Talent Acquisition Specialist

Evolv Technologies Holdings•Waltham, MA

6d•$79,000 - $129,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Evolv is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to support the company’s growth by identifying, engaging, and hiring talent across a variety of functions and levels. The role owns full-cycle recruiting, partnering with hiring managers to understand business needs, develop search strategies, source candidates, and guide candidates through an organized and high-quality hiring process. It also supports Talent Acquisition and People team operations, including interview coordination, recruiting administration, onboarding, and related projects. The specialist builds strong partnerships with hiring managers and uses market insights, candidate feedback, and recruiting data to guide decisions and recalibrate searches when needed. The role represents Evolv’s mission and culture to candidates, maintains accurate ATS records, and helps improve the candidate and new-hire experience. The position also leads and facilitates New Hire Orientation and coordinates onboarding with the People team, IT, hiring managers, and other stakeholders. It manages required onboarding paperwork and training acknowledgements, maintains orientation materials, and identifies ways to improve the new-hire experience. This role is based at Evolv’s headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts, with limited flexibility to work remotely up to two days per week. It reports to the Head of People. The full-time position offers a base salary range of $79,000–$129,000, a competitive target bonus, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation depends on factors including skills, experience, education, and geographic location.

Requirements

Experience managing full-cycle recruiting in a corporate or agency environment.
Experience recruiting across multiple functions and ability to quickly learn new roles and talent markets.
Demonstrated ability to proactively source and engage passive candidates.
Strong interviewing and candidate assessment skills.
Ability to build credibility and productive relationships with hiring managers.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent organization and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple searches and competing priorities.
Comfort working in a fast-moving environment where priorities and hiring needs may evolve.
A data-informed mindset and willingness to use recruiting metrics and market insights to improve search strategies.
Experience working with an applicant tracking system and recruiting tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter.

Responsibilities

Manage full-cycle recruiting searches from kickoff through offer across a variety of functions and levels.
Partner with hiring managers to define candidate profiles, interview strategies, sourcing plans, and immediate and longer-term talent needs.
Source and engage passive candidates through LinkedIn, candidate databases, referrals, networking, and other channels; identify new talent pools and expand searches when needed.
Conduct recruiter screens and assess candidates against role competencies and requirements.
Guide candidates through interviews, communicate expectations, and maintain engagement throughout the process.
Build relationships with prospective candidates, including candidates who may suit future opportunities.
Maintain accurate and organized candidate and requisition data in the applicant tracking system.
Develop relationships with hiring managers and understand their teams, priorities, and talent needs.
Use market insights and candidate feedback to support hiring decisions and recommend changes to search targeting, requirements, interview processes, or sourcing strategies.
Keep hiring teams informed about pipeline health, challenges, and next steps.
Represent Evolv’s mission, culture, and employee experience to candidates and help deliver an organized, thoughtful, and inclusive hiring experience.
Lead and facilitate New Hire Orientation, introducing new hires to company culture, values, policies, benefits, and employee resources.
Coordinate onboarding with the People team, IT, hiring managers, and other stakeholders to ensure new hires have the information, tools, and support they need.
Manage onboarding paperwork, including I-9s, policy acknowledgements, and training requirements.
Gather feedback, maintain orientation materials, and identify improvements to new-hire engagement and onboarding effectiveness.
Contribute ideas to improve recruiting efficiency, candidate and new-hire experience, and Talent Acquisition operations.