Talent Acquisition Specialist

This role helps shape the teams that shape the business by combining full-cycle recruiting with talent intelligence, thoughtful partnership and an instinct for what the business needs next. It works directly with hiring leaders and colleagues across the business to turn hiring priorities and talent-market insights into focused strategies that strengthen current and future talent pipelines. With end-to-end ownership of searches, the role balances pace with precision, accountability with empathy, and technology with human connection.

• Build a deep understanding of the teams supported, including their priorities, customers, talent needs and competitive landscape, and turn talent-market signals, competitor movement, talent availability
• Pipeline data and candidate feedback into recommendations that help hiring leaders make informed decisions and earn trust.
• Lead searches from intake through hire, with success measured by delivery rather than activity alone.
• Translate business needs into focused talent strategies, identify and engage high-quality talent, guide stakeholders through the hiring process and adapt the approach as business priorities and hiring plans evolve.
• Maintain momentum through to outcome, take accountability for progress, communicate clearly and follow through on what is owned.
• Look beyond individual openings by mapping relevant talent markets, identifying emerging and non-obvious talent pools and cultivating relationships that strengthen the ability to hire for current and future needs.
• Make every candidate and stakeholder interaction clear, responsive and human, helping candidates understand the opportunity and the organisation, preparing hiring teams to make thoughtful decisions and continuously looking for ways to strengthen the hiring experience.
• Apply AI and emerging recruiting technology to strengthen research, talent mapping, sourcing, communication and workflow efficiency, testing new approaches, learning from results and scaling what improves quality, speed or experience
• While using sound judgement to determine where technology adds value and where meaningful human connection matters most.
• Partner across Talent Advisory & Delivery, People Teams, business teams and geographies with transparency and shared accountability, bringing candid perspectives, welcoming different points of view and contributing beyond own searches when expertise can strengthen the team's results.
• Maintain accurate recruiting data and use it to understand funnel health, uncover patterns and translate insights into action, focusing on measures that strengthen hiring decisions, experiences and results.
• Identify recurring challenges, test better approaches and share what works across Talent Advisory & Delivery, staying curious about the business, competitors and talent markets, bringing outside-in thinking to hiring conversations and continuously improving how exceptional talent is attracted
• Assessed and hired.

• Minimum of 3 years of recruiting experience in a high-growth, agency, consulting or similarly fast-moving environment.
• Ability to turn ambiguous hiring needs into structured talent strategies, using business context, market intelligence and sound judgement to recommend clear next steps.
• Experience owning full-cycle searches, with a strong focus on proactive sourcing, talent engagement and building pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Strong research and analytical skills, with experience using talent intelligence, competitor mapping, external market trends and recruiting data to identify patterns and improve hiring outcomes.
• Confidence partnering directly with hiring leaders, including asking thoughtful questions, sharing informed perspectives and respectfully challenging assumptions when it can lead to a better outcome.
• A track record of creating strong candidate and stakeholder experiences through clear communication, preparation, empathy and consistent follow-through.
• Comfort using recruiting technology, including applicant tracking systems, with an eagerness to experiment with AI-enabled tools to improve quality, insight and efficiency.
• Strong organisation, curiosity and resilience, with the judgement to manage competing priorities, learn from outcomes and maintain high standards without losing sight of the human experience.

• Bachelor's degree is preferred.
• Experience owning full-cycle searches ideally for technology, technical or analytics roles.
• Workday experience is a plus.

• US locations.
• Regulated gaming company; may require obtaining a gaming licence issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment.

• US base salary range for this full-time position is 76,000.00 USD - 95,000.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable.
• Ranges are determined by role, level, and location; individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
• Compensation information reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations.

• Bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable.

DraftKings is a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. AI is becoming an integral part of both its present and future, powering how work gets done, guiding smarter decisions, and sparking bold ideas. Its teams are energised by innovation and readily embrace emerging technology, shaping the future rather than waiting for it.