SmartRecruiters Lead Consultant - North America based

AKT orchestrates the future of work. We bridge the gap between people, complex organizational needs and technology. Our expertise spans the customer journeys from Talent and Skills development to Experience Management and External Workforce solutions. At AKT, we are always becoming - a culture of continuous growth dedicated to helping global brands navigate their transformation journeys with precision and purpose. 

SmartRecruiters is a cloud-based Talent Acquisition Suite, supporting topics in recruiting and hiring, such as job requisitions, candidate sourcing, applicant tracking, interview management, onboarding, and recruiting analytics, and more. 

This is a remote and client-facing role, open to freelancers based in North America.  

Key Responsibilities: 

• Contribute to the process design and technical activities required across the full project implementation lifecycle (according to AKT’s defined methodologies) of the SmartRecruiters platform 

• Design technical solutions for customer projects, including configuration of job requisitions, candidate pipelines, career site and reporting 

• Provide guidance on career site design, branding alignment and user experience best practices for customers 

• Run process discussions and guide customers around recruiting and talent acquisition best practices 

• Prepare and own all technical documents, including process flows, workbooks and test scenarios based on the design 

• Act as first line of contact to the customer for any technical/solution topics 

• Responsible for functional requirements for reports, dashboards and integrations with the client’s HRIS, job boards and sourcing channels 

• Liaise on design decisions to the technical teams and provide timely clarifications when needed 

• Align and work closely with project managers, other consultants and relevant team members to ensure seamless implementation of concurrent projects 

• Support data migration activities and drive change management communications ahead of go-live 

• Track the progress of the technical build and communicate the progress with the project manager(s) 

Job Requirements: 

• Ability to work directly with customers and managing their requirements 

• Experience in Talent Acquisition Technologies (ATS / CRM) or HR Information Technologies (HRIS / HRIT) 

• Experience working with SmartRecruiters or other leading ATS platforms (e.g., Greenhouse, iCIMS, Workday Recruiting) – a significant advantage 
• Experience working with SAP SuccessFactors modules – a significant advantage

• Professional presentation and communication skills 

• Good knowledge of recruiting and talent acquisition concepts and processes 

• Experience working in global companies - an advantage 

• High Proficiency level in English (both written and verbal) 

Personal Skills: 

• Team player with strong commitment to accomplish tasks and goals 

• Ambitious, driven, self-motivated, flexible and able to meet tight deadlines 

• Organized and autonomous, being able to multitask and prioritize tasks 

• Capable of taking initiative, exercise sound judgment and results-oriented 

• Strong analytical and persuasive skills 

• Customer-oriented and flexible 

• Desire to learn and grow quickly 

AKT Offers: 

• A wide range of benefits and opportunities for career growth 

• Realistic growth opportunities into either technical practices or business consulting environment 

• Flexible working hours 

• Stimulating and collaborative working environment 

• Internal knowledge transfer, training, and coaching by our dynamic team of consultants and experts  
• International business environment (offices in the UK, Cyprus, DACH, India, North America, Israel, and Czech Republic)