Talent Acquisition Specialist - Commercial

NOVHouston, TexasHybridFull-timeMid level, 2–5 yearsListed 2 hours ago

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About this role

Manage recruitment for commercial talent across assigned NOV US businesses. Help leaders identify the sales and customer-facing capabilities needed to grow accounts, develop markets and deliver customer value. Translate commercial requirements into focused search strategies and structured assessment, while maintaining responsive service and credible candidate relationships.

- Proven end-to-end recruitment experience for sales, business development, account management or related commercial professional roles.
- Understanding of industrial or technical commercial environments, including different sales models and customer-facing roles. Energy-sector experience is desirable.
- Ability to source passive commercial talent and evaluate career evidence through informed questioning, while managing sensitive candidate and market information.
- Ability to advise hiring managers, explain market and recruitment-funnel evidence, and use structured interviews and consistent candidate documentation.
- Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and accurate data management. Ability to use approved AI tools, verify outputs and recognize when human review is needed. Oracle Recruiting Cloud experience is desirable.
- Clear written and spoken English, sound judgment and effective collaboration with business and HR partners. Relevant degree or equivalent practical recruiting experience.

Success measures

Qualified commercial pipeline coverage and conversion, with evidence that candidate capability matches the assigned customer and market requirements. Evaluate agreed delivery, offer acceptance, candidate experience and hiring-manager service feedback alongside hiring complexity and dependencies. Maintain accurate records and consistent assessment evidence. Contribute to shared quality-of-hire learning and improvement; agree numeric targets with the TA leader using the portfolio baseline.