Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist - Executive Search

Job Description

TITLE: Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist – Executive Search

DEPARTMENT: People

REPORTING TO: Manager, Global Talent Acquisition

OFFICE LOCATION: New York, NY, United States

ROLE TYPE: Full-Time, Hybrid

IPC is a global fintech company that puts people at the center of innovation. With a strong global footprint, we empower financial institutions and capital markets with advanced cloud-based trading communications and managed connectivity solutions.

Through our portfolio of communications and connectivity solutions, we focus on solving business challenges and adapting to regulatory changes in the fast-paced global financial markets. This enables our clients to maintain consistent market access, a strong competitive advantage, and enhanced operational efficiency.

Join a team dedicated to delivering groundbreaking products and making a significant impact on our clients' success.

Overview of the Team

The Global Talent Acquisition team is a globally connected, delivery-focused function committed to securing exceptional talent for IPC. We combine the discipline and market insight of executive search with the agility, collaboration, and practical mindset of an in-house team.

This individual will play a critical role in identifying, attracting, and hiring top-tier talent while helping us build world-class teams. This position requires someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is comfortable challenging convention, and is relentless in the pursuit of exceptional talent. The successful candidate will embody our core values and operate with urgency, a focus on long-term success, and an analytical mindset.

As part of our dynamic and fast-moving Talent Acquisition team, you will partner closely with hiring managers, senior leaders and at time Executives to identify and attract top talent. You will use advanced tools, market research, and sourcing methodologies to generate insights, build talent pipelines, and guide hiring strategies.

Role Overview

The Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for partnering effectively with hiring managers and Global People Partners at the most senior levels to develop and execute recruiting strategies that directly support business objectives and attract exceptional talent. Success in this role requires executive presence, outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills, a well-developed network of talent across the New York City market, and proven experience recruiting within capital markets, fintech, and other complex, high-growth environments.

You will own the end-to-end recruitment process and develop a strong understanding of IPC's business, culture, and available talent pools across a wide range of positions.

The person in this role will have exceptional relationship-building and customer service skills, combined with strong attention to detail and follow-through. You will be passionate about attracting high-quality talent and motivated to design and execute creative talent acquisition strategies.

How You Will Make an Impact

Act with urgency: Partner with hiring management teams to understand strategic workforce requirements and deliver relevant talent research, market insights, and recruitment solutions.

Research with precision: Build detailed talent maps, conduct market research, and identify high-potential candidates across multiple business functions and geographies. Use a wide range of sourcing tools beyond LinkedIn, including web searches, industry reports, professional networks, conferences, and relevant market intelligence.

Solve problems proactively: Take ownership when challenges arise and act quickly to resolve them, ensuring that nothing falls through the cracks.

Generate actionable insights: Use data and market intelligence to inform search strategies and advise Talent Acquisition colleagues and hiring managers on talent availability, competitor activity, and relevant market trends.

Think analytically: Approach challenges with logic, precision, and creativity. Use available data to assess options, measure progress, and support informed decision-making.

Learn and iterate: Remain open to feedback, acknowledge mistakes, and continuously improve your approach to achieve stronger outcomes.

Be a talent market advisor: Share insights and emerging trends with stakeholders to help shape hiring strategies and influence key talent decisions.

Use recruitment data effectively: Monitor and analyze key recruitment metrics, including pipeline strength, time-to-fill, and quality of hire, to identify trends, optimize strategies, and drive continuous improvement.

Support team capability: Provide mentorship, training, and guidance to junior Talent Acquisition team members, fostering a high-performance culture and consistently raising the bar across sourcing, candidate experience, and hiring manager engagement.

Responsibilities

• Own and nurture stakeholder relationships across the Americas, while supporting additional global hiring requirements when needed.
• Manage dynamic talent pipelines and lead end-to-end recruitment across a diverse range of functions, including Commercial, Finance, Marketing, People, Legal, Operations, and Engineering.
• Partner with business leaders to define hiring strategies, meet recruitment targets, and deliver a best-in-class candidate experience.
• Develop and implement creative approaches to attract and engage both active and passive candidates.
• Provide hiring managers with market intelligence, talent availability insights, and recommendations that support realistic and effective hiring decisions.
• Maintain clear and proactive communication with candidates, hiring managers, People Partners, and other stakeholders throughout the recruitment process.
• Ensure recruitment activities are conducted consistently and in accordance with IPC's recruitment processes and applicable requirements.
• Play a key role in strengthening IPC's recruiting function by introducing innovative practices and scalable processes and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Represent IPC Systems with professionalism, integrity, and authenticity.

Essential Skills and Experience to Be Successful in This Role

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 6+ years of professional recruitment experience, including significant experience within an executive search firm and direct recruitment experience within the fintech industry.
• Proven ability to proactively lead the recruitment process by engaging hiring managers and coordinating the required resources.
• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment processes, from intake and sourcing through candidate assessment, selection, offer management, and onboarding handover.
• Passion for solving complex talent challenges and an eagerness to explore new and innovative sourcing strategies.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment while managing multiple projects and shifting priorities.
• Experience recruiting for mid-level and senior-level positions.
• Ability to coach and guide hiring managers, including having constructive and difficult conversations when necessary to keep the recruitment process compliant, effective, and on track.
• Ability to work effectively with changing requirements and senior stakeholders, with gravitas, humility, and partnership at the core.
• Ability to solve complex problems and work independently with limited supervision.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate recruitment data and talent market information into practical recommendations.
• A collaborative team player who thrives in a global and cross-functional working environment.
• Exceptional relationship building and customer service skills.
• A consistently high level of professionalism, integrity, and positive engagement.
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to plan activities and manage resources effectively.
• Strong attention to detail and follow-through.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

What's in It for You?

At IPC, your compensation is only part of the package. We are committed to investing in programs and initiatives that improve the overall employee experience.

In addition to a collaborative, high-performing team environment, we are pleased to offer benefits including:

• Competitive base salary
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 100% employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, AD&D, and life insurance coverage
• Limited-purpose and healthcare Flexible Spending Accounts
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Accounts with employer contributions
• Pet insurance
• Legal insurance
• Critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident coverage
• Commuter benefits
• Medicare services education program
• Financial wellness, account fiduciary, and training resources
• Identity theft insurance
• 401(k) and Roth plans with matching contributions
• Flexible PTO, sick pay, and public holidays
• Additional time off for charity work and volunteering
• Tuition reimbursement
• Certification bonus program
• Access to IPC University, our internal e-learning platform
• Structured onboarding training and peer mentor support
• Parental leave policy
• Mental health and wellness programs, tools, coaching, and therapy sessions
• Employee referral scheme

Further information about your benefits will be provided during the onboarding process.

Additional Information

At IPC, we believe hybrid working creates an inclusive and flexible environment where employees can perform at their best and teams can collaborate, innovate, and celebrate successes together.

We spend approximately 60% of our time in the office and 40% working remotely. Some employees may be required to work from the office or client sites more than 60% of the time when required by their role or client needs.

Your precise work schedule will be agreed between you and your Line Manager before you commence employment with IPC.

You can learn more about our culture, opportunities, and commitments through and

IPC's Work Culture

IPC's work culture fosters inclusion, prioritizes innovation, and maximizes potential. We are a global ecosystem of diverse people who have collectively made IPC what it is today.

Our strength as an organization comes from the combination of our different backgrounds, perspectives, skills, and geographies, supported by an unwavering commitment to constructive dialogue and open-mindedness.

We live and breathe our commitment to innovation by embracing bold ideas, seizing new opportunities, and striving for excellence. Our people have continued to deliver groundbreaking solutions to our clients for more than 50 years.