Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

About SSENSE

SSENSE is a Montreal-based global technology platform situated at the crossroads of culture, community, and commerce. The company features a blend of well-known and emerging luxury brands across womenswear, menswear, and kidswear categories. SSENSE's digital commerce and cultural content offerings have been highly praised, garnering around 100 million monthly site visits.

Role Overview

The Senior Talent Acquisition Partner collaborates closely with business leaders to source, evaluate, and recruit talent aligned with company needs. This role owns the end-to-end recruitment process and partners with management to anticipate workforce needs and align hiring plans with strategic priorities. The ideal candidate has strong experience delivering quality hires and serves as a trusted advisor on market trends, best hiring practices, and recruitment strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle—from sourcing and screening candidates, coordinating interviews, to negotiating offers while ensuring an excellent candidate journey.
• Collaborate with business managers and HR Business Partners to understand team requirements, forecast talent gaps, and translate priorities into effective hiring plans.
• Proactively develop and execute innovative sourcing methods to attract both active and passive candidates, building and maintaining a diverse talent pipeline for current and future needs.
• Provide expert guidance to hiring managers on effective interview techniques, objective candidate evaluations, and market trends.
• Utilize data analytics to monitor key recruitment metrics such as time-to-hire and candidate pipeline health, optimizing recruitment processes accordingly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related discipline; professional HR designations (CHRP/CRIA, CPHR) are advantageous.
• 3 to 5 years of progressive experience in talent acquisition or recruitment, ideally within complex, fast-paced technology environments.
• Proven expertise managing end-to-end hiring processes from sourcing through final offer and onboarding phases while maintaining a superior candidate experience.
• Strong skills in strategic talent sourcing leveraging networking, social media, and job platforms to build robust candidate pools.
• Experienced in stakeholder management and advisory capacity, coaching hiring managers and leadership on recruitment best practices, interviewing, candidate assessment, and inclusive hiring approaches.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems (such as Workday or TeamTailor) and recruitment analytics/reporting tools supporting data-driven decisions.

Distinctive Attributes

• Highly autonomous work style, able to independently manage recruitment cycles and advise business leaders with minimal supervision.
• Critical thinker skilled at evaluating all pertinent factors and applying objective criteria to resolve typical daily challenges logically.
• Strong business acumen demonstrated through prudent application of legal knowledge and organizational policies for commercial decision-making, with timely escalation of high-risk issues.
• Professional bilingual fluency in French and English, capable of translating complex materials, managing sensitive communications, and leading formal meetings and training sessions in both languages.

Why SSENSE?

• Comprehensive extended health and dental benefits including broad mental health programs.
• Parental leave top-up program.
• Generous employee discounts on ssense.com products.
• Access to telemedicine and employee and family assistance resources.
• Employer matching contributions to savings and retirement plans.
• Coverage for gender affirmation procedures.
• Chance to work with cutting-edge technology alongside a forward-thinking and innovative team pushing technological boundaries.

Equal Opportunity

SSENSE is committed to equal opportunity employment and fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace. Accommodations for candidates with special needs are supported upon request.