Director of Talent Acquisition – Recruiting Operations

Handspring Health

Director of Talent Acquisition & Recruiting Operations at Handspring managing clinical recruiting. Leading efforts to build a recruiting engine for therapists in a mission-driven mental health organization.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $150,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the hiring function. Lead recruiting for clinical roles against monthly therapist hiring targets, and manage and grow the recruiting team as volume increases
Build the recruiting infrastructure. Stand up recruiting tech stack and workflows (ATS, sourcing, scheduling, reporting) and repeatable playbooks for sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offers
Make hiring measurable. Build the analytics layer and a single source of truth for pipeline health, funnel conversion, source effectiveness, cost-per-hire, and recruiter performance; tie hiring outcomes to company growth goals
Plan capacity. Translate the growth plan into a hiring plan, align pipeline with patient demand, and report how much new patient volume we can absorb
Raise candidate quality. Partner with the clinical team to define what a qualified candidate looks like, review pipeline together, and sharpen the sourcing strategy
Build the brand. Make Handspring the employer of choice for therapists, so a growing share of hires come to us inbound

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years in talent acquisition, including building and scaling a recruiting function from scratch, not just inheriting one
You've managed recruiters and led a team to consistently hit hiring targets
Strong analytical and operational mindset; you think in funnels, conversion rates, and capacity models
Hands-on outbound operator: you've used emerging tech and tools to identify qualified candidates, built multitouch cadences to reach them, and written personalized outreach messages that get responses
Comfortable operating with limited resources and building in ambiguity
Healthcare recruiting experience (especially clinical or therapist hiring) and startup experience strongly preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

talent acquisitionrecruiting functionanalyticssourcingscreeninginterviewingpipeline healthfunnel conversioncost-per-hirerecruiter performance

Soft Skills

leadershipanalytical mindsetoperational mindsetoutbound operationpersonalized outreachadaptabilityproblem-solvingteam managementcommunicationstrategic planning