Talent Acquisition & People Operations Manager

Department: People & Talent

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Dallas, TX

Compensation: $145,000 - $190,000 / year

Description

Civil CFO is a fast-growing, construction-focused Fractional CFO firm based in Dallas. We place experienced CFOs with mid-market construction companies that need senior financial leadership but aren't ready for a full-time hire. Our work is built on trust, business judgment, and genuinely caring about the people and businesses we serve. We're a faith-driven firm — that shapes how we treat clients, how we work together, and the kind of team we're building. We're a small team (six today, scaling to thirty-plus over the next few years) with big ambitions and a high bar for who joins us.

We're hiring our first dedicated Talent Acquisition & People Operations Manager to help us scale intentionally. This is a working role with two equally important sides:

On one side: active hunting. You'll spend real hours every week on outbound sourcing of senior CFOs and finance leaders — building and warming a bench of passive executive talent so we can move fast when client seats open.

On the other side: operational ownership. You'll own our ATS, our candidate experience, our interview coordination, and our onboarding process from offer-accepted through day 100. Today these things are spread across ownership and the broader team — and not done as well as they should be. You'll own them.

This isn't a strategic seat looking down on the work. It's a hands-on seat where you do the work, build the systems, and grow into broader scope as the firm grows.

Culture

Civil CFO is a faith-driven company. You don't have to share our faith to work here, but our values are an explicit part of how we operate, hire, and serve clients. Our team is small, direct, and high-trust. We expect people to take ownership, give honest feedback, and bring real judgment to their work.

Location and Schedule

Hybrid, based in Dallas. Expect 2–3 days per week in our office, with flexibility for the rest. Occasional travel for executive meetings and industry events.

What You'll Own

Daily outbound sourcing to senior CFOs and finance leaders — LinkedIn Recruiter, email sequences, referrals — building a warm bench of passive executive talent
The ATS and candidate experience end-to-end — every candidate gets a clear, professional, well-run process from first touch through offer
Interview process coordination — scheduling, debriefs, scorecards, decision discipline across our panels
Onboarding from offer-accepted through day 100 — new CFOs and internal hires feel set up to win from week one
Full-cycle recruiting for Fractional CFO and advisory hires, from first outreach through close
Continuously improving our hiring systems, interview process, and candidate experience
Representing the firm and brand to the executive market
Partnering directly with ownership on hiring strategy and talent planning

Who We're Looking For

Experience recruiting executives in finance, consulting, or professional services
Comfortable spending real hours each week in active outbound sourcing — LinkedIn Recruiter, email sequences, follow-up — not just managing pipeline from above
Equally comfortable in the operational weeds — ATS administration, scheduling, debriefs, onboarding logistics. You're not above the work.
Strong, polished communication; can represent the firm to $300K+ executives
Business-minded and consultative — you ask why before how
Organized, process-oriented, and high follow-through
Comfortable in a small, entrepreneurial environment without big-company scaffolding
Wants to build something — not maintain what someone else built

Benefits

Compensation

Base salary: $115,000–$140,000 depending on experience
Performance bonus: $30,000–$50,000 target, tied to successful hires, retention, process improvements, and pipeline development
Total target compensation: $145,000–$190,000
Health care + PTO

Growth Path

This role is built to grow. You're the first dedicated person owning this function — you'll build the muscle, the systems, and the team. As Civil CFO scales, the right person can grow into leading our broader talent strategy, recruiting infrastructure, onboarding systems, and people operations. This is a Head of People arc for someone willing to do the work today to earn that scope tomorrow.

What You'll Own

Who We're Looking For

Benefits

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