Cowboyspace

Head of Talent Acquisition

San Carlos, California · Exec

Work authorization required$184k-$214kDetected 53 days ago

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About the role

The role will oversee recruiting infrastructure, external recruiting partnerships, and the continued development of internal recruiting capability as the company scales.
This role can be located in San Carlos or Seattle.

Own full-cycle recruiting for technical, manufacturing, operational, executive, and business-critical roles
Lead executive and senior-level recruiting efforts across technical, operational, and business functions
Partner closely with executives, leadership, and hiring managers to:
Drive accountability throughout the hiring process
Develop targeted sourcing and outreach strategies for senior and difficult-to-fill leadership roles
Operationally own Talent Acquisition processes, workflows, systems, and execution across the company
Establish scalable hiring processes and operational standards that support rapid company growth
Drive consistency in hiring processes, interviewer quality, candidate evaluation, and hiring decision-making
Develop dashboards and reporting frameworks that enable leadership visibility into hiring progress, bottlenecks, capacity planning, and operational risk
Use recruiting data to drive accountability with hiring managers, interview teams, recruiters, and external recruiting partners

8+ years of recruiting and Talent Acquisition experience, including significant technical recruiting experience
Proven experience hiring for aerospace, defense, manufacturing, robotics, hardware, energy, or other deep-tech organizations
Experience leading executive and senior-level searches in high-growth or technically complex organizations
Deep experience with recruiting analytics, funnel reporting, dashboard development, and data-driven hiring operations
Experience managing recruiters, recruiting operations, and/or external recruiting agencies
Strong operational and analytical skills with the ability to translate recruiting data into actionable hiring insights
Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate credibly with engineers, technical leaders, executives, and founders
Experience operating in ambiguous environments with evolving requirements

Startup experience (Seed-Series C) strongly preferred
Experience with ATS administration, funnel optimization, recruiting systems, and hiring process design strongly preferred

Own recruiting analytics, funnel health reporting, and hiring performance visibility across the organization
Establish and maintain operational recruiting metrics including pipeline health, time-to-fill, stage conversion rates, interviewer load, and hiring forecast accuracy

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