BRIANNA BENJAMIN
Atlanta,Georgia
Summary
Strategic Talent Acquisition Executive with over eight years of experience driving workforce growth across healthcare, corporate, commercial sales, and technology environments. I have built and scaled hiring operations within multi site healthcare systems and publicly traded organizations, aligning talent strategy directly with revenue performance, operational stability, and long term business expansion. My work centers on transforming recruiting into a strategic business advantage rather than a transactional process, delivering high impact talent across clinical, corporate, and revenue generating functions in highly competitive national markets. Known for strengthening employer brand, building sustainable talent pipelines, and influencing executive hiring strategy, I am deeply passionate about recruiting because I believe the right talent transforms organizations from the inside out and fuels measurable business success.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Smile Brands
01.2024 - Current
- Lead full-cycle recruitment for highly specialized, niche dental providers with a primary focus on Dental Hygienists nationwide, managing 25–30 concurrent requisitions in one of the most competitive clinical labor markets in healthcare.
- Consistently exceeded hiring benchmarks, delivering an average of 12 Dental Hygienist hires per month against a target of 7, significantly reducing vacancy gaps and improving chair utilization across supported regions.
- Design and execute advanced talent attraction strategies leveraging LinkedIn Recruiter, AI-powered sourcing platforms, Boolean search optimization, competitive market intelligence, and social media engagement to build high-conversion passive candidate pipelines.
- Develop employer branding and digital engagement strategies to increase applicant flow in low-supply markets, utilizing targeted outreach campaigns, professional networking communities, and referral activation.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to executive stakeholders, providing labor market insights, compensation guidance, and competitive analysis to inform hiring decisions and workforce planning.
- Drive end-to-end recruitment lifecycle including executive intake calibration, structured interview design, candidate experience optimization, complex offer negotiation, and relocation coordination.
- Utilize recruitment analytics and pipeline reporting to optimize time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, and quality-of-hire metrics while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and regulatory employment standards.
- Elevate provider experience through high-touch engagement and consultative communication, strengthening Smile Brands’ reputation within a competitive national dental market.
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Avantor
Atlanta, GA
09.2021 - 09.2023
- Supported enterprise hiring initiatives across corporate, commercial, technical, and operational functions within a publicly traded life sciences organization serving major universities, hospitals, and research institutions.
- Drove full-cycle recruitment for revenue-generating commercial sales teams, corporate HR, technology, and business support roles, ensuring alignment with national growth strategies and portfolio expansion objectives.
- Contributed to enterprise talent strategy supporting a global portfolio of more than 20 million products, strengthening commercial sales infrastructure while driving strategic hiring across manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain operations to enable market penetration within healthcare and higher education systems.
- Engaged directly with senior commercial leadership during annual national sales conferences to strengthen hiring alignment, deepen business acumen, and accelerate recruitment delivery across priority regions.
- Built scalable talent pipelines across competitive scientific and corporate markets using advanced Boolean sourcing, LinkedIn Recruiter, AI-driven platforms, and competitive intelligence research.
- Secured high-impact hires across enterprise functions including Sales, HR, Operations, IT, and Corporate Support, reinforcing cross-functional collaboration and business continuity.
- Provided consultative workforce insights to leadership, including compensation benchmarking, market analysis, and hiring risk assessments to support strategic decision-making.
- Enhanced employer brand positioning within biotech and scientific communities through targeted outreach, networking, and engagement initiatives.
Lead Recruiter
DECA Dental Group
Dallas, TX
05.2019 - 07.2020
- Directed full-cycle recruitment strategy across corporate, revenue cycle, employee relations, and multi-specialty clinical functions supporting General Dentistry, Orthodontics, Oral Surgery, Periodontics, and Endodontics practices.
- Built scalable hiring infrastructure to support rapid practice expansion, ensuring operational continuity across front-office, clinical, and leadership roles.
- Recruited high-volume and specialty positions including Office Managers, Patient Treatment Coordinators, Revenue Cycle professionals, Dental Assistants, Hygiene Assistants, and Dental Hygienists across multi-location markets.
- Spearheaded recruiter onboarding and development, training and mentoring new team members on sourcing strategy, stakeholder partnership, interview calibration, and performance metrics.
- Contributed to the design and launch of a Dental Assistant training program to address workforce shortages and create sustainable internal talent pipelines.
- Partnered with executive and operational leaders to align hiring priorities with production goals, patient access targets, and regional growth initiatives.
