Job Description

About the Role

As a Talent Acquisition Partner at Cengage Group , you will be an integral part of our collaborative and forward-thinking Talent Acquisition team. Youll work closely with hiring managers and HR leaders to attract, engage, and hire top talent across the organization. With a strong foundation in recruiting practices, youll manage fullcycle recruiting for a range of roles while contributing to a bestinclass candidate and hiring manager experience.

Youll support our mission to scale hiring through process excellence, data insights, and a peoplefirst approachplaying a key role in building the teams that shape our business.

This role is not just about filling rolesits about being a trusted advisor to the business . Youll bring market insights, talent trends, and compensation data to the table and regularly meet with business leaders to assess whats working, where we can improve, and how to continuously evolve our hiring strategies.

What Youll Do

• Own and manage endtoend recruiting processesfrom job intake through offerfor a variety of roles, ensuring an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Act as a strategic talent partner to the businesssharing insights on market trends, candidate availability, pay benchmarks, and competitive intelligence to inform hiring decisions.
• Partner closely with hiring managers and HR partners to understand hiring needs, build sourcing strategies, and deliver on staffing goals.
• Meet regularly with business leaders to review progress, hiring challenges, candidate feedback, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Champion a hightouch, personalized candidate journey, acting as a brand ambassador and ensuring candidates feel valued and informed at every stage.
• Proactively build and maintain a pipeline of diverse, qualified talent through sourcing, networking, and relationshipbuilding.
• Utilize Workday Recruit to manage requisitions, track candidates, and maintain data accuracy.
• Leverage recruiting metrics and data to inform hiring strategies, track progress, and continuously improve the recruiting process.
• Support employer branding initiatives in collaboration with the broader TA team and Communications, including promoting job opportunities via social media and professional networks.
• Ensure recruitment practices align with employment laws and company policies, maintaining accurate and compliant documentation.
• Work crossfunctionally with other Talent Acquisition Partners, Coordinators, and HR stakeholders to continuously improve our recruiting processes and candidate experience.

What Youll Bring

• 35 years of fullcycle recruiting experience, ideally within a midtolarge matrixed organization or highgrowth environment.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with business leaders by offering datadriven insights, market knowledge, and strategic guidance.
• Experience using WorkDay as an ATS to manage requisitions and candidate flow.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence, advise, and guide stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple requisitions and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to interpret recruiting metrics and leverage insights to improve hiring strategies.
• Proven success partnering with hiring managers and HR colleagues to deliver hiring results.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to shift gears quickly in a fastpaced environment.
• Passion for attracting and hiring diverse talent and building inclusive hiring practices.

Compensation

At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here ( to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy.

The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location. Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.

$70,000.00 $85,000.00 USD

About Cengage Group

Cengage Group, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be jobready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.

Cengage Group is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of any classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws. Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at accommodations.ta@cengage.com.

Warning: Be aware, there has been an increase of targeted recruitment scams perpetrated by bad actors falsely providing job offers on behalf Cengage Group to candidates as a means of obtaining personal information. Note that Cengage will always interview candidates via live inperson meetings, phone calls and video calls before an offer would be extended. Also, be sure to check that communication is coming from an @cengage.com email address.

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