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Job Summary

Bread is a technology company that aims to transform the way the world shops online and makes essential purchases affordable. We build tools, technologies and APIs that allow e-commerce merchants to integrate installment loan financing and other alternative payment products anywhere in their customers’ shopping journey. The Lead Recruiter creates strong business partnerships with internal clients and leads the full life cycle recruitment process for entry level to C-level openings. The Lead Recruiter develops multiple sourcing channels, including candidate pipelines, to attract the best active and passive candidates, while leveraging technology to ensure an effective and efficient process. Responsible for building and maintaining excellent relationships with both hiring managers and candidates (both internal and external), the Lead Recruiter is instrumental in creating strategy around and executing recruiting strategies. The Lead Recruiter is also responsible for developing the Bread external brand strategy, in order to attract top tier talent. This individual will lead major projects and initiatives vital to the success of the Talent Acquisition department. The Lead Recruiter leads, mentors and develops the junior recruiters on the team.

The Lead Recruiter needs to have a strong background in sourcing and recruiting for highly technical roles.

Job Description

Essential Job Functions 

Full lifecycle recruitment- Source, screen, and interview applicants with excellent candidate assessment skills. Instrumental in sourcing, screening, interviewing, selecting, and hiring the best available candidate resources using proven recruiting methods and processes in a call center environment for non-exempt roles. Perform full lifecycle recruitment activities such as recruiting, screening, interviewing, and offer negotiation/extension. Conducts sourcing of passive candidates and responsible for targeted sourcing and assessing talent, based on past successes and future business objectives. Utilizes knowledge of Microsoft Office tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams to execute daily work. 

Departmental Leadership – Manage overall department of Talent Experience for the Talent Acquisition function including Candidate Generation, Candidate Experience, Hiring Manager support and the Associate journey, along with all Talent Acquisition Coordination for the entire Talent Acquisition department.  Provide leadership to a team of people leaders and individual contributors while ensuring quality and delivery of business requirements. 

Relationship Management- Establish relationships with hiring managers to assess their job openings and work with them to find the right talent by providing coaching and guidance on internal candidates as well as external. Builds and maintains relationships with hiring managers to maintain awareness of future staffing needs and requirements. Consults and aids in the decision making of hiring best fit candidate with various positions. Demonstrates professional verbal and written communication skills when working with internal or external partners. Presents information in an articulate, professional, and digestible manner. 

Business Knowledge- Consistently meet or exceed service level agreements providing the highest possible level of service to the business. Understand Bread's business and how individual areas contribute to the overall success of the company. 

Market Research- Maintains through on-going knowledge of market conditions and competition. Responsible for research and analysis of recruiting market trends, understanding implications and recommending solutions 

Project Management- Coordinates various recruitment projects by taking initiative to identify and lead projects that supports the recruiting team in being a more strategic partner. Plan and coordinate recruiting events and represent Bread at job fairs, tradeshows, networking events and community events 

Reports to: Head of People 

Working Conditions/ Physical Requirements: 

90% Normal office environment  

10% job fair environment 

Optional work from home 

Direct Reports: Yes 

Minimum Qualifications:  

Associate’s Degree or equivalent work experience in Psychology, Business, Marketing, HR 

Six or more years of full cycle recruitment 

Preferred Experience: 

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources

Eight or more years HR, Recruiting, Supervisory experience, Executive Recruitment 

Previous experience recruiting for tech/startup companies

Education:

Associate's Degree (Required), Bachelor’s Degree

Certifications:

Work Experience

Six or more years

Skills

Candidate Sourcing, Executive Recruiting, Full Cycle Recruiting, Human Resources (HR), Labor and Employment Law, Recruiting

About Alliance Data Card Services

Alliance Data Card Services provides market-leading private label, co-brand, general purpose and commercial credit card programs, digital payments and Comenity-branded financial services. Using the industry’s most comprehensive and predictive data set, advanced analytics, and broad-reaching capabilities, Alliance Data Card Services has been helping partners increase sales and provide greater value to their customers for more than 30 years. Follow Alliance Data Card Services on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.   

About Bread®

A division of Alliance Data, Bread is a leading digital payments company that works with merchants and partners to personalize payment options for their customers. Through its full-funnel recommendation engine, Bread empowers merchants to sell more, improve conversion and lift average-order-value. Follow Bread on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Alliance Data Card Services and Bread are a proud part of the Alliance Data enterprise, a FORTUNE 500 and S&P MidCap 400 company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio with more than 8,000 associates worldwide.

• Alliance Data offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive selection of benefit options including 401(k).

• All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of credit and background checks.

• Alliance Data is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

• Alliance Data will provide accommodations to applicants needing accommodations to complete the application process.

• Any applicant offered employment will be required to establish that they are legally authorized to work in the United States for Alliance Data.

• Alliance Data participates in E-Verify.

• Alliance Data will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal and credit histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

• Alliance Data complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended, and all applicable state/local laws.  Applicants with disabilities may contact Alliance Data to request an arrange for accommodations.  If you need assistance to accommodate a disability, you may request an accommodation at any time.  Please contact the Recruiting Team at [email protected].

Job Family:

Human Resources