Co-Chief Talent Officer

WeVote•Oakland, CA

30d•Remote

About The Position

The Co-Chief Talent Officer at WeVote focuses on the full employee lifecycle, which includes sourcing, recruitment, onboarding, professional development, engagement, and retention. The Co-Chief Talent Officer works closely with the company’s executive director and other leadership. They contribute to policy changes to ensure talent development initiatives stay aligned with business goals. They also offer strategic advice that considers other important factors like open roles, skills gaps, employee engagement, and the company’s current stage of development.

Requirements

5-7 years of talent acquisition experience with 3+ years of managing a TA team; proven track record of building/scaling TA teams
Full cycle recruitment processes – sourcing, screening, selecting, hiring, onboarding
ATS (Applicant Tracking System) experience
Candidate pooling and pipeline management
Familiarity with social media and resume database management
Networking and relationship building
Recruitment marketing
Employer branding
Learning and development
Performance management and improvement
Analysis and critical thinking
Leadership skills
Communications and networking skills
Strategic management and implementation

Nice To Haves

Experience with distributed/remote teams; high growth environments and non-profit/mission driven organizations strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Volunteer Team Management:
Hire/manage/encourage team of early career stage recruiters
Coach current team of 7 recruiters in talent acquisition best practices
Workforce planning with other team leads and hiring managers (engineering, analytics, business development, marketing, etc.)
Strategic/Leadership:
Create recruitment strategies and processes to support the organization
Write and execute HR policies that affect employee life cycle: recruitment, training, and career development
Develop executive talent management and retention strategies
Provide best practices to improve the whole talent acquisition cycle
Assess leadership gaps across the organization and use different approaches to promote diversity in senior teams
Develop and execute multi-year talent strategy aligned with organizational growth goals, including workforce planning and competitive intelligence
Define talent acquisition roadmap for scaling from current 200+ contributors
Partnerships and External Relations:
Build and manage strategic partnerships with universities, coding bootcamps, civic tech organizations, and diversity-focused recruiting networks
Manage vendor relationships (ATS, recruiting tools, background checks) and represent WeVote at industry events and career fairs
Expand university partnerships - especially for internships
Recruitment:
Evaluate company’s hiring needs to build long-term recruitment plans
Supervise the creation, implementation, evaluation, and improvement of the different facets of recruitment and talent acquisition for top/high-potential talent for the company’s key roles
Recruitment marketing
Optimize current JazzHR implementation and build scalable talent acquisition stack to support 2-3x growth
Develop metrics dashboard to track recruitment deliverables
Standardize processes for team efficiency
Co-Chief Talent Officer working with other senior leader(s)
Lead talent acquisition for an organization of 200+ contributors
Manage 7+ person recruiting team (remote, US based)
Reports to Executive Director
Partner cross-functionally with Marketing (employer brand), Finance (compensation), IT (systems), and department heads (organizational design)