Recruiting & Onboarding Associate Manager

Away • New York, NY

3d • $80,000 - $85,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Away is hiring a Recruiting & Onboarding Associate Manager for its People & Culture team. Reporting to the Associate Director, Talent Strategy & Employee Engagement, this hands-on role leads full-cycle recruiting for corporate positions and delivers the company’s corporate onboarding program. The role creates a consistent, engaging, and on-brand experience from a candidate’s first conversation through their first day as an employee.

The associate manager manages day-to-day recruiting operations, partners with hiring managers and People & Culture leadership, and coordinates onboarding with teams across the business. The position also contributes to process improvements and may take on strategic projects across Talent Strategy, Recruiting Operations, and Onboarding Programming.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of full-cycle corporate recruiting experience.
• Experience using an ATS to manage pipelines, maintain accurate records, and use recruiting data to identify bottlenecks and guide next steps.
• Comfort leading orientations, facilitating conversations, and presenting to groups.
• Comfort with Google Workspace, Slack, and Zoom.
• Clear, thoughtful communication skills and the ability to build trust with candidates, new hires, and business partners.
• Strong organization and attention to detail, with the ability to balance competing priorities with urgency and care.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, changing environment.

Nice To Haves

• Corporate recruiting experience in a fast-paced retail brand and/or consumer goods environment.
• Experience with Ashby.
• Curiosity about how emerging technologies can improve work.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for a variety of corporate positions, from sourcing through offer.
• Partner with hiring managers and People & Culture leadership to define role requirements, build interview plans, and lead debriefs that support consistent and equitable hiring decisions.
• Proactively source and engage talent, building diverse pipelines through creative outreach and ongoing candidate nurturing.
• Provide a thoughtful candidate experience through relationship building, clear communication, and seamless interview coordination; gather candidate feedback to improve the recruitment process.
• Manage day-to-day recruiting operations in Ashby, maintain data integrity, and use reporting to identify bottlenecks and propose workflow updates.
• Identify improvements to recruiting operations, partner with the broader team to test enhancements, and contribute to wider talent initiatives.
• Own the tactical, day-to-day delivery of the HQ onboarding program, helping new hires feel prepared, welcomed, and connected from pre-boarding through their first day.
• Lead the first-day experience and coordinate pre-boarding communications, schedules, and materials.
• Partner with hiring managers, IT, Workplace, and the People team to coordinate setup, systems access, and onboarding logistics.
• Support hiring managers in executing role-specific onboarding plans and 30/60/90-day milestones.
• Maintain onboarding resources and learning materials, use participant feedback to update onboarding SOPs, and improve program delivery.

Benefits

• Health insurance offerings for employees and their families.
• 401(k) with a company match.
• Paid time off programs, including vacation, wellbeing, holidays, summer Fridays, and compassion leave.
• Discount codes, product stipends, and giveaways.
• Company-sponsored volunteer and charitable opportunities.
• Eligibility to participate in the Annual Company Performance Incentive Bonus Plan.
• Equity grant, with the amount determined based on level and at the company’s discretion.

What This Job Offers

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