• Lead, manage, and develop the talent acquisition team. • Provide mentorship, guidance, and strategic direction while overseeing performance and fulfilling all supervisory responsibilities. • Identify and implement strategic initiatives that strengthen and modernize the recruitment function, ensuring talent acquisition practices align with organizational priorities. • Optimize the internal HCM system to reduce redundancy, streamline workflows, and enable a more targeted and effective approach to applicant flow management. • Partner closely with organizational leaders, People & Culture partners, talent acquisition partners, and other key stakeholders to address workforce planning and position management. • Develop and recommend effective sourcing strategies to attract the most qualified candidates, leveraging technology, social media, job boards, professional networks, and industry events. • Ensure seamless, efficient, positive, and customer service-oriented experience for hiring managers and candidates throughout the recruitment lifecycle. • Strengthen and promote Best Friends’ employer brand to attract high-performing, mission-aligned talent and reinforce the organization’s reputation as an employer of choice. • Analyze talent acquisition data to identify trends, uncover opportunities, and make data-informed recommendations and decisions. • Adjudicating background check results; familiarity of the FCRA requirements around adverse action notifications • Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations impacting talent acquisition, job classification, and compensation practices. • Maintain strict confidentiality when handling sensitive information. • Perform other duties as assigned.