Sweetgreen

Sweetgreen

Manager, Talent Acquisition

Los Angeles, CA

Sponsorship not specified$130k-$150kDetected 62 days ago
LLMsForecastingProcess ImprovementRecruitingHRISResearchLeadershipMentoringOrganizational Skills

About the role

  • The Manager, Talent Acquisition serves as a strategic Talent Advisor and team leader within Sweetgreen's People Experience function.
  • connecting talent intelligence to broader organizational strategy, succession planning, and internal mobility.
  • Facilitate monthly Talent Slating calls with Area Leaders across assigned regions, driving accountability for successor identification, readiness assessment, and internal promotion pipelines

Responsibilities

  • Own full-cycle recruitment for field leadership roles (Head Coach, Assistant Coach, Area Leader) across assigned regions, managing a portfolio of ~30+ active openings at a time
  • Partner closely with Regional General Managers, Area Leaders, and People Business Partners to identify talent needs, align on candidate profiles, and move with urgency on P0/P1 priorities
  • Lead confidential and executive-level searches with discretion, creativity, and professionalism
  • Manage sourcing strategy across tools, including Greenhouse, LinkedIn, Indeed, Fountain, Recruitics, and BrightHire
  • Maintain data integrity in ChartHop and Greenhouse
  • Own and manage regional recruiting budgets, maintaining accountability for spend across tools and sourcing channels
  • Leverage ChartHop data sheets, assessments (S2, performance/potential ratings), and relocation interest to build an objective, data-driven view of talent readiness across the fleet
  • Partner with L&D and People Business Partners to ensure internal successors receive development support aligned to their readiness timeline
  • Drive toward a 70%+ internal fill rate for Head Coach and Assistant Coach roles through proactive talent pipeline development

Requirements

  • 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in a high-volume, multi-unit environment
  • Experience managing or mentoring junior recruiting team members
  • Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-paced environments with a "progress over perfection" mindset

Skills

  • Utilize market intelligence (deep research AI tools) to prepare hiring playbooks tailored to local labor market dynamics
  • Champion the adoption and continuous improvement of recruiting technology and AI tools (BrightHire, ChartHop, Gen AI research tools)

Compensation

  • Starting salary range based on experience
  • $130,000 - $150,000 USD

Benefits

  • Highly competitive pay + bonus plan
  • Three different medical plans to suit your and your family's needs
  • Dental and Vision insurance
  • Flexible PTO plan
  • Employee HSA and FSA

This listing is sourced directly from Sweetgreen's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.