Job Description

Why UKG:

At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do.

We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you’ll get flexibility that’s real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters—and so do you.

About the Team:

Our Global Talent Acquisition organization is passionate about connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities at UKG. As trusted advisors to the business, we partner closely with executive leaders to develop innovative hiring strategies that fuel growth while delivering an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.

The Go-to-Market (GTM) Recruiting team is responsible for attracting and hiring world-class talent across Sales, Marketing, Revenue Operations, and other customer-facing functions. We are a high-performing, collaborative team committed to operational excellence, continuous improvement, and delivering talent that helps UKG achieve its business objectives.

About the Role:

As a Lead Talent Acquisition Partner supporting Go-to-Market hiring, you will serve as a strategic talent advisor responsible for managing the full recruitment lifecycle across a variety of GTM functions. You will partner closely with hiring leaders to develop talent strategies, proactively source exceptional candidates, and drive efficient, high-quality hiring outcomes.

Success in this role requires strong business acumen, exceptional relationship-building skills, and the ability to influence hiring decisions through data, market intelligence, and consultative partnership. You will help shape hiring strategies, champion an outstanding candidate experience, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the Talent Acquisition organization.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage the full-cycle recruiting process for a portfolio of GTM positions from intake through offer acceptance.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand business objectives, workforce plans, and hiring priorities.
• Develop sourcing strategies that leverage LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, referrals, talent communities, and market research to identify top talent.
• Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders by providing market insights, talent trends, competitive intelligence, and recruiting best practices.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience through proactive communication and thoughtful interview management.
• Facilitate structured interview processes and guide hiring teams on effective interviewing and selection practices.
• Utilize recruiting metrics and data to drive hiring decisions and improve recruiting effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Recruiting Coordinators, Talent Intelligence, Recruiting Operations, HR Business Partners, and Compensation throughout the hiring process.
• Ensure recruiting activities are compliant with employment laws and company policies.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes, candidate experience, and operational efficiency.
• Mentor newer recruiters and contribute to knowledge sharing across the recruiting organization.

About You:

You are a relationship-driven recruiter who thrives in a fast-paced, consultative environment. You are equally comfortable engaging executive stakeholders, sourcing passive talent, analyzing recruiting data, and delivering a world-class candidate experience.

You bring curiosity, resilience, and a continuous improvement mindset to everything you do. You enjoy solving hiring challenges, influencing business leaders, and finding innovative ways to attract exceptional talent.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably supporting direct seller organizations.
• Experience recruiting within a SaaS or enterprise technology organization.
• Experience recruiting for one or more of the following functions: Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Professional Services, Revenue Operations, or Corporate Functions.
• Demonstrated success sourcing passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing channels.
• Experience partnering directly with hiring managers to develop recruiting strategies and influence hiring decisions.
• Strong interviewing and candidate assessment skills.
• Experience managing multiple requisitions simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and recruiting technologies.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and recruiting tools.
• Passion for leveraging AI and emerging recruiting technologies to improve efficiency and candidate experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience recruiting within a SaaS or enterprise technology organization.
• Knowledge of the Human Capital Management (HCM), HR Technology, Payroll, or Workforce Management industries.
• Experience utilizing recruiting analytics and workforce data to influence hiring strategies.
• Experience recruiting geographically distributed hiring teams.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior business leaders.
• Experience mentoring recruiters or leading recruiting initiatives.
• Passion for leveraging AI and emerging recruiting technologies to improve efficiency and candidate experience.

UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world's largest collection of workforce insights, and people-first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent, is unmatched. It's this expertise that equips our customers with the intelligence to solve any challenge in any industry — because great organizations know their workforce is their competitive edge. Learn more at ukg.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer   

UKG is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, disability, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

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Disability Accommodation in the Application and Interview Process

For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email UKGCareers@ukg.com

The pay range for this position is $115,100 to $165,450 The actual base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and work location. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible to participate in a performance-based bonus plan and to receive restricted stock unit awards as part of total compensation. Learn more about UKG’s benefits and rewards at https://www.ukg.com/about-us/careers/benefits