IT Talent Acquisition Advisor

JOIN THE BEST TEAM IN SPORT & SPIRIT

At Varsity Brands, we believe every student deserves the opportunity to succeed and every educator wants to make a difference. It takes a team to make a real impact, and through our two divisions – BSN SPORTS and Varsity Spirit – and our network of 6,000+ employees and independent representatives, we are proud to partner with a wide range of educational institutions and club and professional sports to transform the student journey in SPORT and SPIRIT.

Location: Hybrid, 14460 Varsity Brands Way, Farmers Branch, TX 75244

Employment Type: Full Time

Please note: This position does not offer relocation assistance. Candidates must be able to work from the designated location without company-sponsored relocation.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

Varsity Brands is seeking a Talent Acquisition Advisor with deep expertise in identifying, attracting, and advising on IT and technical talent. This role is built for a strategic recruiting partner who thrives in fast-moving, high-complexity environments where technology underpins business success.

You will collaborate closely with IT leadership across infrastructure, information security, enterprise applications, data, and emerging technologies to ensure the organization secures top-tier engineers, architects, analysts, and systems professionals.

This is a chance to shape the digital talent landscape of Varsity Brands—guiding leaders with market intelligence, elevating technical hiring strategies, and ensuring that every IT hire strengthens both performance and culture.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Strategic Talent Partnership (IT Focus)

• Serve as a trusted advisor to CIO-level and technical leaders, aligning talent strategies with technology roadmaps and organizational priorities.

• Translate evolving IT initiatives—cloud transformation, cybersecurity maturity, ERP modernization, data infrastructure—into actionable hiring strategies.

• Use talent market insights to influence workforce planning, role design, and competitive decision-making.

• End-to-End Technical Talent Acquisition

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for IT roles such as Solutions Architects, Network/Systems Engineers, Developers, Cybersecurity Analysts, SAP/Workday specialists, Data Engineers, and IT Project Managers.

• Build specialized talent pipelines for hard-to-fill, emerging-skill, and security-sensitive roles.

• Provide a world-class candidate experience tailored to technical talent, balancing speed, transparency, and rigor.

• Advanced Technical Sourcing & Market Mapping

• Build innovative sourcing strategies to reach passive technologists, open-source contributors, and niche skill communities.

• Conduct market mapping around competitors, tech stacks, cloud environments, and cybersecurity skill availability.

• Leverage platforms like GitHub, Stack Overflow, Slack communities, technical conferences, and AI-driven sourcing tools to access inclusive and diverse engineering talent.

Consultative Recruiting Excellence

• Guide engineering and IT leaders on structured interviews, practical technical assessments, scorecards, and hiring calibration.

• Promote equitable evaluation methodologies that reduce bias and improve predictive accuracy.

• Partner cross-functionally to ensure consistent, transparent hiring processes for all technical teams.

• Operational & Data Rigor

• Use Workday and other ATS/CRM tools to manage technical pipelines, deliver analytics, and track KPI performance (time-to-fill, pipeline quality, conversion rates).

• Continuously refine recruiting workflows for IT roles, identifying efficiencies and improving throughput.

• Champion documentation quality, compliance, risk awareness, and repeatable recruiting practices across technical hiring.

Tools & Technology

• Utilize AI-powered sourcing platforms, talent intelligence tools, and predictive analytics to anticipate IT hiring needs and proactively build pipelines.

• Leverage automation and personalization technologies for outreach tailored to technical candidates.

• Apply market data and benchmarking tools to provide leaders with insight into compensation, skill supply/demand, and competitive dynamics.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proven ability to recruit for infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud engineering (Azure/AWS), ERP (Workday/SAP), DevOps, data, and enterprise architecture roles.

• Strong capability in passive technical sourcing, Boolean search, talent mapping, and competitive intelligence.

• Skilled in advising and influencing IT executives through data, market intelligence, and consultative recommendations.

• Proficiency with ATS/CRM platforms and strong command of technical recruiting analytics.

• Exceptional relationship-building and communication skills, with adaptability to technical and non-technical audiences.

• Working knowledge of modern AI recruiting tools, CoPilot, ChatGPT, and talent intelligence platforms.

Education, Certifications & Experience

• 6–8+ years of full lifecycle recruiting experience with significant focus on IT, engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, or enterprise applications.

• Experience supporting large-scale organizations through digital transformation, ERP integrations, cloud modernization, or security programs.

• Bachelor's in HR, Business Administration, IS/IT, or related field—or equivalent relevant experience.

• Experience developing long-term technical talent strategies aligned with future-state IT capabilities.

• Prior experience within consumer products, sports, multi-brand organizations, or mission-driven companies is a plus.

Physical Demands and/or Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment.  Largely a sedentary role with some filing requiring the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bending as necessary. This role is expected to be HYBRID in office.

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OUR VALUES

Service - We lead with heart. We champion community.

Passion - We love what we do. It fuels our purpose.

Integrity - We do what we promise. We own our actions and decisions.

Respect - We earn it by giving it. Because everyone deserves it.

Innovation - We never stop striving to be better. For ourselves and our community.

Transparency - We are committed to openness and honesty in everything we do.

OUR BENEFITS

We are committed to putting you and your families first. For benefits eligible roles, we offer a variety of choices and costs as well as program enhancements that align with our responsibility to elevate the employee experience. Some of our offerings include:

• Comprehensive Health Care Benefits
• HSA Employer Contribution/ FSA Opportunities
• Wellbeing Program
• 401(k) plan with company matching
• Company paid Life, AD&D, and Short-Term Disability
• Generous My Time Off & Paid Holidays
• Varsity Brands Ownership Program
• Employee Resource Groups
• St. Jude Partnership & Volunteer Opportunities
• Employee Perks including discounts on personal apparel and equipment!

Varsity Brands companies are equal opportunity employers. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.