Talent Acquisition Associate

DraftKings Inc.•Boston, MA

9d•$59,800 - $74,700

About The Position

As a Talent Acquisition Associate at DraftKings, you will help build teams by delivering thoughtful, high-quality recruiting experiences. You will manage searches from intake through hire, partnering with hiring leaders and colleagues to understand hiring needs, engage strong talent, and keep hiring moving. As you grow in the role, you will deepen your understanding of the business, talent markets, and recruiting insights while developing skills to strengthen how the company attracts and hires talent.

Requirements

At least 2 years of recruiting experience in a high-growth, agency, consulting, or similarly fast-moving environment.
Experience supporting full-cycle searches, with exposure to proactive sourcing and talent pipeline development.
Ability to understand hiring needs, organize a search approach, and use business context, recruiting data, and market information to inform work.
Strong research and sourcing skills, with curiosity about talent markets, competitors, and ways to identify and engage prospective candidates.
Ability to build productive relationships with hiring leaders and candidates through thoughtful questions, clear communication, and consistent follow-through.
Comfort using recruiting technology and applicant tracking systems, with interest in learning and experimenting with AI-enabled recruiting tools.
Strong organization, curiosity, and adaptability, with the ability to manage competing priorities, learn from feedback, and deliver a thoughtful candidate and stakeholder experience.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.
Experience recruiting for technology, technical, or analytics roles.
Workday experience.

Responsibilities

Build understanding of supported teams, including their priorities, talent needs, and competitive landscape, and apply that context to recruiting.
Manage searches from intake through hire by translating hiring needs into search plans, identifying and engaging talent, and keeping stakeholders informed.
Build and maintain qualified talent pipelines through proactive sourcing, research, and relationship-building for current and future hiring needs.
Use talent-market information, pipeline data, and candidate feedback to identify trends and share insights with hiring leaders and Talent Advisory & Delivery teammates.
Create responsive, thoughtful experiences for candidates and hiring teams through consistent communication, preparation, and follow-through.
Use AI and recruiting technology for research, talent mapping, sourcing, communication, and daily workflows while applying human judgment and connection where appropriate.
Partner with Talent Advisory & Delivery, People Teams, and business teams to share information, solve challenges, and advance hiring priorities.
Maintain accurate recruiting data, monitor search and pipeline progress, and identify opportunities to improve work organization and delivery.