Senior Technical Recruiter

About

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is hiring a Senior Technical Recruiter to support full-cycle recruitment across the enterprise. In this consultative role, you’ll serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers and senior stakeholders, translating market research, competitive intelligence, and compensation data into actionable hiring strategies.

What you'll bring:

• Expertise in technical and engineering hiring, including evolving and competitive talent markets
• Experience influencing (with or without authority) and building long-term, trust-based partnerships
• Proven ability in leveraging data to guide decision-making and solve complex hiring challenges
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, adaptable to technical, executive, and cross-functional audiences
• Demonstrated commitment to delivering a high-quality candidate experience

Bonus points for:

• A solutions-oriented mindset, with examples of designing or driving innovative recruiting strategies
• Excitement around & experience levering generative AI, agentic AI and/or AI tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude, HiredScore, Paradox)
• Proficiency with Workday or similar enterprise ATS platforms.
• Willingness to work onsite from our Chattanooga, TN headquarters occasionally (although this role is otherwise remote)

If our mission – peace of mind through better health – resonates, we hope you’ll apply.

Notes:

• Sponsorship is not available for this role.
• Travel to our Chattanooga, Tennessee headquarters will be required for final interviews

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic partner to hiring managers by educating, advising, and counseling on recruiting strategies, labor market conditions, and best practices aligned to organizational goals.
• Lead full-life cycle recruiting for professional and hard-to-fill positions, including intake, sourcing, interviewing, selection, and offer processes.
• Develop and execute internal and external sourcing strategies to attract qualified and diverse candidate pools.
• Apply advanced recruiting techniques and methodologies to identify and engage candidates with complex skill requirements.
• Manage relationships with third-party recruiting vendors and oversee related contracts and deliverables.
• Conduct and coordinate interviews, facilitate selection decisions, and extend and negotiate employment offers.

Job Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required.
• Equivalent experience is defined as 4 years of professional work experience in a corporate environment

Experience

• 3 years - Hands-on recruiting experience to include full-life cycle recruiting, including demonstrated success in identifying and filling jobs with complex search criteria.
• 1 year of recruiting in hard to fill/professional positions (ex: clinical, technical, finance)

Skills/Certifications

• Strategic recruiting and sourcing expertise in a fast-paced environment

• Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills

• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently and collaboratively

• High attention to detail with comfort navigating ambiguity

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications

• Recruiting, interviewing, checking references, making offers, and assisting in the successful onboarding of new employees. conducting orientation for new employees

• Developing plans for sourcing appropriate candidates, conducting the interview process, and extending offers to selected candidates while maintaining a low cost per hire

• Performing advanced recruiting techniques and assignments, developing internal/external recruiting strategies, and managing third party vendor contracts

• Educating, advising, and counseling hiring managers regarding recruiting strategies and best practices that support the goals and direction of the organization