Talent Acquisition Lead

2 months ago

Montreal, Canada Sagard Holdings Inc. Full time

Sagard is a multi-strategy alternative asset manager with professionals located in North America, Europe and the Middle East. Sagard invests across four asset classes: Venture Capital, Private Equity, Private Credit, Real Estate and since 2016, has grown exponentially to over US$25B AUM and over 300 team members.

Sagard’s entrepreneurial DNA is palpable across our entire team and is a platform built by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. Sagard aims to generate attractive returns by matching investment opportunities with flexible capital solutions and pairing entrepreneurs with teams with deep industry knowledge. Sagard develops long-term partnerships and empowers the growth of its investments through a unique global network of portfolio companies, limited partners, advisors, and other valued relationships.

Position overview

As the Talent Acquisition Lead, you will play a vital role in sourcing and attracting top talent to drive Sagard towards its vision and objectives. Your responsibilities will include establishing purposeful talent acquisition practices, building talent pipelines, and forging partnerships with key stakeholders throughout the organization. Additionally, you will lead initiatives such as enhancing the Onboarding Experience, managing the Internship Program, and strengthening Employer Branding efforts.

Role responsibilities

  • Foster a high-performance environment and implement talent acquisition strategies to attract, retain, develop, and motivate teams while promoting inclusivity.
  • Streamline recruitment processes, including sourcing, interviewing, testing, references, job offers, and onboarding, identifying and implementing enhancements for candidate and stakeholder experiences, including tools and career website optimizations.
  • Collaborate with people leaders and partners to develop and implement recruitment strategies that align with Sagard's values and culture. Utilize recruitment analytics to provide valuable data and advice, maintaining a proactive approach to efficiently address recruitment needs.
  • Establish and sustain strategic alliances within key sourcing channels inclusive of campus, outreach programs and staffing vendors to source qualified talent.
  • Lead various projects like the internship program at Sagard, collaborating with the Communication and Marketing team to promote the employer brand and enhance the employee value proposition through innovative solutions.
  • Work with the People & Culture team on onboarding, psychological testing, referral programs, and stay updated on market innovations to support various P&C projects and analytics.

Skills

  • Talent Acquisition Expertise: Skilled in building, developing, and coaching leaders in talent acquisition.
  • Passion and Curiosity: Demonstrates passion, curiosity, creativity, and optimism in work.
  • Empathetic Approach: Possesses empathy, builds rapport with candidates, understands motivations, and guides them effectively through the recruitment process.
  • Results-Oriented: Takes a results-oriented approach, committed to excellence, and exceeding goals.
  • Flexibility and Autonomy: Flexible and solution-oriented mindset, with the ability to collaborate and work autonomously, taking initiatives.
  • Attention to Detail and Influence: Pays attention to detail, exercises excellent professional judgment, influences decision-making processes effectively, negotiates skillfully, and actively listens.

Education and experience

  • Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, or Industrial Relations, with at least 5 years of talent acquisition/recruitment experience or equivalent HR experience in a fast-growing environment.
  • Recruitment Expertise: Demonstrated experience in the full recruitment cycle and good general knowledge of human resources and labor laws, with a strong focus on the Canadian job market.
  • Language Skills and Communication: Excellent written and spoken communication skills in both French and English (bilingualism required), with a focus on influencing.
  • Technical Skills: Proficiency in using social media platforms like LinkedIn and HRIS tools.
  • Personal Attributes: Enjoyment of collaborative teamwork, passion for talent acquisition, branding, and networking, with a long-term vision and a future-oriented perspective.

Sagard is an equal opportunity employer, which values diversity in the workplace. We are therefore happy to accommodate any individual. If you require accommodation in order to participate in the hiring process, please contact the People & Culture team to make your needs known in advance.

We welcome all applications and wish to thank all candidates for their interest in applying for this position. However, only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Sagard

The collection of self-identification data is important for Sagard as the organization wishes to reiterate its commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEI). The information candidates share with us will help Sagard to set goals and measure our progress in DEI. Participation in this survey is completely voluntary and anonymous.

Sagard is dedicated to building a team that proudly includes the talent and perspectives of individuals regardless of gender, race/ethnicity, or sexual orientation. We actively seek out diversity and want to build our organization with people from all backgrounds including Indigenous peoples, members of the BIPOC community, members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community and persons living with disabilities (“under-represented communities'').

We aim for 30% diversity at all levels of our staff by 2025 and we are rigorous in measuring and monitoring outcomes as we strive to meet our objective.

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