Senior Recruiting Manager

Location: North Carolina (Remote with periodic on-site coordination at participating community colleges)

Employment Type: Full-Time

About AKIVA

AKIVA is an AI native engineering firm specializing in enterprise services, domain specific solutions, and high-performance infrastructure from strategy through deployment. We build innovative systems that drive measurable results for commercial enterprises and government agencies. AKIVA is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).

Position Overview

AKIVA is seeking a Senior Recruiting Manager to lead recruitment operations and supervise the recruiting team supporting participating North Carolina community colleges. This individual ensures timely fulfillment of direct hire requisitions, maintains recruitment quality standards, monitors candidate pipelines, and implements sourcing strategies across all position categories, including professional, clerical, custodial, and grounds positions. The Senior Recruiting Manager collaborates with college Human Resources offices to develop job descriptions, duties, and minimum qualifications, and ensures qualified candidates are recommended within the contract's required timelines. AKIVA equips this role with AI powered sourcing and screening tools that accelerate candidate identification and pipeline development.

Key Responsibilities

•       Manage recruitment workflow, requisition assignments, and candidate fulfillment across participating colleges.

•       Oversee candidate sourcing, screening, and submission to meet the contract's five business day recommendation requirement.

•       Maintain recruitment quality standards and ensure submitted candidates meet each position's minimum qualifications.

•       Coordinate executive, professional, and hard-to-fill searches across multiple position categories.

•       Collaborate with participating community college HR offices to develop job descriptions, duties, expectations, and qualifications.

•       Supervise, mentor, and evaluate assigned Talent Acquisition Specialists and recruitment support staff.

•       Monitor pipeline health, time-to-fill, and replacement guarantee performance, reporting metrics to the Program Manager.

Required Qualifications

•       5+ years of recruiting experience, with at least 2 years in a recruiting team leadership or management role.

•       Demonstrated experience recruiting across diverse position categories, including professional, administrative, and skilled or trades roles.

•       Strong sourcing expertise across job boards, social platforms, referrals, and talent communities.

•       Experience managing requisition workloads against defined service-level timelines.

•       Excellent communication, candidate engagement, and stakeholder collaboration skills.

•       Proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems and Microsoft Office Suite.

•       Must be authorized to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications

•       Experience recruiting for higher education, state government, or public sector clients.

•       AIRS, CSP, or equivalent recruiting certification.

•       Experience with high-volume and executive or hard-to-fill search strategies.

•       Familiarity with Vendor Management Systems (VMS) and Managed Service Provider (MSP) workflows.

•       Familiarity with AI powered sourcing, screening, and candidate matching tools.

Tools, Technologies & Frameworks

Sourcing: LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, ZipRecruiter, job boards, talent communities | ATS & VMS: Applicant Tracking Systems, Vendor Management Systems | Productivity: Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams | Methodologies: Full-Cycle Recruiting, Pipeline Management, Service-Level Management

What AKIVA Offers

•       Professional development and skill-building opportunities

•       Supportive management team with Veteran-owned company values

•       Opportunity to work on impactful public sector engagements

•       Long-term contract engagement with potential for extension

•       AI productivity tools and training provided at no cost to employees

Comprehensive Benefits Package

•       401(k) with generous company match

•       Medical Insurance

•       Dental Insurance

•       Vision Insurance

•       Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance

•       Paid Time Off (PTO)

•       Profit Sharing

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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

AKIVA is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical disability, marital status, military and Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We believe that diversity among our teammates is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people within a qualified candidate pool.

AKIVA is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).