Job description

ELLKAY started out providing connectivity solutions to laboratories and within a few years, grew to also provide data management solutions to ambulatory organizations. ELLKAY is now a trusted data management partner in five healthcare segments. ELLKAY’s solutions continue to serve laboratories and ambulatory practices and have expanded to empower hospitals and health systems, healthcare IT vendors, ambulatory practices, health plans, and other healthcare organizations with cutting-edge technologies and solutions that drive their growth and interoperability strategies. Today, ELLKAY remains true to our core values, building strong partner relationships and offering unparalleled service and support while providing innovative, scalable solutions to the challenges our customers face in today’s data-rich world. ELLKAY's experience, customer-focused approach, and reputation for innovation, speed, and accuracy differentiate ELLKAY as a premier partner for your interoperability needs and data management strategy. Job Description: The Talent Acquisition Manager will lead the development and execution of recruiting strategies that support the organization’s continued growth. This role partners closely with business leaders and hiring managers to anticipate workforce needs, attract high-quality talent, and build scalable, inclusive hiring practices. The manager will oversee the full recruitment lifecycle, strengthen the employer brand, improve candidate experience, and use data to evaluate and enhance recruiting effectiveness. The ideal candidate is a strategic and hands-on leader who thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment and can balance immediate hiring priorities with long-term talent objectives. This position is a hybrid role for our office in Elmwood Park, NJ. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Strategy and recruitment delivery • Develop and execute talent acquisition plans aligned with workforce priorities, hiring demand and approved budgets. • Oversee the full recruitment lifecycle, from intake and sourcing through assessment, offer management and pre-employment handoff. • Lead recruitment for technology roles, including specialist, senior and hard-to-fill positions across engineering, product, data, cybersecurity, cloud and infrastructure. • Build targeted talent pipelines and provide leaders with practical market intelligence on skills, availability, location and compensation. Leadership and partnership • Lead, coach and allocate work across the talent acquisition team, setting clear expectations and service standards. • Act as a trusted adviser to executives, People leaders, hiring managers and technical leaders. • Strengthen direct sourcing, employee referrals, talent communities and the employer brand while managing external recruitment partners. • Deliver a responsive, transparent and inclusive experience for candidates and hiring managers. Governance and improvement • Maintain consistent, structured and job-relevant selection practices that support fair hiring decisions. • Ensure recruitment activity complies with applicable employment, privacy, equal-opportunity and recordkeeping requirements. • Optimize the applicant tracking system, recruitment technology, processes and reporting. • Use data and stakeholder feedback to improve quality, speed, cost and service delivery, including responsible use of automation and artificial intelligence. Qualifications: • At least 10 years' end-to-end recruitment experience, including a minimum of three years in a talent acquisition management role with direct reports • Demonstrated experience recruiting technology talent, including specialist, senior and hard-to-fill positions. • Strong understanding of technical talent markets, sourcing channels and structured assessment practices. • Experience leading and developing recruiters in a complex, fast-moving or matrixed organization. • Proven ability to influence senior leaders, advise hiring managers and manage competing priorities. • Experience using applicant tracking systems, recruitment technology and talent analytics. • Strong commercial, analytical, communication and project-management capabilities. • Relevant bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience. Preferred • Recruitment experience within healthcare data, health technology and/or software-as-a-service (SaaS) organizations. • Experience hiring in locations outside the United States, with awareness of local talent markets and region-specific recruitment considerations. • Experience supporting growth, transformation, acquisitions, employer branding or workforce planning. Benefits: ELLKAY offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that starts day one! Including: • Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits • Employer-paid Life and LTD • 401k w/ matching – once eligibility is met • Work/life balance • Paid Volunteer Program • Flexible working hours • Generous FTO • Remote work options • Employee Discounts • Parental Leave • Gym membership / Exercise class stipends Our awesome culture includes: • Working with talented, collaborative, and friendly people who love what they do • Professional growth within • Innovation environment • On site in HQ Free daily lunches Awards: • 2025 Top Workplaces Employee Appreciation • 2025 Top Workplaces Employee Well-Being • 2025 Top Workplaces Professional Development • 2025 Top Workplaces Leadership • 2026 USA Today Top Workplaces • 2026 NJ Top Workplaces Additional information At ELLKAY, we are committed to operating as a hybrid workplace, offering employees flexibility in how they structure their time between in-office and remote work. We recognize the significance of fostering connections, collaboration, and creativity within our office culture and its positive impact on our business. Our philosophy of operating as a hybrid workplace underscores our dedication to enabling employees to tailor work-life balance to their individual preferences. For those who do not live within 40 miles of one of our offices, we are open to considering remote work for candidates whose skills and experience strongly align with the role. While we prioritize a hybrid work environment for most roles, we understand the importance of flexibility and are open to remote work for specific positions and specialized skill sets. For more information on our company, visit www.ELLKAY.com. ELLKAY LLC is a Smoke-Free Workplace. Compensation Range: $120,000-$135,000

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Must-haves

The ideal candidate is a strategic and hands-on leader who thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment and can balance immediate hiring priorities with long-term talent objectives.
This position is a hybrid role for our office in Elmwood Park, NJ.
Strategy and recruitment delivery
Develop and execute talent acquisition plans aligned with workforce priorities, hiring demand and approved budgets.
Oversee the full recruitment lifecycle, from intake and sourcing through assessment, offer management and pre-employment handoff.
Lead recruitment for technology roles, including specialist, senior and hard-to-fill positions across engineering, product, data, cybersecurity, cloud and infrastructure.
Build targeted talent pipelines and provide leaders with practical market intelligence on skills, availability, location and compensation.
Leadership and partnership
Lead, coach and allocate work across the talent acquisition team, setting clear expectations and service standards.
Act as a trusted adviser to executives, People leaders, hiring managers and technical leaders.
Strengthen direct sourcing, employee referrals, talent communities and the employer brand while managing external recruitment partners.
Deliver a responsive, transparent and inclusive experience for candidates and hiring managers.
Governance and improvement
Maintain consistent, structured and job-relevant selection practices that support fair hiring decisions.
Ensure recruitment activity complies with applicable employment, privacy, equal-opportunity and recordkeeping requirements.
Optimize the applicant tracking system, recruitment technology, processes and reporting.
Use data and stakeholder feedback to improve quality, speed, cost and service delivery, including responsible use of automation and artificial intelligence.
At least 10 years' end-to-end recruitment experience, including a minimum of three years in a talent acquisition management role with direct reports
Demonstrated experience recruiting technology talent, including specialist, senior and hard-to-fill positions.
Strong understanding of technical talent markets, sourcing channels and structured assessment practices.
Experience leading and developing recruiters in a complex, fast-moving or matrixed organization.

Nice-to-haves

Recruitment experience within healthcare data, health technology and/or software-as-a-service (SaaS) organizations.
Experience hiring in locations outside the United States, with awareness of local talent markets and region-specific recruitment considerations.
Experience supporting growth, transformation, acquisitions, employer branding or workforce planning.

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