Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

Galileo Learning

Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition at Galileo Learning overseeing hiring strategies and employer branding. Partnering with teams to ensure staffing needs are met across all organization areas.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $100,000 - $120,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the strategy and execution for hiring across all areas of the organization—Summer Staff, Camp Leadership, and Headquarters roles.
Partner closely within the People Team and with Cross-Functional Leaders to ensure consistency in hiring practices, data integrity, and strategic use of our recruiting systems.
Ensure hiring goals and deadlines are met so that both HQ and camps are fully staffed on time and in alignment with company objectives.
Balance strategic planning with hands-on leadership—designing and executing recruitment strategies, building diverse candidate pipelines, and ensuring an exceptional experience for candidates and hiring managers alike.
Lead Galileo's employer brand efforts, ensuring our voice and values are reflected across all hiring processes and recruiting channels.
Oversee hiring progress towards goals, ensuring that goals for staff quality, hiring timelines, and headcount are met across all departments.
Manage, coach, and develop year-round direct reports, setting priorities, timelines, and success measures for each hiring category.
Oversee indirect seasonal recruiting staff during high-volume hiring seasons, ensuring effective onboarding, training, and performance management.
Build a cohesive, collaborative TA team culture that fosters high performance, shared learning, and continuous improvement.
Design and implement annual and seasonal recruiting and selection plans in partnership with the head of People and other collaborators.
Drive applicant volume, conversion rates, time-to-fill, and cost-per-hire goals across all hiring categories.
Guide sourcing strategy talent through job boards, social media, partnerships, community outreach, and referral programs to build diverse candidate pools.
Oversee vendor relationships and external recruiting partners to ensure cost per hire remains within set targets.
Design, create, and execute a unified employer brand strategy that highlights Galileo as an employer of choice across various digital platforms and networks.
Ensure the candidate journey is consistent, timely, and engaging from first contact to offer acceptance.
Monitor candidate feedback and hiring manager satisfaction to continuously improve recruiting processes.
Collaborate with others to maintain consistent hiring practices, leverage recruiting systems effectively, and ensure data accuracy across all hiring pipelines.
Partner with Field Operations, HQ department heads, and other leaders to align recruiting timelines and staffing levels to program needs.
Prepare and lead the content for cross-functional hiring process reviews and annual debriefs to drive improvements across the organization.
Track and analyze recruiting metrics to assess performance, identify trends, and make informed decisions.
Provide regular progress updates and key insights to People Team leadership and cross-functional partners across the organization.
Recommend and implement process improvements to streamline workflows and enhance efficiency.

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of progressive recruiting experience, including at least 2 years leading a team or function, with proven ability to coach and develop direct reports.
Commitment to equitable, bias-conscious hiring practices and familiarity with multi-state recruiting compliance considerations.
Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills, capable of managing multiple competing priorities and deadlines across high-volume hiring cycles.
An excellent communicator, adept at building relationships and collaborating across teams, who motivates their peers and team to achieve high performance and continuous improvement.
Demonstrated success owning multi-tier or high-volume hiring pipelines (seasonal, field, and corporate/HQ roles), and accountability for metrics such as time-to-fill, conversion, cost-per-hire, and headcount goals.
Experience designing and deploying employer brand strategy across job boards, social media, and community or referral channels to build diverse candidate pools.
Strong working knowledge of applicant tracking systems and recruiting data, with the ability to translate metrics into process improvements; experience with SmartRecruiters a plus.
A proactive and strategic thinker with a passion for developing efficient, scalable staffing solutions.

Benefits

Comp & perks

No-cost medical insurance for employees (additional plans and options to add dependents available at cost)
Vision and Dental Insurance
401k benefits after 1 year of employment
Flexible Paid Time Off - time off is not limited, and we strongly recommend that employees take time off to rest and recharge.
Unlimited free camp for your child(ren), OR two free weeks to be gifted (including AM/PM Extended Care)
Friends and Family Discount for Galileo Camps
Priority scholarship nominations for Galileo Camps
Generous parental leave and extensive support with leave planning
Employee Assistance Program, options for life insurance, and more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

Recruiting StrategyData AnalysisHiring MetricsDiversity RecruitmentProcess Improvement

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationRelationship BuildingOrganizational SkillsMotivational LeadershipCollaboration