.
• Data-Driven Change Management: Translate weekly data into immediate, actionable process changes and hold the team accountable to continuous improvement.
• AI-First Implementation: Actively use and champion AI tools to automate repetitive top-of-funnel tasks and accelerate the speed of candidate data analysis.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership by delivering data-driven talent recommendations, balancing high-conviction advocacy with a receptive feedback loop, and optimizing interview workflows to ensure maximum velocity without compromising on candidate quality.

Team Leadership and Scale

• Build and manage a high-performance recruitment team by hiring for "grit," delegating volume-heavy outbound and campus operations, and fostering a culture of drive and curiosity that allows for independent execution of scaling talent programs.

Who You Are

• A Builder and a Hunter: You have strong opinions about where great talent hides, and you go get it.
• Creative and Community-Minded: You see untapped pipelines in places others overlook.
• Full of Ideas and Able to Execute: You generate novel sourcing strategies and then actually run them.
• A Brand Builder at Heart: You care about how proSapient is perceived in the market and you take personal ownership of making that perception excellent.
• Analytical and Ruthless with Data: You find the story in the numbers and use it to make fast, clear decisions about where to invest and what to cut.
• Energized by Scale: You think in systems and playbooks, not one-off wins. You build things that your team can run, grow, and improve A Strong Partner to Senior Leaders: You bring data and conviction to stakeholder conversations, and you know how to influence

Requirements

• Experience: 4-7 years in Talent Acquisition, ideally with at least 2 to 3 years in a leadership at a high-growth tech scale-up.
• Domain Expertise: Proven experience managing high-volume hiring cycles, specifically for early careers in client services or adjacent industries.
• Outbound Track Record: Demonstrated success building outbound talent pipelines and campus programs.
• Candidate Experience: Champion a "candidate-first" philosophy that prioritizes the individual's journey and professional growth over process, ensuring every interaction is high-signal, empathetic, and reflective of our culture of excellence.
• Employer Brand Experience: Experience running or contributing to employer brand programs, including content, events, or ambassador initiatives.
• Market Knowledge: Deep familiarity with the Toronto and GTA talent market, with a solid understanding of the Ontario university landscape.
• Data Expertise: A track record of using funnel data and conversion metrics to identify problems and implement fixes quickly.
• Tech-Forward Mindset: Comfort with AI-powered recruiting tools and a genuine appetite to push the team toward modern, efficient practices.
• Communication and Influence: Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to operate at senior levels and low ego.

Some additional elements for the role to consider before applying include:

• This is a Full-time permanent position paying a total salary range of $80,000-100,000CAD per annum

• This is a hybrid role, featuring Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays at our downtown Toronto office, which are set days across the entire company and non-negotiable.

• You will need to be currently legally authorized to work in Canada, and specifically, Ontario, for this role. proSapient cannot offer sponsorship or visa support of any kind.

Benefits

What we can offer you:

• An extended benefits plan that includes Dental, Vision & Pharmaceutical coverages, alongside wider benefits such as massage, chiropractor and physical therapy benefits, to name a few!
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tenure gifts to thank our loyal staff
• An enhanced maternity and paternity package
• 20 days annual leave
• Up to 20 remote working days annually
• A hybrid working model, featuring three days per week in our modern downtown Toronto office
• Team socials – from Pizza to Caribbean to Korean food, we love to encourage our team to get together and try new experiences together!
• Corporate Events: from quarterly gatherings to our annual Christmas & Summer parties, we love to celebrate, collaborate and have fun together!

Want to learn more? Take a look at our careers Notion page - https://prosapient.notion.site/Careers-at-proSapient-bfb1f316031b4dabbd9d40943cc4cc6f

___________________________________________________________________________________________________We are committed to building an inclusive workplace – did you know that marginalized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every requirement listed? If you are interested in the above role, but don't necessarily tick every box, we encourage you to apply anyway – this role could still be a great match!

At proSapient, we are an equal opportunity employer. As such, we offer equal employment opportunities without regard to race, colour, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status and other protected class characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

Due to the regulated nature of our clients, all successfully offered candidates are subjected to thorough screening & pre-employment checks, including an enhanced background check, which can affect the outcome of any offer of employment.

This is a live vacancy, that we are actively looking to fill as soon as possible. Whilst we do have an AI function on our ATS system, rest assured that a real person will be reviewing your resume during the shortlisting process. AI may assist with other parts of the hiring process, but human eyes are involved from the start.