Talent Acquisition Partner

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

Group/Division

KLA's Human Resources team drives business success by mobilizing our global talent to achieve both short- and long-term objectives. Our strategic areas of focus encompass HR business partnerships, learning and development, talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, inclusion, and HR systems and operations.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

• Full Lifecycle Recruitment: Manage the entire recruitment process, from sourcing to candidate management and offer negotiation; Understand various selection methods and techniques. This includes hiring for individual contributors and management-level positions. Implement recruiting strategies, including employer promotion, candidate management, diversity sourcing, and interview process management.
• Candidate Sourcing & Pipeline Development: Utilize innovative sourcing methods to build and maintain a diverse, high-quality talent pipeline for various roles.
• Behavioral Interviewing: Conduct thorough behavioral interviews to assess candidates’ skills, experiences, and cultural fit, ensuring a high standard of hiring.
• Candidate Experience: Ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process, from initial contact to onboarding.
• Business Collaboration: Work closely with hiring managers and executive leadership to understand business needs. Collaborate effectively with recruiting team members and HRBPs to provide strategic recruitment guidance.
• Recruiting Strategy Implementation: Develop and implement comprehensive talent acquisition strategies to attract top-tier candidates. Execute programs to meet immediate hiring needs while building future talent pools. Identify and implement process improvements to enhance recruitment efficiency and effectiveness. Promote our employer brand by highlighting our company culture, values, and career opportunities.
• Metrics and Reporting: Track and analyze recruitment metrics to measure the effectiveness of talent acquisition strategies and make data-driven improvements.
• Project Management: Manage projects within the talent acquisition and HR domains, ensuring timely and successful completion.
• Cross-functional Partnerships: Collaborate with Finance, Compensation, Human Resources, and Business Units.

Minimum Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in a global company within the high-tech industry; 4+ years of experience in hiring for tech roles.
• Strong understanding of talent acquisition best practices and trends.
• Proven ability to develop and implement innovative recruiting strategies for various roles.
• Exceptional behavioral interview skills.
• Excellent analytical skills with a track record of using data and market insights to drive recruitment decisions and strategies.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with executives and senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing business needs and evolving recruitment practices, with a proactive approach to resolving issues.
• Project management experience in talent acquisition and HR domains.
• Strong multitasking and prioritization abilities, combined with a collaborative and communicative approach.
• A "people person" with great teamwork, responsiveness, and communication skills.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems (ATS), preferably Workday.
• Fluent English (native speaker preferred).
• Relevant academic degree

About KLA

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Use of AI Statement 

At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.