[Hiring] Director of Talent Acquisition @Hadley Designs

Role Description

As our Director of Talent Acquisition, you will own how Hadley Designs sources, vets, and closes top talent for every open role, from Amazon and ecommerce operators to senior leaders. You will design and run the recruiting engine that consistently delivers a strong top of funnel, put every candidate through a process that shows who they really are, and bring our leadership only the people worth their time.

This is a leadership-tier role with end-to-end ownership of recruiting, from the pipeline to the right people joining our team. There is no recruiting coordinator. You build the engine and let AI and the tools you set up carry the admin, so your time goes to meeting candidates, sourcing them, and finding new ways to reach great talent. You will run first-round interviews, including for director-level roles, manage our outside recruiting partners to our standards, and be the face of Hadley Designs for every candidate, so you need to be great on camera and great with people.

Key Responsibilities

• Recruiting pipeline management: Source candidates outbound and inbound across LinkedIn, Workable, job boards, online communities, referrals, and your own network, and filter applicants for red flags, competency match, and alignment with each role profile.
• Test project and interview operations: Run our Culture Index step, case studies, and first-round interviews, review submissions, and manage the candidate experience end to end, including for the people we do not hire.
• Sourcing channel optimization: Manage and optimize sourcing channels based on performance, and build "always hiring" shortlists for recurring high-leverage roles.
• Outside recruiting partners: Manage our agency partners so every candidate they send follows the same process, and hold them to our terms.
• New talent channels: Find creative new ways to reach great people, especially in the online communities where they already spend time.
• Employer brand and reviews: Monitor and manage Glassdoor and Indeed reviews, organize team review drives, ask for feedback, flag issues, and protect our rating.
• Hiring metrics and funnel reporting: Deliver weekly hiring pipeline reports broken down by channel and role, and track funnel performance against KPIs.
• Reference checks: Run reference checks, by phone for leadership roles.

How Success Is Measured

• Average time to fill open roles under 45 days
• 250 or more qualified applicants per active role per week
• Weekly hiring pipeline report by sourcing channel, 100% complete and on time
• 15 or more completed candidate case studies available for review per role per week
• A Glassdoor company rating of 4.5 or higher across the year, with Indeed tracked beside it
• An interview and recruiting experience candidates rate highly, including the people we do not hire

Qualifications

• 3 to 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in remote or ecommerce organizations; agency recruiting experience is a big plus
• A proven track record of hiring across marketing, operations, Amazon, ecommerce, product, and leadership roles
• Confidence and presence on camera, and comfort representing a brand to candidates
• Experience running structured interviews, test projects, and case studies
• Outbound sourcing experience, and expert-level LinkedIn and Workable skills
• Real creativity in tapping online communities to find talent in unusual places
• AI capability, a CRM and documented SOPs
• Strong writing ability, from clear job posts to compelling outreach and direct candidate communication
• The ability to handle 5 to 10 active roles at a time with no drop-off in process
• Experience building and running reporting for hiring metrics
• Experience managing outside recruiting agencies

Benefits

• Remote-first work environment
• Paid time off and holidays
• Access to learning resources and professional development
• Free access to Hadley Designs products
• Regular interaction with leadership, including the CEO
• Stability from more than a decade as a family-founded, mission-driven brand

Our Hiring Process

Every candidate completes a Culture Index assessment and a case study before interviews. For this role, reference checks are done by phone.

Apply Today

If you are ready to build the team behind a brand that is shaping the future of learning, apply now to join Hadley Designs as our Director of Talent Acquisition.

P.S. If you don't hear from us within four weeks of your application, please consider that as our decision to move forward with other candidates, but we truly appreciate your interest in Hadley Designs.