[Hiring] Senior Talent Acquisition Partner @Calix

Role Description

We're looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner who will act as a strategic advisor and lead full-cycle recruitment across Products/Engineering and General and Administrative teams. The role partners with hiring leaders to shape recruiting strategies, provide market insights, build pipelines, and attract exceptional talent for current and future needs.

The ideal candidate has recent experience recruiting technical and engineering talent, along with professional or commercial roles. They excel at sourcing specialized talent, applying recruiting best practices, and using market data to build creative strategies to attract/close talent.

As part of the Talent Acquisition team, you will:

• Guide candidates and influence hiring leaders to solve recruiting challenges.
• Deliver a consistent, engaging experience to all stakeholders.
• Be organized, systems-savvy, self-directed, curious, and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Partner with hiring leaders to develop a comprehensive understanding of each position, including business needs, team dynamics, required competencies, and measures of success.
• Lead and own your desk of full-cycle recruitment across Product/Engineering, General and Administrative, or Sales positions with the flexibility to pivot when needed.
• Develop and execute recruiting and sourcing strategies for specialized, in-demand, and hard-to-fill positions.
• Identify and engage passive candidates through creativity: advanced Boolean searches, professional and social networks, user groups, referrals, talent communities, market mapping, and the applicant tracking system.
• Build and maintain proactive talent pipelines aligned with anticipated business and workforce needs.
• Provide hiring leaders with market intelligence, talent availability insights, sourcing recommendations, and data-informed time-to-fill expectations via weekly status calls.
• Conduct candidate screens to assess job-related experience, capabilities, motivations, and alignment with position requirements.
• Partner with hiring teams to establish structured, competency-based interview and assessment processes.
• Deliver a consistent, inclusive, and engaging candidate experience from initial contact through offer and disposition.
• Collaborate with Talent and Culture Business Partners, HRIS, Compensation, and other stakeholders to support effective and timely hiring decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes, tools, workflows, and stakeholder experiences when appropriate.
• Support employer branding and talent engagement initiatives that strengthen Calix’s position in the talent marketplace.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including experience supporting Products/Engineering, General and Administrative, Sales, and/or other commercial functions.
• Recent experience recruiting technical or engineering positions, such as software engineering, cloud, infrastructure, AI/ML, data science, and hardware/test.
• 3+ years’ experience using Workday and LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Demonstrated success filling up to Director-level positions through strategic and professional recruiting practices.
• Demonstrated success sourcing and hiring niche, specialized, and hard-to-fill talent in competitive markets including curiosity to research facets of roles.
• Ability to use AI tools/agents to streamline daily work and improve efficiency.
• Proven ability to partner with and influence hiring leaders on recruiting strategy, talent availability, market conditions, and hiring expectations.
• Experience managing multiple/high-volume requisitions, stakeholder groups, and priorities in a complex environment.
• Ability to interpret recruiting metrics and market data to establish appropriate recruiting strategies and expectations.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to attend occasional in-person meetings and travel less than 5%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience recruiting within a software, SaaS, cloud technology, telecommunications, or high-growth technology environment.
• Experience leading recruiting projects, process improvements, or talent acquisition programs such as internship recruiting.

Compensation

The base pay range for this position varies based on the geographic location. More information about the pay range specific to candidate location and other factors will be shared during the recruitment process. Individual pay is determined based on location of residence and multiple factors, including job-related knowledge, skills and experience.

• San Francisco Bay Area: 104,700 - 157,600 USD Annual
• Select US Metros and States: 91,000 - 137,000 USD Annual
• Other US Locations: 81,900 - 123,300 USD Annual

As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for a bonus. For information on our benefits click here .