Job Description

SR Talent Acquisition Professional

This is a hybrid position working 3 days a week in our Legacy West Support Center located in Plano, Texas.

About Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

At SBH, our purpose is to inspire a more colorful, confident, and welcoming world. We are the leader in professional hair color, selling and distributing professional beauty supplies across 11 countries through our Sally Beauty and Beauty Systems Group businesses. Sally Beauty offers products for hair color, hair care, nails, and skin care to retail customers looking for salon quality products at a value price. Beauty Systems Group, branded as Cosmo Prof or Armstrong McCall stores, along with its direct sales consultants, sell professionally branded products intended for use and resale by salons to retail consumers.

About the role

The Senior Talent Acquisition Professional is responsible for leading full-cycle executive recruitment for Vice President and above roles. This role partners closely with senior leadership to design and execute proactive, data-driven recruiting strategies that attract, engage, and secure top-tier executive talent.

This individual operates as a strategic advisor to the business, leveraging advanced sourcing methodologies, reporting and analytics, and AI-enabled tools to build diverse executive pipelines and deliver measurable hiring outcomes. The role requires strong business acumen, executive presence, and the ability to influence at high levels of the organization. This is a hybrid position working 3 days a week in our Legacy West Support Center located in Plano, Texas.

Responsibilities

Executive Recruitment Leadership

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for Vice President and above roles across corporate and field functions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on market intelligence, talent mapping, succession alignment, and hiring strategy.
• Develop and execute customized search strategies for highly confidential and complex executive searches.
• Build and maintain diverse, high-caliber executive talent pipelines aligned with long-term workforce planning.
• Ensure a best-in-class executive candidate experience.

Strategic Recruiting & Workforce Planning

• Develop forward-looking executive recruiting strategies aligned with business growth plans.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to anticipate leadership gaps and succession needs.
• Utilize market data and competitive intelligence to inform hiring decisions.
• Influence organizational design conversations through talent insights.
• They will also recruit for high touch areas.

Reporting & Analytics

• Design and deliver executive-level dashboards and insights on:
  • Time-to-fill and quality of hire
  • Executive pipeline diversity
  • Offer acceptance trends
  • Market competitiveness
• Translate recruiting data into strategic recommendations.
• Continuously evaluate recruiting effectiveness and optimize processes based on analytics.

AI & Technology Enablement

• Leverage AI-powered sourcing tools to identify and engage executive talent.
• Utilize AI for talent mapping, predictive hiring insights, candidate engagement, and workflow automation.
• Evaluate emerging recruitment technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
• Promote responsible and ethical use of AI within talent acquisition practices.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Build strong partnerships with C-suite and senior executives.
• Provide consultative guidance on compensation positioning, market dynamics, and competitive landscape.
• Influence hiring decisions through structured assessments and calibrated evaluation processes.
• Drive alignment across HR, Total Rewards, and business leadership.

• Contribute to other projects and initiatives as needed.

• Support evolving business needs through additional responsibilities as required.

Knowledge, skills & abilities requirements

• 8+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, including executive-level recruiting.
• Demonstrated success recruiting Vice President and above leadership roles.
• Strong understanding of executive compensation structures and employment agreements.
• Experience building recruiting strategies in complex, multi-functional organizations.
• Advanced proficiency in recruiting analytics and reporting tools.
• Experience leveraging AI tools within sourcing, screening, and pipeline development.
• Exceptional communication and executive presence.

Competencies & attributes

Passionate Learner - Constantly seeks opportunities to grow and develop. Demonstrates intellectual curiosity, actively requests feedback, and stays informed on emerging recruiting technologies and market trends.

Flexible & Agile Adapter - Responds positively and effectively to change. Adjusts strategies quickly in dynamic business environments and remains solution-oriented under pressure.

Talent Builder - Champions diverse, high-performing teams. Intentionally cultivates inclusive talent pipelines and fosters collaboration to solve complex challenges.

Effective Communicator - Communicates with clarity, confidence, and executive presence. Tailors messaging appropriately for senior stakeholders and ensures alignment across audiences.

Team Builder - Operates with humility and inclusion. Builds strong partnerships, values diverse perspectives, and holds self to a high standard of collaboration and accountability.

Customer-Focused Partner - Understands internal and external customer needs. Provides insights that shape recruiting strategy and proactively supports business objectives.

Strategic Thinker - Understands how departments interconnect and how executive talent drives enterprise performance. Aligns recruiting strategies with long-term organizational goals.

Big Picture Thinker - Anticipates future leadership needs and considers enterprise-wide implications when developing talent solutions.

Results Driver - Delivers measurable outcomes. Maintains high standards for performance, accountability, and follow-through in executive hiring.

Problem Solver & Decision Maker - Analyses complex information, identifies key insights, and makes sound recommendations. Takes decisive action to overcome obstacles and drive results.

Working conditions & physical requirements

• The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, e.g., use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, observance of fire regulations, etc. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated.
• The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items such as papers, files, books, small parts; using a keyboard, driving an automobile, etc.. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary and outstanding benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, paid vacation and sick days, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement and 401(k) with company match. In addition, associates of SBH may take advantage of our in house salon with complementary services and a varied selection of food options at our corporate campus. Also, featured at our corporate campus, is both a Sally Beauty and CosmoProf Professional onsite store, where associates enjoy a great merchandise discount!

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or disability.

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