Podium

Director, Talent Acquistion

Podium$120K — $150K *
Lehi, UT 84043In-Person
Staffing
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in recruiting, with experience leading teams, not just managing requisitions
  • Experience in a scaling SaaS company, building recruiting functions from the ground up
  • Adopt a sales mentality in recruiting, focusing on pipeline and accountability
  • Data-driven approach to decision-making and leadership
  • First principles thinking: streamline processes without unnecessary steps
  • Sense of urgency: prioritize speed and responsiveness in recruiting
  • Experience leveraging AI tools to enhance recruitment processes

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a high-performing talent acquisition team across various functions
  • Drive performance metrics to ensure accountability and success within the recruiting team
  • Align recruiting strategies with business goals through senior leadership collaboration
  • Create and implement AI-driven recruiting processes for efficiency and effectiveness
  • Develop playbooks to enhance scalability of the recruiting function
  • Take an active role in direct candidate sourcing and managing open requisitions
  • Cultivate a strong employer brand that attracts top talent

Benefits

  • Open and transparent company culture
  • Comprehensive life insurance and disability coverage
  • Paid maternity and paternity leave
  • Fertility assistance benefits
  • Generous vacation package including extended holiday weekends
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k retirement plan
  • Bi-annual supply of team merchandise
  • Onsite gym facilities with professional coaching and classes
  • Subsidized child care at headquarters for employees
Full Job Description
The Director, Talent Acquisition will lead recruiting across all geographies and functions. This individual will partner with leaders across the business to attract and hire the global talent required to bring AI to local businesses and reach our next stage of growth.

This role is required to be in office 5 days per week in our Lehi, Utah HQ.

What you will be doing:
  • Hire, coach, and develop a team of high-performing recruiting managers and individual contributors across all functions (e.g., G&A, GTM, Technical)
  • Run a performance and data-driven recruiting team - driving pipeline, holding the team accountable to metrics, and moving with extreme urgency
  • Partner closely with senior leadership to align recruiting strategy with business priorities. Oversee the recruiting lifecycle for executive-level positions internally and with external search partners, when needed
  • Build an AI-driven recruiting function - lead the team in adopting and scaling AI
  • Build playbooks and processes that allow our recruiting function to scale
  • Get in the weeds - source candidates directly, own reqs when needed, and stay close to the work
  • Employer branding - build an employer brand that attracts the right talent


What you should have:
  • 7+ years recruiting experience, including experience leading leaders and building high-performing teams - not just holding a book of reqs
  • Experience at a SaaS company of meaningful scale - you've built or scaled a recruiting function, not just maintained one
  • Sales team mentality - you run recruiting like a revenue org: pipeline reviews, accountability, and hustle. You get in the weeds, can pick up a req if the team needs it, and stay close enough to the work to source and show up to syncs
  • You're data-driven - you run your function off metrics and use numbers to make every decision, coach your team, and communicate up
  • First principles thinking - if your instinct is to slow things down, look at best practices, and add unnecessary process, this isn't the right fit
  • Extreme urgency - You move fast, expect the same from your team, and don't let pipeline sit
  • AI fluency - you're not just aware of AI tools, you are already leveraging AI to improve recruiting outcomes


What we hope you have:
  • Technical recruiting background - you've hired engineers, product, or other technical roles and can complement a team that already knows how to do it
  • Experience building scalable processes from the ground up - you don't rely on inbound or brand to do the work for you
  • Deep sourcing expertise - You don't just source - you can teach it. You help your team build the skill, not just hit the number


Why you'll love working here:
  • The work matters: hiring and recruiting the best global talent is critical to bringing AI to local businesses, the backbone of every modern economy
  • You'll work alongside other talented, AI-forward operators
  • You'll have real ownership to build a recruiting org from a position of strength
  • Podium is winning, and this is your seat on that team


Benefits
  • Open and transparent culture
  • Life insurance, long and short-term disability coverage
  • Paid maternity and paternity leave
  • Fertility Benefits
  • Generous vacation time, plus three 4-day summer holiday weekends
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • 401k Plan
  • Bi-annual swag drops with cool Podium gear and apparel
  • A stellar HQ (Utah) gym with local professional coaches and classes offered
  • Onsite HQ (Utah) child care center, subsidized for employees

About Podium

Podium is a software company that provides messaging tools for businesses. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Podium's platform allows businesses to communicate with customers through text messaging, web chat, and other channels. The company has over 50,000 customers and has raised over $90 million in funding. Podium's mission is to help businesses build stronger relationships with their customers by providing a more convenient and personalized communication experience.
Learn more about Podium
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2014

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