Talent Acquisition Lead, Affiliate Marketing

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About The Position

Launch Potato is seeking a Talent Acquisition Lead, Affiliate Marketing to own the entire talent acquisition function and lead searches for critical roles within an affiliate and performance marketing business. This role requires a recruiter who can identify and secure senior-level and hard-to-fill talent, manage searches from initial contact to closing, and continuously improve the recruiting process. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of affiliate/performance marketing businesses or a proven track record of building performance marketing teams. This position offers significant ownership, a collaborative environment with a Recruiting Ops Manager, and the opportunity to influence hiring strategies beyond just filling open positions. The company utilizes a modern, AI-forward tech stack and offers opportunities for growth, with the potential to manage the Recruiting Ops Manager in the future.

Requirements

Intimate knowledge of an affiliate or performance marketing business, or a track record recruiting and building performance marketing teams (paid media, yield, CRO, data science focused on metrics like ROAS, margin, EBITDA).
Full-cycle ownership experience, having run searches first touch to close, solo, across concurrent searches.
Ability to provide clear and concise candidate assessments that senior leaders trust.
Experience building your own sourcing engine (inbound and outbound, passive included) with a repeatable framework and effective tools/automation.
Demonstrated success in outreach that converts, with quantifiable data on contact rates and speed for hard searches.
Ability to defend candidate assessments and admit when an assessment is not yet clear or was incorrect.
Experience working in a remote-first environment.
Must be based in the US and available during ET hours.

Nice To Haves

Experience building search reporting that allows leadership to see status at a glance and identify stalls early.
Experience designing scorecards, pre-screen rubrics, or interview loops that expedite panel decisions.
Experience recruiting technical roles alongside engineering leaders.
Experience coaching an ops or coordinator teammate into a larger role.

Responsibilities

Own the entire talent acquisition function and lead searches for critical roles within an affiliate and performance marketing business.
Identify and secure senior-level and hard-to-fill talent.
Manage searches from first touch to close, solo, across concurrent searches.
Build a pipeline of talent ahead of demand.
Develop and own the recruiting playbook, including scorecard floors per req, pre-screen rubrics, and interview design.
Provide direction and growth for the Recruiting Ops Manager.
Develop and manage the reporting layer for leadership to track search status and forecast potential stalls.
Ensure hiring managers trust your assessment of candidates.
Collaborate with hiring managers as an extension of talent.
Become the business's expert consultant on hiring strategies.
Implement systems that will outlast your tenure.
Leverage a modern, AI-forward tech stack, including Claude and advanced sourcing tools.