What are the responsibilities and job description for the Talent Acquisition Manager position at sunday?
👋 About Us
sunday is building the fastest, simplest way to pay in restaurants. With a quick scan of a QR code, diners can pay, tip, and leave in about 10 seconds. We believe great products should feel obvious, not complicated, and we focus relentlessly on keeping things simple while earning trust from restaurants and guests at every interaction. Today, sunday powers payments in thousands of restaurants across the US, UK, and France, helping operators turn tables faster, increase tips, and unlock valuable insights. We push ourselves to go beyond what’s expected, building with ownership, moving fast, and scaling with ambition as we tackle our biggest growth opportunity in the US.
About The Role
People are the engine behind everything we build at sunday. As our Talent Acquisition Manager for the US, you won't just fill seats - you'll be the architect of how we grow, who we bring in, and what kind of company we become.
Based in New York, you'll own full-cycle recruitment across our US markets - from Sales and Operations to Tech and beyond. You'll work hand in hand with hiring managers, the People team, and our leadership to build the talent pipeline that fuels sunday's next chapter of growth. This is a high-autonomy, high-impact role for someone who loves both the art of finding exceptional people and the science of making recruiting run like clockwork.
You will report directly to our Talent Director and collaborate with international colleagues across France and the UK. You bring a proven track record of scaling recruiting in fast-moving startup environments - and you're ready to do it again.
Join early, grow fast, and shape the journey!
Key Responsibilities
About You
sunday is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, ancestry, nationality, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or on any other basis prohibited by law (except where an attribute is a bona fide occupational qualification).
sunday is building the fastest, simplest way to pay in restaurants. With a quick scan of a QR code, diners can pay, tip, and leave in about 10 seconds. We believe great products should feel obvious, not complicated, and we focus relentlessly on keeping things simple while earning trust from restaurants and guests at every interaction. Today, sunday powers payments in thousands of restaurants across the US, UK, and France, helping operators turn tables faster, increase tips, and unlock valuable insights. We push ourselves to go beyond what’s expected, building with ownership, moving fast, and scaling with ambition as we tackle our biggest growth opportunity in the US.
About The Role
People are the engine behind everything we build at sunday. As our Talent Acquisition Manager for the US, you won't just fill seats - you'll be the architect of how we grow, who we bring in, and what kind of company we become.
Based in New York, you'll own full-cycle recruitment across our US markets - from Sales and Operations to Tech and beyond. You'll work hand in hand with hiring managers, the People team, and our leadership to build the talent pipeline that fuels sunday's next chapter of growth. This is a high-autonomy, high-impact role for someone who loves both the art of finding exceptional people and the science of making recruiting run like clockwork.
You will report directly to our Talent Director and collaborate with international colleagues across France and the UK. You bring a proven track record of scaling recruiting in fast-moving startup environments - and you're ready to do it again.
Join early, grow fast, and shape the journey!
Key Responsibilities
- Drive volume and quality: Own full-cycle recruitment across the US - from intake call to signed offer - across all functions (Sales, Ops, Tech, and beyond). You flex across time zones and candidate availability without losing velocity.
- Source proactively: Don't just post and pray. Hunt for exceptional talent through LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, networking events, universities, and unconventional channels - building a strong, diverse pipeline well ahead of business needs.
- Partner with hiring managers: Act as a strategic advisor, not just an executor. Help hiring managers define role requirements, share market insights, coach interviewers, and align faster - so every hire is a great one.
- Optimize recruiting operations: Design and iterate on efficient, data-driven processes. Track key metrics (time-to-hire, funnel conversion, quality of hire) and use them to continuously raise the bar.
- Champion the candidate experience: Ensure every candidate - hired or not - leaves with a positive, lasting impression of sunday. Timely communication, transparency, and a personal touch at every stage of the process.
- Build our employer brand in the US: Represent sunday at career fairs, industry events, and through social media and employer branding initiatives that make us the company top US talent wants to join.
- Scale the recruiting function: Document processes, coach interviewers, and lay the groundwork for a recruiting team that grows with the business. You're building this, not just running it.
About You
- 5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience in fast-growing startups or scale-ups - you've operated in ambiguity, hired at speed, and never compromised on quality.
- A proven track record of building and owning recruiting processes from scratch: pipelines, tools, reporting, and the trust of your hiring managers.
- Entrepreneurial mindset: you move without being asked, make decisions with incomplete information, and thrive with autonomy.
- Strong sourcing skills well beyond job boards - you know how to reach passive talent and build relationships before you need them.
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills: you can pitch our mission to candidates, navigate tough conversations, and align stakeholders across teams.
- Based in or willing to relocate to New York, with the right to work in the US (we do not sponsor visas).
- Experience recruiting across multiple US markets (New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles) and/or internationally (France, UK).
- Hands-on experience with ATS platforms (Screenloop, Greenhouse, Lever, or similar) and recruitment analytics dashboards.
- Background in hospitality tech, fintech, or SaaS startups.
- Experience coaching hiring managers on structured, unbiased interviewing.
- You bring energy - the contagious kind that lifts teams and drives momentum.
- You think like an owner: outcomes over tasks, accountability over excuses.
- You're resilient and persistent - recruiting is a contact sport and you love the challenge.
- You apply 80/20 thinking and make sharp trade-offs when it matters.
- You're humble, self-aware, and relentlessly curious about getting better.
- Competitive salary ($110K–$130K) and stock options - we want you invested in our success.
- Free Vacation Policy - unlimited PTO, because we trust you to recharge when you need to.
- 100% Employer-Covered Health Insurance for you and your children.
- 401K Plan - we're in it for the long haul, and so are you.
- A great office in the heart of New York or Atlanta, with a healthy in-person/remote balance.
- Real ownership and broad scope from day one - this is not a seat-filler role.
- Share your story: application with resume
- Let's get to know each other through a screening interview
- Impress your future colleagues with a case study
- 2 behavioral interviews with a People Partner and a Leader
- Culture Fit with our US CEO Cofounder
- Reference Checks (3 most recent managers)
- Offer: we want you
sunday is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, ancestry, nationality, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or on any other basis prohibited by law (except where an attribute is a bona fide occupational qualification).
Salary : $110,000 - $130,000