- Elevated recruiting effectiveness through structured intake processes, workforce forecasting, and proactive pipeline development within competitive labor markets.
HR Recruiter
Texas Pain Physicians
Dallas, TX
09.2018 - 05.2019
- Owned enterprise-wide full-cycle recruitment across 50+ clinics and ambulatory surgery centers, serving as the primary HR liaison for all talent acquisition initiatives spanning clinical, operational, and corporate functions.
- Managed an active requisition portfolio averaging up to 100 concurrent openings, supporting aggressive expansion and operational stability across multi-location markets.
- Recruited across all departments including Medical Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Anesthesiologists, Radiology Technicians, Surgical Technologists, and allied health professionals, as well as corporate functions such as Accounting, Finance, Revenue Cycle, Billing, Coding, Compliance, IT, Human Resources, Call Center Operations, Credentialing, and Executive Administration.
- Coordinated end-to-end recruitment lifecycle from workforce intake and sourcing through structured interviews, offer management, and onboarding execution in a highly regulated healthcare environment.
- Directed onboarding operations including background investigations, drug screenings, employment verification, licensure validation, DEA registration confirmation, board certification review, exclusion list checks, and regulatory compliance documentation.
- Partnered closely with clinical leadership and surgery center administrators to ensure timely credentialing, privileging documentation, and state-specific licensing compliance for providers and mid-level practitioners.
- Facilitated new hire orientation processes, ensuring completion of compliance training, policy acknowledgment, EMR access provisioning, and operational readiness prior to start date.
- Strengthened hiring manager effectiveness by providing interview calibration guidance, compensation insights, and recruitment process training to improve selection quality and reduce time-to-fill.
- Maintained strict adherence to federal and state healthcare regulations, HIPAA standards, and organizational compliance policies across all hiring and onboarding activities.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain Univeristy
Atlanta, GA2028
Skills
Enterprise Talent Acquisition Strategy: Workforce Planning & Forecasting, Executive & Clinical Search, Commercial & Technical Recruiting, National Multi-Site Hiring Strategy, High-Volume & Niche Market Recruitment
Talent Operations & Optimization: ATS Optimization & Workflow Design, Recruiting Process Architecture, KPI Development & Recruitment Analytics, Pipeline Forecasting & Conversion Strategy, Time-to-Fill & Quality-of-Hire Optimization, Scalable Hiring Infrastructure
Advanced Sourcing & Market Intelligence: AI-Enabled Talent Sourcing, Passive Candidate Engagement Strategy, Boolean & Competitive Market Mapping, Social Media & Digital Talent Campaigns, Employer Brand Positioning, Talent Community Development
Executive Partnership & Influence: C-Suite & VP Stakeholder Advisory, Compensation Benchmarking, Offer Strategy & Negotiation, Hiring Manager Enablement, Interview Framework Development, Executive Presentation & Public Speaking
Leadership & Organizational Impact: Recruiter Training & Team Development, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Change Management in Growth Environments, Employee Relations Partnership, Compliance & Regulatory Hiring Practices, Performance Coaching & Talent Mentorship
Technology & Systems Expertise: Workday, iCIMS, Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, CRM & Talent Intelligence Platforms, AI Sourcing Technologies
Timeline
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Smile Brands
01.2024 - Current
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Avantor
09.2021 - 09.2023
Lead Recruiter
DECA Dental Group
05.2019 - 07.2020
HR Recruiter
Texas Pain Physicians
09.2018 - 05.2019
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain Univeristy
TECHNOLOGY
ATS Platforms:
Workday | iCIMS | Greenhouse | CATS
CRM and Talent Intelligence:
iCIMS CRM | Salesforce | Hubspot
Advanced Sourcing and AI Tools:
LinkedIn Recruiter | HireEZ | Juicebox | Boolean Search | Market Mapping
Healthcare Licensure and Compliance Systems:
NPI Registry | State Board Databases | DEA Verification | OIG Exclusion | CAQH
Niche Job Boards:
Health eCareers | PracticeLink | BioSpace | DentalPost | MedReps | Built In | Dice
Recruitment Analytics and Reporting:
Pipeline Analytics | KPI Reporting | Time to Fill Optimization | Conversion Metrics | Workforce Forecasting
Collaboration and Productivity Tools:
Microsoft 365 | Google Workspace | Teams | Slack | Zoom