Talent Acquisition Lead

Knit•New York, NY

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Talent Acquisition Lead ensures Knit can hire great people quickly and reliably. This role is critical to the business because it helps us maintain a world-class Employer Brand, attract and recruit the right talent at the right pace, and create a seamless candidate and internal team experience. The North Star for this role is to establish and maintain an elite hiring process, defined as one that is predictable in quality and time and maintains a smooth, responsive candidate experience. When you join Knit, you’ll step into a strong TA foundation that helped us grow from 0 to 50 team members. As you ramp, you'll take ownership over it to go to the next level - plugging in quickly, thoughtfully evolving what's working, redesigning what isn't, and building a hiring process for the next stage of growth.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years in-house recruiting, owning full-cycle hiring across multiple departments for a fast-growing B2B SaaS company.
Proven track record using data and feedback to iterate on hiring processes to drive improved quantitative and qualitative outcomes.
Extremely responsible, fast-paced communicator - demonstrating strong partnership skills to various stakeholders (candidates, internal Hiring Managers, Executives, external recruiters).
Excellent candidate experience instincts defined as fast, clear communication and a high bar for professionalism at every step.
Hands-on experience using core TA tools + a systems thinking mindset to quickly learn, set up, and maintain new platforms for improved candidate and team experience.

Responsibilities

Partner with leadership to define hiring priorities and forecast talent needs across departments to meet a 90% staffing to plan goal.
Manage an elite hiring process to secure top 1% talent, ensuring that 90% of employees who meet and exceed 90 Day Milestones.
Manage full-cycle recruiting for technical and non-technical roles, ensuring an excellent candidate experience and smooth collaboration with cross-functional Hiring Managers.
Provide training and coach hiring managers on interview planning, processes, structures, interview techniques, and equitable selection practices to ensure we’re equipped to hire a championship team, while meeting compliance needs both federally and locally.
Proactively solve candidate experience or hiring team pain points by identifying the root cause of problems, gathering regular feedback, and implementing organization-wide process changes for improved outcomes.
Develop and promote the employer brand through digital platforms, events, and employee advocacy.
Design and execute innovative sourcing strategies to attract high-performing candidates.
Build and maintain a strong talent pipeline for future hiring needs.
Implement and optimize recruiting tools, metrics, and workflows (e.g., ATS, analytics dashboards).
Track recruiting progress and results (both quantitative metrics and qualitative external and internal feedback) and share simple updates to peer Hiring Managers and up to the Executive team.
Collaborate with People Operations on onboarding and retention initiatives to ensure smooth transitions and strong early engagement.