Talent Partner

Mixbook•Redwood City, CA

4d•Remote

About The Position

Mixbook is looking for a Talent Partner who combines strong recruiting craft with ownership, sound judgment, and genuine business partnership. This role involves owning searches end-to-end, partnering closely with hiring managers and senior leaders, and using data to inform hiring decisions. It's a hands-on recruiting role for someone who can independently manage searches while also recognizing when strategic adjustments are needed. The Talent Partner will support searches across various functions and seniority levels, including senior and VP-level roles. Additionally, they will contribute to evolving hiring practices, focusing on structured interviewing, candidate experience, reporting, tooling, and the thoughtful use of AI. This position reports to the Director of Team Enablement, is fully remote within the United States, and may require travel up to two times per year.

Requirements

6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience with demonstrated ownership of searches from kickoff through close.
Experience partnering directly with hiring managers and senior stakeholders to define hiring needs, calibrate talent profiles, and move searches forward.
Strong sourcing skills and the ability to build pipelines beyond inbound applicants, particularly for competitive or specialized roles.
A data-informed approach to recruiting, with experience using funnel metrics and market insights to adjust strategy and advise hiring teams.
Strong judgment and communication skills, including the ability to challenge assumptions, surface risks, and recommend a different approach when the evidence calls for it.
Demonstrated experience improving a recruiting process, program, or system (e.g., structured interviews, scorecards, sourcing approaches, candidate experience, reporting, or recruiting operations).
Business acumen and the ability to connect recruiting decisions to broader considerations such as urgency, talent availability, cost, risk, and business priorities.
Experience using AI, automation, or modern recruiting technology to improve recruiting effectiveness, paired with thoughtful judgment about where human evaluation should remain central.
A track record of creating a clear, responsive, and respectful experience for both candidates and hiring teams.
High ownership and self-direction, with the ability to manage competing searches, priorities, and stakeholders without needing constant oversight.

Nice To Haves

Experience recruiting across multiple countries or regions, particularly in partnership with globally distributed teams.
Experience recruiting across both technical functions, such as Engineering and Data, and go-to-market functions.
SHRM-SCP, HRCI SPHR, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Own full-cycle recruiting across assigned roles, from intake and sourcing through assessment, offer, and close.
Partner with hiring managers and senior leaders to define hiring criteria, develop effective search strategies, calibrate progress, and make informed hiring decisions.
Build strong, proactive candidate pipelines using diverse sourcing strategies, networks, market knowledge, and recruiting tools.
Maintain structured scorecards, interview feedback, and decision documentation to ensure consistent, evidence-based hiring.
Utilize recruiting data and weekly reporting to communicate funnel health, progress, risks, and recommended actions.
Deliver a timely, clear, respectful, and consistent candidate experience from the initial conversation through the final decision.
Thoughtfully employ AI and recruiting technology to enhance sourcing, screening, administration, and the effectiveness of recruiters and interviewers, while applying human judgment where critical.
Proactively identify opportunities for improvement in the hiring process, including calibration, interview design, sourcing strategy, funnel health, documentation, and recruiting workflows.
Make sound day-to-day decisions independently and promptly surface risks, trade-offs, or blockers when broader alignment is necessary.