Talent Acquisition Partner

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match. 

What you will do

Duties and Responsibilities

Full-Cycle Recruiting and Delivery

• Manage assigned searches from intake through selection and offer coordination, establishing clear hiring requirements, timelines, and stakeholder expectations.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies that attract qualified, diverse talent using internal and external channels.
• Screen and assess candidates against role requirements; guide structured interviews, selection discussions, and hiring decisions.
• Maintain timely communication with candidates and hiring teams to create an inclusive, transparent, and high-quality experience.

Talent Pipeline Development and Cross-Functional Partnership

• Research, identify, engage, assess, and cultivate external talent aligned with strategic and recurring workforce needs.
• Build and maintain pipelines for priority skill areas, emerging capabilities, and hard-to-fill roles.
• Partner with hiring leaders, People & Culture Business Partners, Talent Intelligence, Early Careers, and other Talent Acquisition colleagues to connect near-term hiring with longer-term talent needs.
• Support internal mobility by identifying qualified internal talent and ensuring consistent consideration of internal candidates.

Market Intelligence, Research, and Analytics

• Monitor relevant labor-market, industry, competitor, skill, and location trends that may affect talent availability.
• Translate market insights and recruiting data into practical recommendations on search strategy, talent pools, candidate expectations, and hiring approach.
• Use recruiting metrics and funnel data to identify risks, communicate progress, and adjust strategies with the hiring team.

Operational Excellence, Efficiency, and Compliance

• Maintain accurate and timely information in applicant tracking and related talent systems.
• Follow established sourcing, recruiting, assessment, selection, and recordkeeping standards.
• Ensure recruiting activities comply with applicable employment laws, company policies, and Talent Acquisition procedures.
• Contribute to process improvement, knowledge sharing, and consistent ways of working across the Talent Acquisition team.

Who are you?

 Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 2-5 years of relevant experience in talent acquisition, recruiting, sourcing, or a closely related field.
• Experience supporting multiple requisitions and stakeholders in a deadline-driven environment.
• Experience conducting candidate outreach, screening, and interview coordination or facilitation.
• Working knowledge of applicant tracking systems and common recruiting tools.
• Working knowledge of fair and consistent selection practices and applicable employment requirements.

Preferred

• Experience recruiting in a corporate, manufacturing, engineering, technology, or similarly complex organization.
• Experience using market research, talent mapping, sourcing analytics, or recruiting funnel data to inform hiring strategy.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of full-cycle recruiting, sourcing methods, candidate assessment, and selection practices.
• Strong relationship-building and consultative communication skills with candidates, hiring leaders, and cross-functional partners.
• Ability to organize multiple searches, manage competing priorities, and maintain follow-through.
• Ability to use market information and recruiting data to identify risks and recommend practical actions.
• Sound judgment, attention to detail, and commitment to confidentiality and data integrity.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a team-based Talent Acquisition model.
• Adaptability, learning agility, and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and talent acquisition technology.

Key Competencies

• Accountability and Results Orientation
• Customer Focus
• Collaboration and Influence
• Continuous Improvement
• Business Acumen
• Adaptability and Learning Agility
• Inclusion and Candidate Care

Ready for the next move?

Working Conditions

• Primary work location: Greensboro, North Carolina.
• Work environment: Professional office environment with regular use of virtual collaboration and recruiting technologies.
• Travel requirement: Limited travel may be required based on business, recruiting, or event needs.
• Work schedule: Standard full-time schedule with flexibility to support candidates and business stakeholders, as needed.

Physical requirements: Ability to perform the essential duties of an office-based role, with or without reasonable accommodation.

At the Volvo Group, we strive for a clear, transparent, and straightforward compensation approach, motivating you to contribute to the company’s growth. For this position, the base pay is set at $72,600 - $89,700 annually, and where applicable, bonus eligible.  The range for this role, as well as final salary offered, is determined by several factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, work-related knowledge, certifications, skills, education, and experience. In addition to these factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.   

In addition to a solid package of compensation and benefits, plus you will enjoy:   • Competitive medical, dental and vision insurance. • Generous paid time off. • Competitive matching retirement savings plans. • Working environment where your safety, health and wellbeing come first. • Focus on professional and personal development through Volvo Group University. • Programs that make today’s challenging reality of combining work and personal life easier.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail. 

Who we are and what we believe in 
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. ​We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. ​We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment. 

At Group People & Culture, a part of Volvo Group, we create the foundation and frameworks for people growth and organizational development, to drive the people agenda that enables the realization of the Volvo Group aspirations through people strategy and commitment. You will be part of a global and diverse team of highly skilled professionals who work with passion, trust each other and embrace change to stay ahead.