Talent Acquisition Program Manager Jobs in Alberta

Putting people first, every day

BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters apeople-first culturewith a high priority on your personal and professional growth.

Your Opportunity

As a Senior Talent Sourcer, you will play a strategic role in strengthening our firm's ability to proactively identify, engage, and attract top consulting talent across Canada. Working closely with Talent Acquisition Partners and business leaders, you will focus on market mapping, talent intelligence, and building high-quality pipelines of passive talent to support both immediate hiring needs and future growth.

This is a new opportunity designed for an experienced sourcing professional who thrives in a consultative environment and brings a strategic lens to identifying talent in competitive markets. You will combine research, data, and industry insights to inform sourcing strategies and strengthen the firm's overall talent acquisition capability.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Talent Mapping & Pipeline Development

• Conduct targeted market mapping to identify key talent segments, competitor organizations, and emerging talent pools aligned to priority hiring areas
• Build and maintain proactive pipelines of high-caliber candidates across specialized consulting and technical capabilities
• Develop long-term talent communities to support strategic workforce planning and future hiring needs

Proactive Sourcing & Candidate Engagement

• Lead outbound sourcing strategies to identify and engage passive talent through multiple channels including LinkedIn Recruiter, professional networks, research tools, and industry communities
• Design and execute targeted sourcing campaigns to attract niche skillsets and difficult-to-fill profiles
• Build meaningful relationships with prospective candidates to position the firm as an employer of choice

Business & Talent Acquisition Partnership

• Partner closely with Talent Acquisition Partners and hiring leaders to align on talent priorities, ideal candidate profiles, and sourcing strategies
• Provide market intelligence on talent availability, competitor hiring activity, and compensation benchmarks to support hiring decisions
• Support the development of referral strategies and leverage internal networks to expand talent pipelines

Talent Intelligence & Data-Driven Insights

• Track pipeline health, outreach effectiveness, and candidate engagement metrics to continuously improve sourcing strategies
• Leverage talent data and external market insights to inform hiring strategies and talent planning discussions
• Maintain high-quality talent pools and candidate records within the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and sourcing tools

Talent Brand & Candidate Experience

• Represent the firm professionally through candidate engagement and online presence
• Deliver thoughtful, personalized outreach that strengthens our reputation within the talent market
• Contribute to enhancing the firm's employer brand through consistent and high-quality candidate interactions

How do we define success for your role?

• You demonstrate BDO's core values through all aspect of your work: Integrity, Respect and Collaboration
• You understand your client's industry, challenges, and opportunities; clients describe you as positive, professional, and delivering high quality work
• You identify, recommend, and are focused on effective service delivery to your clients
• You share in an inclusive and engaging work environment that develops, retains & attracts talent
• You actively participate in the adoption of digital tools and strategies to drive an innovative workplace
• You grow your expertise through learning and professional development.

Experience & Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in talent sourcing, recruitment research, or talent intelligence, ideally within professional services, consulting, or other knowledge-based industries
• Demonstrated success sourcing and engaging passive candidates in competitive markets
• Strong expertise with advanced sourcing techniques including Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, and talent intelligence platforms
• Experience conducting market mapping and translating talent insights into actionable sourcing strategies
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to partner effectively with recruiters and business leaders
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret recruitment metrics and sourcing performance data
• Curiosity and adaptability with emerging sourcing technologies, tools, and market trends
• Bilingualism (English/French) is considered an asset

Why BDO?
Our people-first approach to talent has earned us a spot among Canada's Top 100 Employers for 2026. This recognition is a milestone we're thrilled to add to our collection of awards for both experienced and student talent experiences.

Our firm is committed to providing an environment where you can be successful in the following ways:

• We enable you to engage with how we change and evolve, being a key contributor to the success and growth of BDO in Canada.

• We help you become a better professional within our services, industries, and markets with extensive opportunities for learning and development.

• We support your achievement of personal goals outside of the office and making an impact on your community.

Giving back adds up: Where company meets community. BDO is actively involved in our communities by supporting local charity initiatives. We support staff with local and national events where you will be given the opportunity to contribute to your community.

Total rewards that matter: We pay for performance with competitive total cash compensation that recognizes and rewards your contribution. We provide flexible benefits from day one, and a market leading personal time off policy. We are committed to supporting your overall wellness beyond working hours and provide reimbursement for wellness initiatives that fit your lifestyle.

Everyone counts: We believe every employee should have the opportunity to participate and succeed. Through leadership by our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader, we are committed to a workplace culture of respect, inclusion, and diversity. We recognize and celebrate the valuable differences among each of us, including race, religious beliefs, physical or mental disabilities, age, place of origin, marital status, family status, gender or gender identity and sexual orientation. If you require accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.

Flexibility: All BDO personnel are expected to spend some of their time working in the office, at the client site, and virtually unless accommodations or alternative work arrangements are in place.

Our model is a blended approach designed to support the flexible needs of our people, the firm and our clients. It's about creating work experiences that meet everyone's needs and providing flexibility to adjust when, where and how we work to meet the expectations of our role.

Code of Conduct: Our Code of Conduct sets clear standards for how we conduct business. It reflects our shared values and commitments and includes guiding principles to help us make ethical decisions and maintain trust with each other, our clients, and the public.

BDO may use artificial intelligence enabled tools to support certain aspects of the recruitment process. While these tools assist our teams, our use of AI does not replace human decision making, and all employment-related outcomes are made by BDO personnel.

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