Senior Manager Talent Acquisition
Montréal-based nonprofit AI-safety research organization developing safe-by-design advanced AI, centered on its Scientist AI approach.
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About LawZero
LawZero develops technical solutions and research for highly capable, non-agentic, safe-by-design AI systems. Its Scientist AI research aims to provide transparent, evidence-based prediction and potential oversight/guardrails for agentic AI.
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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will manage and mentor talent acquisition staff, lead international sourcing and relocation processes, and improve employer branding and candidate experience. You will recruit for critical technical roles, build hiring processes and reporting, and provide market analysis that supports talent strategy.
Requirements
- 10 or more years of technical talent acquisition experience
- 3 or more years of people-management experience leading recruiters
- International recruitment and talent acquisition operations experience in high-growth technology, scale-up, or R&D environments
- Experience with international hiring, immigration, visa relocation, and onboarding
- Experience building talent processes and using ATS reporting and analytics
- Experience with employer branding
- Ability to lead strategy while recruiting for complex technical roles
- Knowledge of deep-tech, R&D, or complex engineering talent markets
- Fluent written and spoken English and French
Responsibilities
- Manage, mentor, and develop the talent acquisition team
- Use recruitment data to optimize team workload capacity
- Design and execute international sourcing and recruitment strategies
- Oversee relocation, immigration, and global mobility processes
- Lead employer-branding projects and maintain candidate-experience standards
- Manage full-cycle recruiting for priority and specialized technical roles
- Build standardized ATS workflows, interviewing frameworks, and hiring guidelines
- Partner with internal teams on talent acquisition priorities
- Establish talent acquisition metrics and reporting dashboards
- Conduct talent mapping, compensation trend analysis, and international hiring benchmarking
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits including mental health and wellness management account
- 20 vacation days per year from the start date
- 4% employer retirement savings contribution with no employee match