Director, Talent Acquisition

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About the role

  • Director of Talent Acquisition leading hiring strategy, recruiting operations and executive searches. Building Valence’s talent function for AI-powered enterprise leadership coaching.

Responsibilities

  • Own Valence's talent acquisition strategy and hiring plan, partnering with the executive team on headcount priorities, sequencing and tradeoffs
  • Lead, coach and grow the recruiting team, setting expectations for search quality, speed and candidate experience
  • Run a personal portfolio of searches end to end, focusing on senior, leadership and hard-to-fill GTM and technical roles
  • Design interview frameworks, train interviewers and run calibration to ensure consistent hiring decisions
  • Own recruiting operations and Ashby as the source of truth, including process design, reporting and team SLAs
  • Report funnel health, hiring velocity and source quality to leadership and act on the data
  • Partner with People & Talent leadership on compensation benchmarking, leveling and offer strategy
  • Build employer brand and talent marketing to attract candidates before roles open
  • Provide market intelligence on talent supply, compensation and competitor hiring for leadership decisions
  • Identify opportunities for AI to make recruiting faster and higher-signal and integrate them into team workflows
  • Partner closely with leadership and the VP of People on year-round talent planning
  • Report to the VP of People & Talent

Requirements

  • 10+ years of in-house recruiting experience in high-growth B2B SaaS or AI companies
  • Experience across both GTM and technical hiring
  • 3+ years leading recruiters or a recruiting function, including hiring and developing the team
  • Track record of building or substantially rebuilding a recruiting function at a scaling company
  • Recent experience running searches and closing senior hires in competitive markets
  • Clear point of view on assessing talent, structuring interview processes and holding a high bar
  • Experience influencing executives on headcount, org design and hiring decisions, including pushing back when needed
  • Strong data fluency and experience managing recruiting by metrics and outcomes
  • AI fluency and bias toward incorporating AI into recruiting workflows
  • Deep Ashby experience or comparable ATS experience, including system design and data quality ownership
  • Nice to have: founding or first TA leader experience at an early-stage company
  • Nice to have: hiring for consulting/professional services-to-tech profiles or recruiting in NYC's AI/tech market
  • Nice to have: employer brand or talent marketing program ownership
  • Nice to have: compensation and leveling framework design experience
  • Nice to have: international hiring experience in the US, Canada and UK
  • Successful completion of identity, LinkedIn profile, employment history and reference checks
  • Authorization to work without employer sponsorship is requested in the application

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision) from day one
  • Generous PTO
  • Company-wide R&R shutdowns
  • Paid parental leave
  • Retirement plan support for US and global employees
  • Meaningful ownership/equity in a venture-backed company
  • Top-up grants as the company scales and performance is exceptional
  • Direct responsibility for company-defining projects
  • Work alongside the executive team with transparency into strategy and decision-making
  • Work directly with cutting-edge AI models and next-generation platforms
  • Opportunity to build expertise in enterprise AI implementation across Fortune 500 companies and multiple industries
  • Opportunity to establish recognition as a leader in AI transformation
  • Top-performing culture with growth opportunities and celebration of wins

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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