Talent Acquisition Partner (Contract)

Own complex searches from intake through offer across EPD, GTM, G&A, or a combination of functions based on assigned business needs.

Partner with hiring managers to define candidate profiles, develop recruiting strategies, and establish effective interview processes.

Manage multiple searches while maintaining a high bar for quality, speed, and candidate experience.

Lead candidate assessment, offer strategy, negotiation, and closing in partnership with hiring teams.

Build recruiting and sourcing strategies based on business priorities, role requirements, talent availability, and market conditions.

Partner with Sourcers on targeted searches and talent mapping while sourcing directly as needed and maintaining accountability for pipeline health.

Use recruiting data, candidate feedback, and market intelligence to evaluate search performance and adjust strategies.

Identify alternative talent pools, companies, locations, or profiles when searches require a different approach.

Build trusted relationships with hiring managers and business leaders and serve as a consultative recruiting partner.

Provide actionable insights on talent markets, candidate expectations, hiring timelines, and potential tradeoffs.

Constructively challenge assumptions and create accountability around interview quality, timely feedback, decision-making, and candidate experience.

Proactively identify hiring risks and partner with TA leadership when broader support or escalation is needed.

Depending on your background and assignment, you may support:

Engineering, Product & Design: including highly technical or specialized Engineering, Product, Design, and leadership searches.

GTM & G&A: including Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Revenue Operations, Partnerships, Finance, Legal, People, and other business functions.

Cross-Functional / All Orgs: a mix of technical and non-technical hiring across the company as priorities evolve.

Collaborate closely with Sourcers, Coordinators, TA Operations, fellow TA Partners, and TA leadership.

Share market insights, sourcing approaches, and recruiting best practices across the team.

Contribute to recruiting initiatives and process improvements that strengthen hiring effectiveness and scalability.

6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally within high-growth SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, developer tools, cybersecurity, or other technology environments.

Demonstrated success recruiting within EPD, GTM/G&A, or across multiple functions and levels.

Strong full-cycle recruiting skills across intake, sourcing, candidate assessment, stakeholder management, offer negotiation, and closing.

Experience developing recruiting and sourcing strategies for complex or highly competitive searches.

Ability to quickly understand unfamiliar technical or business roles and translate hiring needs into effective recruiting strategies.

Proven ability to partner with hiring managers and business leaders as a trusted advisor, using strong judgment to influence decisions, challenge assumptions, and maintain accountability.

Comfort using recruiting data and market intelligence to diagnose challenges and improve hiring outcomes.

Excellent communication, organization, and prioritization skills with the ability to independently manage multiple searches in a fast-moving, distributed environment.

Experience recruiting across multiple areas of the business, including both technical and non-technical functions.

Experience recruiting highly technical talent within infrastructure, networking, security, distributed systems, developer tools, cloud, or adjacent areas.

Experience recruiting Sales and broader GTM talent across different functions, levels, or sales motions.

Experience partnering with Sourcers on sophisticated strategies for difficult-to-fill roles.

Experience using talent mapping, market intelligence, recruiting data, AI, or emerging recruiting technologies to improve hiring outcomes.

Note: this is a contract position and is not eligible for the full-time, exempt benefits listed below.

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