Associate Director of Talent Acquisition

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead, coach, mentor, and nurture a team of Talent Acquisition Partners.

• Facilitate pipeline reviews, hiring strategy discussions, and provide recruiter coaching.

• Set recruiting objectives, priorities, and performance metrics for the team.

• Promote a collaborative, inclusive, and accountable recruiting culture.

• Personally oversee high-impact and executive-level recruitment efforts.

• Manage the full recruitment cycle from initial intake to offer negotiation and closure.

• Collaborate with senior leadership on hiring strategies for critical and challenging roles.

• Conduct structured interviews to evaluate technical skills, leadership potential, and alignment with company values.

• Develop proactive talent pipelines through networking, sourcing, referrals, and market mapping.

• Assist with recruiter workloads during peak hiring times.

• Provide counsel to hiring managers and executives on talent strategy, market trends, compensation insights, interview practices, and hiring decisions.

• Maintain communication with hiring managers regarding pipeline health, recruiting progress, market conditions, and challenges.

• Facilitate intake meetings and devise recruiting strategies.

• Report weekly to the executive team on the progress of roles.

• Act as the primary administrator and subject matter expert for Ashby ATS.

• Oversee the recruitment process from job posting to offer negotiation.

• Streamline workflows, interview processes, automations, templates, scorecards, and reporting.

• Ensure data integrity in recruiting and accurate reporting.

• Create dashboards and analytics for KPIs, funnel health, source effectiveness, diversity metrics, and recruiter performance.

• Collaborate with People Operations and HR leadership to enhance recruiting systems and processes.

• Advocate for an exceptional candidate experience and consistent communication with candidates.

• Work alongside Marketing and People teams on employer branding initiatives.

• Promote inclusive recruiting practices and sourcing strategies.

• Enhance recruiting efficiency, scalability, and quality of hires.

• Keep abreast of labor market trends, compensation benchmarks, competitive intelligence, and recruiting best practices.

• Assist with workforce planning and hiring forecasts.

• Lead or participate in Talent Acquisition projects, process enhancements, and strategic initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 6 years of Talent Acquisition experience in a dynamic, high-growth environment.

• Ideally, experience within a digital marketing agency, technology company, or professional services organization.

• At least 2 years of leadership experience managing recruiters or talent acquisition teams.

• Required recruiting experience in SEO, Paid Media, CRO, Programmatic, Content, Creative, Marketing Ops/Rev Ops, etc.

• Proven track record in recruiting executive, leadership, and highly specialized positions while managing the full recruitment cycle.

• Demonstrated ability to devise sophisticated sourcing strategies using advanced Boolean searches, networking, referrals, market mapping, and creative sourcing techniques.

• High proficiency in an ATS and other recruitment tools.

• Familiarity with Ashby and/or Juicebox is advantageous.

• Experience utilizing recruiting analytics and data to inform hiring decisions and enhance recruitment performance.

• Preference for candidates with experience recruiting across diverse global markets.

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the capability to influence senior leaders and hiring managers.

• Highly organized with outstanding project management skills and the ability to juggle competing priorities.

• Self-driven, competitive, and focused on achieving personal and team goals.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong executive presence.

• Basic understanding of compliance and legal requirements across multiple countries.

• Valid and current work authorization in the country of residence for global locations.

• Must reside permanently in the applicable country for global locations.

• Ability to remain stationary for extended periods.

• Capability to observe and interpret written and verbal communication.

• Reliable internet access and a professional background are required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, along with disability and life insurance coverage for you and your family.

• 100% employer-paid coverage for you and a 50% employer contribution for dependents.

• Access to certified therapists through Spring Health.

• Membership to Headspace.

• Physical therapy services via Omada.

• Fertility support through Carrott.

• Aaptiv virtual workout sessions.

• Complimentary One Medical membership for primary and virtual care.

• Unlimited PTO with a minimum of 2 weeks.

• Paid company holidays.

• Day off for your birthday.

• End of Year Recharge (Closed from December 24 to January 1).

• Paid parental leave.

• Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans with a 3% company match.

• Annual bonus based on tenure, scaling in total amount after one full year of service.

• 100% virtual work from a home office.

• PC or Mac available for use.