Render
developer tools, infrastructure, or cloud platform
HeadofTalent
“Head of Talent at Render. Skills: hiring engine, talent strategy, workforce planning, recruiting systems, recruiting team leadership, hiring bar protection, stakeholder management. Set and execute a multi-year talent strategy that delivers hiring velocity and quality at scale. Own workforce planning and forecasting in partnership with finance and executive leadership”
What You'll Achieve.
deliver hiring velocity and quality at scale; predictable and proactive hiring; high output and high craft; predictable, high-quality outcomes at scale
Industry & Context.
analytical instincts; distinguish leading from lagging indicators; design reporting that drives decisions; Comfort operating in ambiguity and a demonstrated ability to make good decisions before all the information is in
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years of recruiting experience, at least 3 years in a leadership role owning a recruiting function at a high-growth technology company, Experience owning a large, complex hiring plan end to end — including workforce planning, capacity modeling, and executive alignment — at a company scaling from early to growth stage, analytical instincts: can build and use a capacity model, distinguish leading from lagging indicators, and design reporting that drives decisions rather than just documents outcomes, A clear and operational philosophy on hiring bar — what exceptional talent looks like, how to calibrate a team around that standard, and how to protect it under pressure, Proven ability to build and develop a recruiting team: setting goals, developing managers, maintaining engagement, and holding the team to high standards with care, Exceptional stakeholder management and influence skills — comfortable partnering with finance and executive leadership, setting real expectations, and delivering hard news clearly, Track record of building recruiting systems and processes that produce predictable, high-quality outcomes at scale
Nice to Have
Experience hiring across multiple functions simultaneously (EPD, GTM, and G&A) with meaningfully different sourcing strategies for each, Familiarity with Ashby or similar ATS platforms, and comfort building recruiting analytics in Google Sheets or similar tools, Experience standing up or significantly evolving a recruiting operations function alongside the recruiting team itself, A point of view on employer brand and candidate experience that is grounded in data, not just intuition, Comfort operating in ambiguity and a demonstrated ability to make good decisions before all the information is in — while being honest with stakeholders about what you know and what you do not, Prior experience at a developer tools, infrastructure, or cloud platform company, and familiarity with the technical talent market in that space
What You'll Do.
Set and execute a multi-year talent strategy that delivers hiring velocity and quality at scale
Own workforce planning and forecasting in partnership with finance and executive leadership
Build and evolve the recruiting systems
and tooling that support predictable and proactive hiring
Lead and develop a recruiting team of managers
establishing clear performance standards and a culture of high output and high craft
Set and protect the hiring bar across all functions
ensuring calibration is consistent
debrief quality is high
and quality is never traded for speed
Ensure hiring performance is measurable and visible to the recruiting team
to functional partners
Represent the talent function at the executive level with clarity
and a clear point of view on what the business needs from hiring to execute its ambitions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
partner closely with finance and executive leadership to drive workforce planning; partner closely with functional leaders across EPD, GTM, and G&A to align on priorities and enable hiring managers; stakeholder management and influence skills — comfortable partnering with finance and executive leadership, setting real expectations, and delivering hard news clearly
Communication Scope
clarity; credibility; clear point of view; delivering hard news clearly
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