Change.org is searching for a Head of Talent to own the vision, strategy, roadmap, goals, and systems that enable us to hire a diverse, high-performing team.

We’re looking for a recruiting expert who is an effective people manager & mentor, a strategic planner and thought partner, and a results-driven executor.

As a key member of our People & Talent team, you will report to our Chief People Officer. This is a fully remote role and you can be based in the United States or Canada.

Key outcomes:

• Develop and refine our overall recruiting strategy.
• Partner with senior leadership to define performance outcomes for the recruiting team and ensure the recruiting team is delivering on those goals.
• Support the recruiting team through upskilling, unblocking, elevating needs, and building a healthy culture.
• Design, implement and maintain scalable and equitable processes, tools, and systems necessary to support the recruiting function globally.
• Co-create and help build our employer brand.

The most important capabilities for the role are:

Leadership

• You are experienced in performance management and have a history of developing direct reports into exceptional performers.
• You build staff development systems such as growth plans, mentorship programs, and trainings.
• You create and reinforce a positive, engaged culture through traditions, team rituals and other cultural systems.
• You are an influential communicator and represent the team well in company-wide meetings and presentations.
• You build a culture of collaboration by initiating larger, inclusive, cross-team conversations about key aspects of recruitment.

Subject Matter Expertise

• You mentor and coach your team on their area expertise, regularly sharing best practices across a variety of functional roles.
• Your breadth and depth of practical experience in the talent field enables you to coach others in synthesizing company objectives with the candidate market.
• You are skilled at growing a pipeline of candidates with a variety of identities and you create best practice systems to promote and track DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) initiatives.

Strategic Planning

• You are a thought partner to senior leadership on overall talent strategy.
• You elicit feedback and consider the needs of cross-functional partners to inform your own team’s strategy and goals.
• You coach recruiters and hiring managers to break down strategic goals into measurable, component parts.

Ownership and Results

• You set OKRs (objectives and key results) and goals for your team and have a history of high performance.
• You execute both through individual contributor work and through influencing and coaching direct reports.
• You set standards of ownership and excellence, and intervene when results are falling short.

Target experience:

• 8+ years of hands-on recruiting experience, with at least a few years in product or engineering (tech) recruitment
• 3+ years of direct management experience (e.g. hiring, firing, performance reviews)

Interested? Great! Here's what you should know:

This is a remote, full-time role and can be based in the United States or Canada. Our team is high impact, low ego, and has an amazing culture to be part of.

Our compensation philosophy is rooted in pay equity and transparency. Change.org is a global company and salaries are adjusted based on location and role level. For example, the salary for a Head of Talent hired at the senior director level in SF or NYC would be $227,500 USD. The director-level salary would be $205,000. Benefits include unlimited PTO (that you’re encouraged to use!), 100% company-paid healthcare options, and 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave.