Director, Talent Acquisition

T6 Talent Partners•New York, NY

About The Position

Valence is hiring a Director of Talent Acquisition to lead recruiting through the company’s next stage of growth. Reporting to the VP of People & Talent, this leader will own hiring strategy, planning, systems, and the recruiting team. The role partners closely with the leadership team and VP of People on talent planning, headcount priorities, sequencing, and tradeoffs. This is a player-coach position: the Director will lead and develop the recruiting team while personally running searches, particularly for senior, leadership, and business-critical roles across GTM and technical teams. The role advises executives and hiring managers on organizational design, role scope, leveling, and hiring decisions, and builds a recruiting function suited to an AI-native company. The Director will establish interview frameworks and hiring standards, oversee recruiting operations and Ashby, report on funnel health and hiring performance, and use market intelligence and AI-enabled workflows to improve recruiting. Valence describes itself as a company pioneering AI-powered leadership coaching for large enterprises, serving major global clients and building a team for growth in enterprise AI.

Requirements

10+ years of in-house recruiting experience in high-growth B2B SaaS or AI companies, covering both GTM and technical hiring.
3+ years leading recruiters or a recruiting function, including hiring and developing the team.
A track record of building or substantially rebuilding a recruiting function at a scaling company.
Recent experience personally running searches and closing senior hires in competitive markets.
A clear point of view on talent assessment, interview-process design, and maintaining a high hiring bar.
Experience influencing executives on headcount, organizational design, and hiring decisions, including pushing back when needed.
Strong data fluency, with the ability to manage recruiting through metrics and hold the team accountable to outcomes.
Real AI fluency and a bias toward incorporating AI into recruiting workflows.
Deep Ashby experience or experience with a comparable ATS, including ownership of system design and data quality.

Nice To Haves

Experience as a founding or first talent acquisition leader at an early-stage company.
Experience hiring people moving from consulting or professional services into technology, or recruiting in New York City’s AI and technology market.
Experience owning employer brand or talent marketing programs.
Experience designing compensation and leveling frameworks.
Experience hiring internationally in the US, Canada, and UK.

Responsibilities

Own Valence’s talent acquisition strategy and hiring plan, partnering with the executive team on headcount priorities, sequencing, and tradeoffs.
Lead, coach, and grow the recruiting team, setting expectations for search quality, speed, and candidate experience.
Run a personal portfolio of searches end to end, focusing on senior, leadership, and hard-to-fill roles across GTM and technical teams.
Design interview frameworks, train interviewers, and run calibration to promote consistent hiring decisions and maintain the hiring bar.
Own recruiting operations and Ashby as the source of truth, including process design, reporting, and team SLAs.
Report funnel health, hiring velocity, and source quality to leadership, and act on the data.
Partner with People & Talent leadership on compensation benchmarking, leveling, and offer strategy.
Build employer brand and talent marketing to attract strong candidates before roles open.
Provide talent-market intelligence on supply, compensation, and competitor hiring to inform leadership decisions.
Identify opportunities for AI to make recruiting faster and higher-signal, and incorporate it into team workflows.
Advise executives and hiring managers on organizational design, role scope, leveling, and hiring decisions.

Benefits

Competitive salary including base pay and bonuses.
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage from day one.
Generous paid time off, company-wide R&R shutdowns, and paid parental leave.
Retirement plan support for US and global employees.
Meaningful equity ownership in a venture-backed company.
Top-up grants as the company scales and employees deliver exceptional performance.
Opportunity to work directly with cutting-edge AI models and next-generation platforms.
Ownership of company-defining projects and access to executive-team strategy and decision-making.

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