Scion Technical is seeking an experienced technical search professional to join our dynamic team as the incoming Managing Director, Scion Technical. Working within a fast-paced and dynamic environment, this role is a perfect match for an experienced technical recruitment leader who is passionate about staffing and its impact and about growing out a team and its success!

As a member of our senior leadership team, the Managing Director, Scion Technical will bring a positive, curious, and entrepreneurial mindset to understand our company, mission and values, and the current operations of the Scion Technical Division, and then to create a strategy and plan for the division’s growth and evolution. This position requires a visionary and builder who can review and shape systems, process and structures, recruit and train leaders, and champion an experienced team to accomplish their absolute best. To be successful in this role, this incoming leader must embody our commitment to exceptional customer service while upholding an inclusive, comprehensive, agile, socially conscious, and ethical search philosophy. This leader will empower others to work fearlessly while making a difference in other’s lives through the power of technical search and technical staffing services!

This full-time position is 100% remote and can offer hybrid flexibility via our regional office locations when/if desired. We seek candidates who are presently located within one of the following states: California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Texas, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC, or Florida. 
 

The Impact You’ll Make

The Scion Technical Managing Director is responsible for leading the technical division, setting strategic goals and objectives, supervising daily activities, monitoring performance, driving business growth, hiring, and structuring the Division for success. This role will oversee all technical sales and management of our technical team. To carry out this work the Managing Director will guide business operations and employees to achieve organizational goals and objectives while promoting best practices via a servant leadership model. The Managing Director will be the head of the division and work to manage, improve, inspire, and grow the national presence of the Scion Technical business line both in the for-profit and nonprofit arenas.

This newly created role will work closely with executive leadership to develop strong relationships, demonstrate results, and build a scalable Technical Recruiting approach for the technical staffing division of our company. This is a critical position that partners directly with our most senior leaders and talent, and is responsible for delivering technical recruiting results that contribute to our business goals. Well qualified candidates for this role must be passionate about the technical staffing industry and have enthusiasm for supporting socially conscious business practices.

Reporting directly to the CEO, this role will lead a team, including a technical partnerships development manager, and a technical recruiting manager and their team of technical recruiters. We believe in the power of positivity and building a supportive team environment to empower our staff to be the most successful and engaged as they can be! It is our goal that we work together to ensure a positive outcome for every search engagement we take on!

Position Objectives

• Responsible for our Technical Recruiting and Partnerships strategy and delivery across the entire organization, developing a scalable process for technical staffing services, business development, and recruiting across the firm.
• Lead the strategy, operations, and execution of the Scion Technical division via smart staff hiring, delegation, and empowerment of others.
• Be a thought partner to and with the executive team to implement company improvements that drive success.
• Uphold and foster company mission and values in all divisional work.
• Increase number of client partnerships, job orders, and fill ratio; seize on the incredible revenue potential for division.
• Create annual goals for divisional growth and an associated work plan/strategy to achieve defined goals.
• Review, evaluate, create, implement, and improve systems and processes – with positivity and effective change management approaches.
• Adjust search strategies and processes as needed (variations in process, proposals, engagement letters, etc.) to streamline workflow and support team focus.
• Design optimal team structure to empower team members and enable advancement.
• Explore opportunities for automation or more nimble processes to increase efficiency of work; determine the recruiting and sales tools/resources the division requires to attain success and ensure access is provided to division team members.
• Track and inform team of technical hiring trends, adapt search practices accordingly.
• Empower, train, mentor, grow and inspire staff, and teach best practices in technical staffing (recruiting and business development).
• Recruit new team members to bolster the division and support regional and nationwide expansion.
• Understand and oversee the search process and client service delivery to ensure optimized efficiency.
• Participate in intake meetings and/or important client meetings to drive team success.
• Provide recommendations on technical fee structure to ensure optimized revenue.
• Collaborate with the Partnerships team to ensure opportunities for division synergy are identified and maximized.

