Director of Talent Acquisition & Recruiting Strategy
Build the teams that bring unforgettable outdoor adventures and hospitality experiences to life.
ExplorUS is a fast-growing hospitality industry leader seeking a hands-on Talent Acquisition Strategist to build and execute scalable recruiting processes for a multi-state, highly seasonal hospitality operation.
Based in our corporate office, the Director will lead the recruiting team while personally supporting operational, seasonal, management, and hard-to-fill hiring needs, using data and hiring outcomes to streamline processes and build a scalable talent acquisition function that supports continued growth.
Responsibilities
- Build and execute scalable recruiting processes to support a multi-state, highly seasonal hospitality operation.
- Personally recruit leadership, hard-to-fill, and business-critical roles.
- Lead high-volume hiring for hourly, seasonal, and operational positions across multiple locations.
- Develop talent pipelines, seasonal hiring strategies, and workforce plans that support growth.
- Develop, implement, and maintain standardized recruiting policies, workflows, and tools designed for high-volume and seasonal hiring.
- Track and manage all open requisitions across multiple locations; maintain real-time visibility into vacancy status and seasonal hiring progress.
- Monitor and analyze recruiting metrics including time-to-hire, time-to-start, source-of-hire, applicant conversion rates, and seasonal fill rates.
- Lead, coach, and develop an internal recruiting team while maintaining an active requisition load.
- Partner with operations leaders to align hiring with business needs and seasonal demand.
Requirements
- 7–10 years of talent acquisition experience, including significant high-volume and seasonal recruiting.
- Proven success as a recruiting leader who actively fills roles while managing a team.
- Experience supporting hospitality, recreation, retail, food service, travel, or other operationally intensive businesses.
- Strong background recruiting hourly, frontline, management, and leadership talent across multiple locations.
- Data-driven, highly organized, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- This is an IN-OFFICE role. Candidates should live within a commutable distance to Overland Park, KS.
This is a unique opportunity to shape the workforce strategy of a growing company, influence business performance, and help build the teams that create exceptional experiences for our guests every day.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status and all other status protected by law.
