Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
IGT is seeking an experienced Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to deliver high-impact recruiting for its game development studios. This senior individual contributor will serve as a trusted talent advisor to studio and HR leadership while independently owning complex, business-critical hiring across creative and technical disciplines.
The role requires deep knowledge of game development talent markets, strong sourcing expertise, and the ability to translate studio roadmaps and capability needs into targeted recruiting strategies. Success will be measured through quality of hire, delivery against studio hiring priorities, strength of specialized talent pipelines, stakeholder partnership, candidate experience, and effective use of market intelligence.
- Own end-to-end recruitment for complex and specialized studio roles across game development, including creative and technical disciplines such as game design, art and animation, software engineering, mathematics, UX/UI, production, audio, quality, and related functions.
- Partner closely with studio leaders, hiring managers, and HR Business Partners to understand development roadmaps, team capability needs, critical skill gaps, and hiring priorities; translate those needs into practical recruiting strategies.
- Serve as a senior talent advisor by providing data-informed guidance on talent availability, competitive landscapes, compensation considerations, location strategy, candidate expectations, and other market dynamics affecting studio hiring.
- Build proactive sourcing, talent-mapping, and pipelining strategies for niche and hard-to-fill game development talent, engaging both active and passive candidates through targeted research, networks, communities, events, and direct outreach.
- Apply strong knowledge of game development disciplines and studio environments to improve intake quality, candidate calibration, assessment approaches, and hiring decisions in partnership with subject-matter experts and hiring teams.
- Independently manage the full recruiting lifecycle, including intake and search strategy, sourcing, screening, interview process design and facilitation, candidate management, offer development, negotiation, and close.
- Develop trusted relationships with senior and highly sought-after creative and technical candidates, delivering a high-touch candidate experience and effectively representing IGT, its studios, teams, projects, and employee value proposition.
- Use recruiting analytics, pipeline health, and external talent intelligence to identify risks, adjust search strategies, improve hiring outcomes, and provide clear updates and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Contribute subject-matter expertise to talent acquisition initiatives such as employer branding, studio talent campaigns, sourcing innovation, process improvement, recruiting technology, and talent market research.
- Ensure recruiting practices comply with applicable employment laws, company policies, governance requirements, and consistent selection standards across supported markets.
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Liberal Arts/Social Sciences, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience (required).
- 10+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, with substantial experience independently managing complex, specialized, or senior-level searches (required).
- Demonstrated in-house or embedded recruiting experience supporting game development studios, gaming, interactive entertainment, or closely related creative technology environments (required).
- Direct experience hiring both creative and technical game-development talent (required).
- Strong working knowledge of game development disciplines, talent profiles, and studio hiring dynamics (required).
- Proven ability to build recruiting strategies and talent pipelines for niche, competitive, and difficult-to-find skill sets using market mapping, research, networking, direct sourcing, and talent intelligence (required).
- Advanced consultative and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to influence hiring decisions, challenge assumptions constructively, and provide clear recommendations to senior leaders and hiring teams (required).
- Strong full-cycle recruiting capabilities across assessment, candidate engagement, interview process management, offer strategy, negotiation, and closing (required).
- Comfort using recruiting metrics and market data to diagnose pipeline challenges, communicate tradeoffs, and improve search strategy and recruiting effectiveness (required).
- Proficiency with applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, recruiting technologies, and modern research tools (required).
- Experience using data or AI-enabled recruiting tools (nice-to-have).
- Private healthcare and occupational services with Allianz with optional extended coverage and family plans.
- Employer-funded life insurance.
- Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
- Access to MultiLife platform for wellbeing, healthy habits, and personal growth.
- Ongoing learning through e-learning platforms and development opportunities.
- Minimum 20 days of annual leave, with the possibility to increase up to 26 days.
- Co-financed MultiSport program, with options for family members.
- Remote work allowance to support work setup.
- Employee Savings Plan (PPO PWE) with employer contribution.
- Employee Capital Plan (PPK) with automatic enrollment after 3 months.
- Referral bonus program.
International Game Technology (IGT) is a global gaming company best known for designing and manufacturing slot machines, casino systems and digital gaming content. Founded in 1975 and long headquartered in Las Vegas, with major operations in Rome and Providence, it has been one of the largest gaming-machine and lottery suppliers in the world. In 2025 the group's lottery business was renamed Brightstar Lottery, while IGT's gaming and digital division was acquired by Apollo Global Management and combined with Everi, continuing to trade under the IGT brand. The company supplies land-based and online casino games to operators across the globe.
