Senior Talent Partner

At Brighton Jones, we’re a purpose-driven, client-focused team committed to helping individuals live richer lives. As one of the largest RIAs in the nation, we’ve built a culture of continuous growth, collaboration, and community—recognized with 15 consecutive “Best Places to Work” awards including Inc.com’s 2025 list, as well as national honors for community impact.

We lead the industry in aligning wealth, passion, and purpose to help our clients thrive. With over $30 billion in assets under advisement, 300+ teammates nationwide, and a dynamic, team-based approach, we’re growing fast—and we’re looking for driven, curious individuals to join our #OneTeam. With this growth in mind, we are looking for a Talent Acquisition Operations Lead to help power our talent engine. This person will help strengthen the systems, processes, data practices, and programs that allow us to scale thoughtfully while maintaining a human-centered approach to recruiting. The role combines hands-on recruiting coordination, candidate experience, reporting, systems administration, and process improvement, creating the operational foundation that helps recruiters and hiring teams do their best work. We're looking for someone who brings a high level of attention to detail, a process-first mindset, and a passion for creating clarity, improving how work gets done, and delivering exceptional experiences for candidates and stakeholders alike. This person will play a key role as we continue to evolve our recruiting infrastructure to support future growth.

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Key Responsibilities: You create the operational foundation that helps the Talent Acquisition team deliver a consistent, efficient, and human recruiting experience. In this role, you will be responsible for

Full-Cycle Recruiting & Search Leadership

• Own the end-to-end recruiting process, from intake and search strategy through sourcing, assessment, selection, and closing, for priority, senior-level, and hard-to-fill roles.

• Partner with hiring leaders to clarify the business need, define the candidate profile, align on the interview and decision process, and establish realistic expectations for the search.

• Manage multiple searches with strong organization, urgency, and attention to detail while maintaining clear communication with candidates and stakeholders.

• Use sound judgment to assess experience, capabilities, motivations, and alignment with Brighton Jones’ culture and Values in Action.

• Guide hiring teams toward thoughtful, evidence-based decisions and help maintain momentum through each stage of the process.

Strategic Sourcing & Talent Pipelines

• Develop and execute creative sourcing strategies that reach qualified, diverse talent across markets, industries, and professional communities.

• Proactively identify, engage, qualify, and cultivate passive candidates through direct outreach, referrals, networking, research, social channels, and other relevant sourcing methods.

• Build and maintain relationships with prospective candidates for current and future opportunities, creating durable talent pipelines rather than starting each search from zero.

• Become knowledgeable about Brighton Jones’ business, teams, career opportunities, and employee value proposition so you can represent the firm credibly and authentically.

• Use market intelligence and candidate feedback to help hiring leaders understand talent availability, competitive dynamics, and potential tradeoffs.

Candidate & Hiring Team Experience

• Create a candidate experience that is responsive, transparent, thoughtful, and consistent from first contact through offer and transition to onboarding.

• Build trusted relationships with candidates by listening carefully, communicating clearly, and representing both the opportunity and Brighton Jones experience authentically.

• Partner closely with recruiting coordination and operations teammates to ensure interviews, communications, feedback, and offers move forward smoothly.

• Prepare hiring teams to assess candidates consistently and reinforce timely, specific interview feedback and clear next steps.

• Handle sensitive candidate, compensation, and business information with judgment and discretion.

Recruiting Strategy, Data & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain accurate and timely candidate, requisition, source, and activity data in the applicant tracking system.

• Use pipeline and recruiting data to evaluate search health, identify risks, prioritize activity, and communicate progress and recommendations to hiring leaders.

• Contribute to recruiting programs, process improvements, employer-brand efforts, and team initiatives that strengthen how Brighton Jones attracts and hires talent.

• Share sourcing approaches, market insights, and lessons learned with the broader Get People team to improve collective performance.

• Approach the work with curiosity and a continuous-improvement mindset, identifying practical ways to improve quality, efficiency, and the experience of candidates and hiring teams.

Your Experience:

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including senior-level, specialized, or hard-to-fill searches.

• Demonstrated success developing creative sourcing strategies, engaging passive talent, and building pipelines across new or challenging markets.

• Experience partnering directly with hiring leaders to define search strategy, assess talent, navigate tradeoffs, and close candidates.

• A metrics-informed approach to managing pipeline activity, search progress, and recruiting outcomes.

• Strong interviewing and assessment skills, with the judgment to evaluate both capabilities and alignment with the organization’s values and ways of working.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build credibility with candidates, hiring leaders, executives, and cross-functional partners.

• Financial services or professional services