Talent Acquisition Lead

Your Role

If you aim to recruit top talent in a fun and exciting environment while using data to help drive results, Synapse's Human Resources team is interested in talking to you. Your primary focus would be developing and executing technical recruiting strategies to attract and hire high-caliber talent, which Synapse has garnered a reputation for employing. You would be recruiting individuals to engage on critical projects that directly impact the success of our clients and teams.

In this role, you would be the lead recruiter, responsible for working with and building relationships with hiring managers and functional leaders to define position requirements and service-level expectations. You would be a mentor to other members of the Recruiting team and share expertise of strategy, approach and metrics for positive outcomes. You would have the agency to balance the following responsibilities for maximum strategic impact:

● Full life-cycle recruiting of technical engineering roles as well as leadership positions and strategic hires, ensuring a positive candidate experience.

● Be the lead for :

o Developing a strong pipeline of diverse talent through the use of online avenues such as industry specific platforms, social media, personal network, etc.

o Adding to our inclusive culture and DEI initiatives to ensure best practices of recruitment and selection processes.

o Apply, measure, and improve metrics on hiring objectives.

o Maintain candidate activity and hiring data in our ATS and tracking tools to ensure accurate reporting of recruiting metrics and Affirmative Action Plan reporting.

● Monitor industry trends and the competitive landscape, recommending involvement in relevant tech communities.

● Interact with outside recruiters and agencies as a supplement to a broader recruitment strategy, when necessary.

A Little About You

In order to thrive as a Talent Acquisition Lead, you should possess the ability to manage competing priorities to ensure focus on business-critical positions; hold experience in building and maintaining recruiting sources and contacts within local community and beyond; have a talent for researching viable, cost-effective recruiting sources; maintain an excellent sense of tenacity, creativity, and community; and demonstrate a passion for using creative recruiting sources and techniques like job boards, search engine, social media, professional networking, cold-calling, technical event attendance, tech news, and other opportunities to drive candidate pipelines.

Requirements:

● Minimum 5 years of full life cycle recruiting experience with a focus on technical engineering roles as well as niche technical positions in a fast paced environment.

● Have a deep knowledge across the entire candidate lifecycle, from sourcing to closing candidates.

● Proficient with recruiting tools, systems and ATSs. Greenhouse experience a plus.

● Experience with strategic planning, effective reporting and tracking of metrics.

● Exceptional at follow through, ability to handle competing priorities and be detail orientated in a fast growing and changing environment.

● An established record of success utilizing creative sourcing methods, including internet sourcing, to generate candidate pipelines within aggressive timeframes

A Little About Us

Synapse Product Development works with the world’s leading brands and most ambitious startups to bring to market products and technologies that have a positive impact on people and our planet. Our team of engineers, project managers, and business operations professionals tackle seemingly impossible technical challenges for our clients and bring cutting-edge solutions to reality. We work on a variety of projects, find fun in solving hard problems with great coworkers, and understand the value of cross-discipline collaboration to provide stellar client service. Synapse supports an environment of openness and trust where employees work hard to get the job done and still have time to maintain active and meaningful lives.

Synapse's offices in downtown Seattle and San Francisco promote flexible work environments that prioritize the well-being of individuals while maintaining close collaboration and support. Virtually and in person, our project teams, departments and disciplines, and entire office regularly come together to celebrate successes and navigate shared challenges.

Synapse is an Equal Opportunity Employer (“EOE”). We value diversity and strive to promote an inclusive culture. We are committed to a work environment that respects and supports individuals and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.