Talent Acquisition Specialist

About the Role

In this role supporting HARMAN Lifestyle Division, you will serve as a strategic talent partner to leaders across multiple functions in the U.S. You will lead full-cycle recruiting efforts while also helping shape and improve the overall talent experience for candidates, hiring teams, and early career talent.

This role goes beyond traditional recruiting. We are looking for someone who brings curiosity, creativity, and a continuous improvement mindset, someone who embraces technology and AI-enabled tools, proactively identifies process enhancements, and creates thoughtful, high-touch experiences that elevate our employer brand.

In addition to supporting experienced hiring, this role will help lead and evolve our internship and early talent programs, creating engaging and impactful experiences that strengthen HARMAN’s future talent pipeline.

The ideal candidate is equal parts relationship builder, strategic thinker, process innovator, and brand ambassador

What You Will Do

• Serve as a trusted Talent Acquisition partner supporting multiple client groups across a wide range of functions, including technical and business roles such as engineering, sales, marketing, IT, finance, and operations.
• Partner closely with hiring managers and People Team and TA COE to understand organizational goals, workforce needs, and long-term talent strategies.
• Advise leaders on talent market trends, candidate availability, compensation insights, and competitive hiring strategies.
• Develop creative and proactive sourcing strategies tailored to diverse talent markets and business needs.
• Lead end-to-end recruitment activities including sourcing, screening, interviewing, candidate assessment, offer negotiation, and onboarding coordination.
• Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines through networking, referrals, social platforms, market mapping, and other innovative sourcing channels.
• Deliver a consultative and highly responsive recruiting experience for both candidates and hiring teams.
• Maintain accurate recruiting data, interview documentation, and candidate activity within Workday, Avature, and related systems.
• Champion an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience that reflects HARMAN’s culture, innovation, and people-first mindset.
• Create thoughtful and engaging candidate interactions that leave a lasting and positive impression of the HARMAN brand.
• Bring creativity and intentionality to every stage of the hiring journey to ensure a seamless, personalized, and high-touch experience.
• Serve as a brand ambassador by crafting compelling and authentic talent messaging across all candidate touchpoints.
• Support and help evolve HARMAN Lifestyle’s internship and early talent programs.
• Help create engaging intern experiences that foster development, connection, and long-term interest in HARMAN careers.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve recruiting workflows, operational efficiency, and candidate engagement strategies.
• Leverage recruiting technologies, AI tools, automation, and data insights to improve hiring effectiveness and streamline processes.
• Stay informed on industry trends, emerging recruiting technologies, and innovative talent acquisition practices.
• Recommend and implement enhancements to recruiting processes, tools, reporting, and stakeholder communication.
• Participate in recruiting projects and talent initiatives that support broader organizational goals.

What You Need to Be Successful

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience across a variety of functions, including technical and professional roles.
• Strong ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization.
• Experience developing sourcing strategies across different talent segments and hiring markets.
• Passion for delivering exceptional customer, candidate, and hiring manager experiences.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication, storytelling, and interpersonal skills.
• Naturally curious, proactive, and solutions-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Comfortable leveraging technology, recruiting systems, AI tools, automation, and data insights to drive smarter hiring outcomes.
• Strong understanding of recruiting best practices, employment laws, and hiring compliance requirements.
• Ability to quickly learn and navigate HARMAN’s recruiting processes, systems, and organizational structure.

Bonus Points if You Have

• Experience with Workday and/or Avature.
• Experience supporting internship, university recruiting, or early talent programs.
• Exposure to employer branding, talent marketing, or candidate engagement initiatives.
• Experience recruiting within consumer technology, consumer facing brands, or highly matrixed organizations.

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to work (hybrid) in a HARMAN located office, Novi Mi, Richardson TX, Carlsbad or Northridge CA.
• You are willing to travel, if necessary, locally 5%.
• Due to the nature of global infrastructure, you understand that flexibility in working hours is required.

What We Offer

• Flexible work environment, allowing for full-time remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location
• Access to employee discounts on world-class products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, and more)
• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
• Competitive wellness benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.