Talent Acquisition Leader

Arc Boats•Torrance, CA

12h•Onsite

About The Position

Arc is working to electrify the marine industry by developing electric powertrains, software, and vessel designs. The company is scaling production of its flagship model and expanding into commercial and defense applications, including tugs and ferries. The Manager, Talent Acquisition will own Arc’s hiring approach as the company scales. The role builds and leads the recruiting team, runs an efficient and high-quality hiring operation, and partners with leaders across engineering, manufacturing, operations, and commercial teams. It is a full-time, on-site position at Arc’s Los Angeles headquarters. The role combines recruiting leadership with hands-on recruiting for critical and senior positions. It is responsible for hiring plans, recruiting processes and technology, data reporting, employer storytelling, inclusive hiring practices, legal and ITAR compliance, agency relationships, and the recruiting budget.

Requirements

At least 8 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including at least 2 years leading recruiters or a talent acquisition function.
Experience hiring for technical and non-technical roles, including engineering and manufacturing or skilled trades.
Experience in a high-growth environment such as a startup, hardware, automotive, aerospace, or energy company.
Proficiency with an applicant tracking system; Greenhouse is preferred.
Ability to use recruiting data to forecast, prioritize, and report.
Ability to influence senior leaders, challenge them with data, and hold hiring managers accountable.
Ability to build processes from scratch while personally closing top candidates.
Track record of scaling AI responsibly across a recruiting team to improve throughput, quality, and creativity.

Nice To Haves

Experience recruiting in marine, EV, defense, or another regulated hardware industry.
Proficiency with ITAR or export-control screening and hiring for cleared or defense-adjacent roles.
Experience scaling a recruiting team through hypergrowth, such as growing a company from 100 to 500 or more employees.
Experience building university, apprenticeship, or veteran hiring programs.
Comfort with maintaining a fast but sustainable pace.
Enthusiasm for boating and clean energy.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and grow a team of recruiters and coordinators, set clear goals, and improve the candidate experience.
Own Arc’s hiring plan end to end, partnering with senior leadership on headcount timelines and priorities and making tradeoffs as plans change.
Personally recruit for critical and senior roles across engineering, manufacturing, operations, and commercial teams.
Build scalable recruiting processes, including intake, structured interviews, offer approvals, and closing.
Partner with hiring managers on role design, market realities, compensation, and selection decisions.
Manage Greenhouse and the recruiting technology stack, maintain clean data, and use AI to improve recruiting team effectiveness.
Report pipeline health, time to fill, offer acceptance, and source quality to support informed leadership decisions.
Find hard-to-fill technical and skilled-trades candidates, including passive candidates and people from automotive, aerospace, energy, and traditional marine industries.
Tell Arc’s story through job descriptions, outreach, events, university and veteran partnerships, and referral programs.
Build an inclusive hiring process in which candidates from all backgrounds can see themselves at Arc and feel they belong.
Ensure hiring practices comply with employment law and ITAR requirements as Arc expands into defense work.
Manage agency relationships and the recruiting budget while building in-house recruiting capability.

Benefits

Highly competitive equity grants with full-time offers.
Semi-annual bonuses tied to impact.
Healthcare benefits, including 99% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Fourteen weeks of fully paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents.
Competitive paid time off, with an opportunity to earn more time with tenure.
Life and disability insurance.
Traditional and Roth 401(k) access.
$500 annual water fund.
$500 annual professional development reimbursement and a monthly AI stipend.
Annual reimbursement for PPE, ergonomic equipment, and other safety needs.
Training and access to take Arc boats out with friends and family.
Daily lunches, snacks, and coffee while on-site.
Relocation assistance, depending on role eligibility.