Head of Talent

Skills

About the Role

You will define long-term talent strategy and workforce plans, advise leaders on role design, leveling, and compensation, and lead the recruiting function. You will conduct key searches, build proactive pipelines, oversee candidate experience and recruiting operations, track hiring metrics, develop internal talent programs, and support onboarding and succession planning.

Requirements

• 10+ years of recruiting experience
• 3+ years leading recruiting teams in a fast-growing technology company
• Recruiting leadership
• Workforce planning
• Organizational design
• Talent strategy
• Senior talent hiring
• Compensation
• Talent development
• Performance management
• Succession planning
• Applicant tracking system
• Recruiting tools
• Recruiting analytics

Responsibilities

• Own long-term talent strategy and workforce planning
• Advise leaders on role scoping, leveling, and compensation
• Set and maintain hiring standards
• Develop career paths, promotions, mobility, and succession plans
• Shape performance and growth assessment
• Build, mentor, and scale the recruiting team
• Lead senior and hard-to-fill searches
• Build talent pipelines through sourcing, talent mapping, and relationships
• Manage the candidate experience from first call through offer
• Own recruiting operations, ATS tooling, interview processes, training, and scheduling
• Track pipeline, speed, quality, and cost metrics to improve hiring
• Partner on leveling, compensation, onboarding, and first-day experiences

Benefits

• Token eligibility
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
• Wellness offerings including an Equinox Fitness Clubs partnership
• 401(k) with 4% employer contribution
• Annual $1,500 education stipend
• Unlimited encouraged time off
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Home-office setup stipend for remote employees
• Daily lunches at the New York headquarters