Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Why This Role Matters

• Plays a critical role in attracting and hiring top talent that enables the business to achieve its strategic and operational objectives.

• Enhances the quality and efficiency of recruitment through proactive sourcing, talent pipelining, and data-driven hiring recommendations.

• Builds positive candidate and stakeholder experiences by providing expert guidance throughout the hiring process and ensuring alignment with recruitment best practices.

• Strengthens Goodyear's employer brand through recruiting events, talent engagement programs, and effective use of sourcing and recruitment marketing channels.

What You Will Do

• Manage end-to-end recruitment activities, including intake meetings, sourcing, screening, interviewing, candidate assessment, debrief sessions, offer analysis, and offer discussions.

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies using job boards, talent databases, referral programs, recruiting events, social media, and other recruitment channels.

• Build and maintain talent pipelines to proactively support current and future hiring requirements across supported functions and geographies.

• Partner with Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners, and country HR teams to align on talent needs, hiring strategies, candidate selection, and offer recommendations.

• Conduct competency-based interviews and candidate evaluations to assess technical skills, experience, cultural fit, and overall suitability for the role.

• Support employer branding and recruitment initiatives that increase market awareness and attract diverse, high-quality talent.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in any field; a degree in Business, Human Resources, Psychology, or a related discipline is an advantage.

• 3-5 years of professional experience, including at least one year of hands-on experience in end-to-end recruitment, talent sourcing, interviewing, offer management, and stakeholder engagement.

• Experience working with applicant tracking systems (ATS), recruitment technologies, and sourcing platforms to identify and engage talent.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and build productive relationships across multiple functions and countries.

• Demonstrated expertise in competency-based interviewing, talent mapping, candidate assessment, and talent pipeline development.

• Knowledge of recruitment marketing, employer branding, and reporting tools, with the ability to analyze hiring data and support informed talent decisions.