Talent Acquisition Manager

Hiya•Seattle, WA

17d•$135,000 - $190,000•Onsite

About The Position

Hiya is seeking a proactive, AI-forward Talent Acquisition Manager to lead and evolve our Talent Acquisition function. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on recruiting execution and will be responsible for driving hiring efforts primarily across North and South America while helping create scalable, unified recruiting processes globally. You will manage a small but high-impact team, oversee our global internship program, and partner closely with leaders across the business to improve hiring effectiveness, candidate experience, and recruiting operations as Hiya continues to grow. This is a player-coach role ideal for someone who enjoys balancing leadership, operational excellence, employer branding, and direct recruiting ownership — especially within technical hiring environments. This role is designed for someone who thrives in ambiguity, moves with urgency, holds an uncompromising talent bar, and is energized by building while operating at high intensity. You should be equally comfortable influencing executives, personally closing critical hires, redesigning broken processes in real time, and leveraging AI to materially improve business efficiency and hiring outcomes. If you prefer highly defined processes, slower decision-making environments, or incremental change, this role will likely not be a fit.

Requirements

6+ years of talent acquisition experience in AI or high-growth/ startup tech company, including experience managing recruiters or recruiting teams.
Experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing hiring while upholding the company's high hiring standards and providing an executive-level perspective on candidates and hires.
Strong technical Talent Acquisition experience, with a proven ability to operate effectively as both a strategic partner and hands-on individual contributor while consistently maintaining an exceptionally high talent bar in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
Track record of building or improving recruiting processes and workflows in a growing organization.
Comfortable using recruiting metrics and data to guide prioritization, improve hiring outcomes, and communicate progress to stakeholders.
Experience with Ashby or AI native ATS platform required; familiarity with Juicebox, LinkedIn Recruiter, metaview and other AI-enabled recruiting tools.
Deep understanding of how to thoughtfully apply AI and automation within Talent Acquisition workflows, including awareness of human behavior, decision-making, accountability, and bias considerations, to improve business efficiency and outcomes while maintaining/raising candidate quality and hiring standards.

Nice To Haves

Experience building, deploying, or leveraging AI agents or AI-driven solutions that demonstrably improve operational efficiency is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Personally carry a requisition load across technical and hard-to-fill roles.
Lead and develop a lean team of TA Specialists/Partners while fostering a high-performance, collaborative, and candidate-centric culture.
Own recruiting strategy and execution primarily for North and South America while supporting global hiring initiatives.
Partner with global Talent Acquisition partners to assess team bandwidth, align on hiring priorities, and coordinate how requisition workload can be shared or distributed across regions and teams.
Serve as a key international support resource for the broader Talent Acquisition function, helping ensure coverage, collaboration, and operational continuity across global hiring efforts.
Drive operational consistency by building scalable, unified, global recruiting processes and best practices that enhance the candidate experience and enable the business to efficiently identify and attract top talent.
Partner with hiring managers and leadership to develop hiring plans aligned with business priorities and growth goals.
Coach and support the recruiting team on prioritization, execution, and candidate management.
Help the Talent Acquisition team effectively leverage recruiting tools, automation, and AI capabilities to improve sourcing effectiveness, track hiring progress, monitor funnel health, and drive data-informed hiring decisions.
Use recruiting data and pipeline metrics to improve hiring efficiency, candidate experience, and overall recruiting effectiveness.
Partner with the VP of People to continuously improve recruiting workflows, reporting, and talent acquisition processes.
Partner cross-functionally to deliver a seamless global onboarding experience from offer acceptance through the first week, ensuring new hires feel welcomed, connected, and set up for success from day one.
Lead and evolve Hiya’s global employer branding initiatives to strengthen market visibility and candidate engagement.
Manage and expand Hiya’s global internship program, including university partnerships, intern experience, and program structure.
Help position Hiya as an employer of choice within competitive technical talent markets.
Partner closely with the VP of People to continuously evaluate, optimize, and evolve Hiya’s talent acquisition tech stack by staying current on AI advancements and emerging hiring technologies that improve sourcing effectiveness, workflow efficiency, and candidate engagement.
Act as an AI-forward leader and steward, championing thoughtful adoption of emerging tools, technologies, and workflows while helping raise the overall level of AI fluency across the business by ensuring incoming talent demonstrates strong AI capability, curiosity, and responsible usage practices.

Benefits

Base Salary: $135,000-$190,000
Equity Compensation: ownership aligned with your impact and the company's growth
Employer-sponsored Insurance
Medical, dental, and vision (PPO & HDHP); 50% dependent coverage
Health, flexible spending, and dependent care accounts
Life, AD&D, and accident coverage, with company-paid life and long-term disability
401(k) with 3% company match (via Fidelity)
Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays
Paid parental leave
Work-from-home equipment stipend
$1,000 annually to invest in your learning and growth
$1,000/year in charitable donation matching
Team lunch 3x per week