Spark

Director, Talent Acquisition

Spark

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $185,000 - $210,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

Spark

About the role

  • Build & Scale the Function: Design and grow Spark’s recruiting organization to deliver against ambitious hiring goals across technical, non-technical, and executive roles.
  • Lead & Coach: Manage one full-time recruiter and a network of contract recruiters, while laying out the roadmap for team expansion aligned with business needs.
  • Own the Candidate Journey: Create a consistently best-in-class candidate experience that reflects Spark’s culture, values, and mission.
  • Partner with Leadership: Collaborate directly with executives and hiring managers to develop and execute talent strategies that align with workforce planning and growth goals.
  • Champion Employer Brand: Elevate Spark’s employment brand to position us as a top destination for mission-driven, high-performing talent.
  • Optimize Systems & Processes: Implement and continuously refine recruiting tools, systems, and processes to drive efficiency, data-driven decision making, and scalable results.
  • Player/Coach Mentality: Directly manage critical searches, sourcing and closing top candidates while mentoring and enabling your team.
  • Deliver Insights: Track, analyze, and report recruiting funnel metrics, trends, and progress to leadership to inform strategy.
  • Ensure Compliance & Competitiveness: Align hiring practices with legal requirements, compensation strategy, and market intelligence.

Requirements

  • 8-10+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including executive-level searches, with 2-4+ years leading a recruiting team or function at a high-growth startup.
  • Demonstrated success scaling a company from ~100 to 250+ employees (ideally in a distributed/remote environment).
  • Expertise spanning technical, non-technical, and executive hiring.
  • Skilled in leveraging metrics, reporting, and market trends to drive decision-making.
  • Strong leader with a track record of building, developing, and inspiring high-performing teams.
  • Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, especially with executive leadership.
  • Ability to balance strategy with execution; thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
  • Advanced experience with Greenhouse ATS and Brighthire (or comparable ATS and interview intelligence platforms).
Benefits
  • Equity compensation
  • Health care, including dental and vision through our PEO Sequoia
  • Flexible work location; co-working available
  • 401k
  • Paid Time Off
  • Monthly Remote Work Stipend (help cover costs of home-office needs)
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Up to 14 weeks for birthing parents
  • Up to 8 weeks for non-birth parents
  • 11 paid holidays
  • 2 week sabbatical at 5 years of employment
  • Wellbeing Perks through SpringHealth, OneMedical, PerkSpot, and SoFi

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
full-cycle recruitingexecutive-level searchesmetrics analysisreportingmarket trends analysisteam leadershipcandidate sourcingcandidate closingscaling organizationscompliance alignment
Soft skills
stakeholder managementcommunicationteam buildingmentoringstrategic thinkingexecutionadaptabilityinspirationcollaborationproblem-solving
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