[Hiring] Senior Talent Acquisition Partner @Afresh

Role Description

As the Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Afresh, you’ll act as a strategic partner to our hiring managers, identifying the technical talent necessary to drive our mission forward.

We’re looking for a high-impact closer—someone who thrives on sourcing niche technical talent and takes pride in high close rates and aggressive time-to-fill metrics. You leverage the latest AI recruitment tooling to automate recruiting pipelines & are ATS and operationally minded.

You are a consultative partner who constructive strategizes & pushes back with hiring managers and executives to drive the success of scaling hires.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build relationships and collaborate with business leaders, hiring managers, and HR colleagues to identify hiring needs, refine job descriptions, and develop talent acquisition strategies for openings at all levels.
• Serve as a candid advisor to hiring managers to define roles and ideal profiles—including raising the bar on expectations and pushing back on requirements that are unrealistic or that will unnecessarily constrain the pipeline.
• Recruit for open roles leveraging a full range of sourcing channels including referrals, internal employees, LinkedIn Recruiter, and the latest AI recruitment tooling.
• Engage passive talent where they actually live including looking at GitHub profile reviews, Stack Overflow contributions, niche Slack communities, and Discord servers.
• Plan and execute full-cycle recruiting. Manage the end-to-end recruiting process for technical positions, from sourcing and screening to interviewing and extending and closing offers.
• Ensure a smooth, efficient, communicative, and positive experience for all candidates.
• Conduct discovery calls with candidates for alignment on compensation requirements to ensure successful offer acceptance and ultimate hire.
• Create exceptional candidate and hiring manager experiences by identifying and anticipating needs, following issues to closure, and collaborating with key stakeholders and exceeding expectations.
• Be excited about AI tooling & the impact AI can have in identifying talent and streamlining the recruitment workflow; test new theories & ideas, and try new AI technology.
• Own our ATS (Greenhouse). Ensure data integrity, optimize workflows, and use the platform to provide transparent reporting to stakeholders.
• Must be analytics driven, building reports for the executive team on pipeline health, time-to-fill, offer acceptance rate, and cost-per-hire.
• Ensure all job postings and hiring practices remain compliant with local and federal labor laws in partnership with HR.
• Deliver Process Excellence. Facilitate interview debriefs, drive decision-making, and maintain a high bar for candidate experience.
• All other duties and projects, as assigned.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in full-cycle recruiting, ideally in a high-growth startup environment.
• “Technically Fluent” - able to hold a credible conversation with technical candidates.
• Proficient in LinkedIn and other sourcing tools, with a knack for finding creative ways to reach passive talent.
• Understanding of high-performing Revenue talent and the ability to navigate complex compensation conversations.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple roles concurrently, and prioritize effectively.
• Proven ability to manage 15+ active, high-touch candidates simultaneously.
• Expert closer with a proven track record of driving high offer-acceptance rates.
• Process-oriented, thriving in the details.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Requirements

• This position is not eligible for company sponsorship.
• Salary Range in U.S: $122,000 - $183,000.

Company Description

Founded in 2017, Afresh is working on the #1 solution to curb climate change: reducing food waste. By combining human insight and transformative technology, we're helping grocers provide fresher food to customers at more affordable prices.

• Afresh sits at an incredible intersection of positive social impact, rocket ship financial growth, and cutting-edge technology.
• Our best-in-class AI research has been published in top journals including ICML.
• We've raised over $148 million in funding from investors including former co-CEO of Whole Foods Market Walter Robb and Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors.
• Join us as we continue to build a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive team that embodies our company’s values of proactivity, kindness, candor, and humility.