Lead Talent Acquisition Partner

Match Group • Palo Alto, CA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Lead Talent Acquisition Partner at Tinder, you will own full-cycle hiring for senior and leadership-level roles across the organization and serve as a trusted talent advisor to executives and hiring teams. You will shape hiring practices by building interview frameworks, calibration standards, and sourcing strategies that support rigorous, efficient recruiting. You will also mentor other recruiters, helping improve the Talent Acquisition function without direct people-management responsibility.

This is a hybrid role requiring in-office collaboration three times per week at either the San Francisco or Palo Alto office. The position partners with senior leaders on proactive hiring strategies, uses market intelligence and recruiting data to inform workforce planning, leads critical searches, and improves hiring processes. It also involves talent mapping, inclusive hiring, candidate experience and employer branding, offer strategy, and cross-functional partnership with Talent Acquisition, People, Compensation, and business leadership.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including leadership-level searches.
• Track record of building interview rubrics, calibration processes, and scalable recruiting frameworks.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders and influencing hiring decisions with data and market expertise.
• Strong sourcing and talent-mapping skills, including engaging passive candidates in competitive markets.
• Comfort using recruiting analytics to diagnose funnel issues and recommend fixes.
• Proficiency with Greenhouse, Lever, or similar ATS platforms, and modern sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter and Boolean search.
• Experience coaching or mentoring other recruiters.
• Strong grasp of inclusion principles and a track record of implementing inclusive hiring practices.

Nice To Haves

• Experience recruiting in consumer tech, marketplace, or mobile-first companies.
• Executive search experience, including sourcing and closing senior leaders.
• Background in employer branding.
• Familiarity with global recruiting strategies and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to develop proactive hiring strategies aligned with long-term workforce plans.
• Translate market intelligence and hiring data into actionable recommendations, anticipate talent needs, and challenge assumptions with data-backed perspectives.
• Lead end-to-end hiring for critical roles.
• Improve interview frameworks, assessment methodologies, and hiring processes; drive calibration and structured interviewing.
• Use AI-enabled tools and analytics to improve recruiting efficiency and decision-making.
• Mentor other recruiters on sourcing, candidate experience, and stakeholder management.
• Track technical talent markets, competitive landscapes, compensation trends, and emerging skill sets.
• Conduct talent mapping and sophisticated multi-channel sourcing, and brief leaders on market conditions for workforce planning.
• Embed equitable, structured hiring practices throughout the recruiting lifecycle and expand access to underrepresented talent.
• Represent Tinder and communicate its mission, culture, and value proposition to candidates.
• Build high-touch candidate relationships and partner cross-functionally on employer branding initiatives.
• Guide leaders through complex hiring decisions, develop competitive offer strategies, and align stakeholders across TA, People, Compensation, and business leadership.

Benefits

• Flexible vacation and 10 sick days.
• Time off to volunteer and charitable donations matched up to $15,000 annually.
• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage.
• 100% 401(k) employer match up to 10%.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• 100% paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents, and family-forming benefits.
• Mentorship through the MentorMatch program, access to 6,000+ online courses through Udemy, and an annual $3,000 professional development stipend.
• Mental health support via Modern Health, paid concierge medical membership, pet insurance, fitness membership subsidy, and commuter subsidy.
• Free Tinder Gold subscription.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed