Lead Talent Acquisition Governance & Enablement Consultant

**Date:** Aug 31, 2026 **Primary Location:** Radnor, PA, US **\#job\-location.job\-location\-inline { display:** inline; } **Company:** Lincoln Financial **Alternate Locations:** Work from Home **Work Arrangement:** **Remote :** Work at home employee residing outside of a commutable distance to an office location. **Relocation assistance:** is not available for this opportunity. **Requisition \#:** 76557 The Role at a Glance The Lead Talent Acquisition Governance \& Enablement Consultant strengthens Lincoln’s Talent Acquisition function by advancing governance, standards, training, and enablement strategies that support compliant, scalable, and high\-quality hiring. In partnership with Talent Operations, Legal, Compliance, Risk, and other stakeholders, this role translates evolving regulations, including AI\-enabled and automated hiring requirements, into practical policies, processes, documentation, and recruiter\-ready guidance. The role also supports TA systems, pipeline practices, and candidate engagement while helping mitigate risk, drive adoption, and deliver an inclusive, consistent, and positive candidate and hiring leader experience. What you'll be doing Governance, Compliance and Risk Oversight Serve as TA’s lead for hiring compliance, including ADMT/AEDT requirements for AI\-assisted and automated hiring tools, in partnership with Legal, Compliance, HR, TA, and Talent Operations leadership. Translate evolving regulations into practical TA policies, standards, recruiter guidance, candidate disclosures, opt\-out workflows, and recordkeeping requirements. Evaluate AI\-assisted hiring tools and support bias audits by assessing vendor risk, transparency, disparate impact data, findings, and remediation actions. Conduct regular audits to assess policy adherence, identify risks, recommend corrective actions, and maintain TA documentation. Support governance of external vendors, agencies, and firms while proactively addressing emerging TA risks in partnership with Talent Operations and IT Security \& Risk. Training, Capability Building \& Enablement Develop and deliver end\-to\-end TA training that keeps recruiters and hiring leaders current on systems, processes, compliance requirements, audits, and hiring guidelines. Establish recruiter standards, track completion and adherence, use data to identify gaps, reinforce accountability, and keep guidance current as regulations, tools, and processes evolve. Develop and maintain TA toolkits, playbooks, learning resources, and best\-practice guidance that reinforce standardization, consistency, and quality across the hiring process. Assess capability gaps through data, stakeholder feedback, and performance insights, and design targeted development initiatives to strengthen recruiter and hiring leader effectiveness. Drive adoption of new tools, processes, and policies through st