Qualifications / Requirements

We seek a seasoned, empathetic, and passionate leader who is builder and executor, and possesses:

• A passion for the staffing industry and its impact on client organizations’ hiring goals – doing it in a better way! Desire to join an innovative, passionate, committed team!
• A passion for technology, learning about trends and new innovations, data security, programming, automation, and other areas.
• 5+ years’ experience in progressive leadership/increasing responsibility as a director or manager.
• 5+ years’ experience in technical staffing/recruiting industry providing an understanding of recruitment, client relations and account management.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience managing, growing, motivating and leading a team while increasing revenue. Demonstrated ability to manage partnerships (sales) and recruitment team members while inspiring best outcomes that are fair, positive, and help the company. Passion for and proven ability to mentor and grow team members’ potential and responsibilities to ensure collective long-term success.
• Experience managing managers, including coaching, teaching, and guiding up and coming leaders.
• Understanding of the staffing sales process, business development, and working in partnership with a sales/business development team.
• Ability to visualize, execute and expand our enterprise client portfolio.
• Experience tracking data and metrics and using this to inform decision-making, such as new hires, process improvements, automation. Able to think long term/proactively while still addressing urgent and critical matters.
• Entrepreneurial and collaborative philosophy of doing work. Leading the division and executing its strategy within and in alignment with the vision of the Executive Leadership Team, applying a company first, Division second mentality.
• A leader who will internalize and embrace our diversity, equity, and inclusion journey and strategic plan, and build that into Scion Technical, ensuring it remains a consistent focus and priority.
• Existing knowledge of recruiting best practices, human resources, employment law, compensation structures, benefits, diversity (DEI) focused recruiting and business development, sales, and partnerships for technical staffing.
• Passion for team leadership, system creation, delegation, public speaking, and servant leadership!
• Exceptional attention to detail and next-level organization skills!
• Project management skills: the ability to effectively prioritize competing priorities/multi-task.
• Highly personable- you have a tremendous history of connecting with people and building strong, long-term relationships!
• Exceptional work ethic, professional drive, and high regard for follow-through/upholding commitments.
• Exceptional skill in both written and verbal communication! Effective communicator internally with team and across divisions and with executive leadership team. Effective communicator externally; great long-term relationship builder.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and the ability to work effectively through Outlook/email.
• Experience working with applicant tracking systems (ATS)/customer relationship management (CRM) technology (we use Bullhorn) and LinkedIn Recruiter/online networking resources.
• Strong desire to succeed; high self-motivation and eagerness to take on new challenges!
• Travel required (less than 5% annually): two annual team gatherings, Executive Leadership Team summit, conferences, key client meetings, etc.

Compensation, Benefits, and Perks

This is an incredible opportunity to lead a dynamic, committed team and further scale our technical team! In addition to a very competitive starting annual base salary with weekly pay, this position also provides bonus opportunities based on company performance!

Additionally, our firm offers fully paid individual health care at no cost to you (vision, dental, health), 401k plan, life insurance, paid community volunteer days, your birthday off paid, a generous PTO and PSL schedule, 11 paid holidays each year, alternate work schedule and remote work as you desire, an annual team retreat, and a super supportive and friendly team-environment! On top of our generous compensation structure and the comprehensive benefits package, our firm also provides significant professional resources to support your continued success!

How To Apply

For immediate consideration please provide your resume and cover letter via https://www.scionstaffing.com/job/8942, sharing more about your experience and interest in joining our firm via this posting.  

About Our Search Firm

Scion Technical, a division of Scion Staffing is a top staffing agency and executive search firm, connecting leading companies and organizations with impeccable talent nationwide. Through our innovative team building and staffing solutions, we bridge the gap in temporary staffing, as well as contract-to-hire employment, contingent search, and executive search.

Named as an Inc. 5000 Top Fastest-Growing Private Company in America, we are proud to also be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firm in America, recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm, and identified as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times! Additional information about Scion Staffing can be found online.

Scion Technical, a division of Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and for the candidates we represent. For opportunities located in a region that have enacted fair chance, arrest, or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion and every organization that we partner with.