Director, Talent Acquisition

POSITION SUMMARY

Inspire’s People team is seeking a Director, Talent Acquisition who will be an exceptional addition to our growing team. As a Recruiting Leader at Inspire, you will adopt a “talent as a product” approach to building and iterating on hiring practices to enable our leaders to build world-class teams that crush our goals, live our values and accelerate our mission.

THE DIRECTOR, TALENT ACQUISITION HAS SIX MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Recruiting: Take on key priority hires directly, to source and attract top talent for business-critical needs 
2. Optimize the talent acquisition flow and reporting: create the most efficient, data-driven, hiring system possible that results in high-quality talent delivered on time, on budget while maintaining high approval ratings from candidates we reject. 
3. Identify & Attract Great Talent: Deeply understand the mindset of talent we seek to attract and build online and offline experiences to articulate our value as an employer to people we seek to hire. 
4. Design the Candidate Experience- ensure candidates leave their interview understanding Inspire’s Mission, Goals and Values in a way that makes them desire an offer. 
5. Build a Culture of Talent Acquisition: train and coach talent acquisition capabilities in all Inspire leaders and Avengers. 
6. Project Management - Partner with a team of internal and agency recruiters to fill priority roles quickly 

SOME YEAR 1 DELIVERABLES

• Hire, train and develop high performing recruiting & recruiting operations team
• Source and attract talent for business critical roles
• Review and refresh the talent acquisition flow that reliably results in high quality hires, on time 
• Build interview tools that support hiring managers as recruiters from job req creation to onboarding 
• Develop 30, 90, 180 talent check-in tools, and use metrics to improve hiring accuracy 
• Identify opportunities to eliminate the effects of unconscious bias in the interview process 
• Optimize the ATS (Greenhouse) to support refined acquisition flow, and produce actionable reporting 
• Advise headcount planning process to ensure we’re setting realistic, attainable goals 
• Establish cost per acquisition metric, and identify ways to spend our recruiting budget more wisely 
• Incentivize internal culture of recruiting through referral bonuses and hiring manager rewards with an eye on diversity, equity and inclusion

SUCCESS METRICS

• 90% hired within 30 days of the plan 
• 100% new hires meet or exceed expectations at 90-day new hire assessment 

DESIRED TRAITS

• Teacher - energized by enabling others to build their recruiting skills over time 
• Flexible - has a clear point of view on the right way, but willing to allow for freedom within a framework 
• Confidence- quickly establishes themselves as a trusted advisor 
• Inquisitive - ask questions to understand and gain perspective 
• Authentic - connects easily with others through honesty, compassion, and vulnerability 

EXPERIENCE

• Must Have
  • 10+ years of experience in full cycle recruiting, with a focus on direct sourcing of hard to attract talent
  • 3+ years leading high functioning recruiting teams
  • Proven experience building/using talent acquisition dashboards to understand and optimize the recruiting process 
  • Solid understanding of recruiting systems, such as ATS and candidate sourcing tools 
  • Strong understanding of Recruiting and HR functions and interdependencies with other functions 
  • Experience building new systems and processes within a strong existing culture 
  • Self-starter with ability to work with little direction and produce results 

• Nice to Have
  • Experience working in a high volume, fast paced startup environment 
  • Experience with Tableau, Greenhouse, or Trinet PEO 
  • ATS or HRIS implementation experience 
  • Strong technical recruiting experience preferred