Talent Acquisition Manager

About the Company

If you want to build develop and see your impact join Skillz and level up your Career!

Skillz the first publicly-traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair enjoyable and meaningful competition.

At Skillz we understand the thrill of achievement and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges. Want to join a team made up of alums from Apple Amazon Google Microsoft Tesla Twitter (X) Roblox Zynga Samsung Lyft EA Riot Nexon Gameskraft PlayStation Unity Scopely Tinder Intel Deloitte EY Twitch DraftKings Wynn Resorts and more Learn more to see if Skillz is the right fit for your next career move!

Why Skillz

• Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders creators innovators and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz we create value obsess over our product and make a difference in the world.

• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our comprehensive benefits package which includes 100% coverage for medical dental and vision expenses for both you and your dependents. Additionally take advantage of our 401K matching equity incentives pre-tax benefit options and more.

• Wellness Support: Enhance your well-being with our array of wellness initiatives including meditation and mental health resources physical fitness coaching and classes family planning assistance health and parenting guidance virtual therapy sessions and more.

• Time off: We offer competitive paid time off (PTO) & company holidays.

• Las Vegas Headquarters: Skillz strongly believes in a five-day a week collaborative office environment at our 36000 square foot headquarters. Enjoy free daily breakfast and catered lunch snacksa full-size gym with showers commuter benefits insurance team bonding events and many more.

• Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies CNBCs Disruptor 50 San Francisco Business Times Best Places to Work Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list and many more.

• Development Opportunities: We hold our employees to high standards while providing them with professional growth opportunities. We operate like a startup and encourage all of our employees to collaborate and voice feedback about our product and ways we can improve as a business. We believe in never settling and that also pertains to your growth.

About the Role

The Talent Acquisition Manager leads the executive recruitment function and provides day-to-day guidance and support to the US Talent Acquisition team. This role serves as the primary point of contact for key leadership hires partnering closely with senior stakeholders to deliver a high-touch consultative hiring process. The Talent Acquisition Manager sets and reinforces best practices across the team provides feedback and calibration support to recruiters and personally owns full-cycle recruitment for executive-level roles from intake through close.

Responsibilities

1. Coach and mentor Talent Acquisition team.
2. Lead the end-to-end standardization of recruiting operations by consolidating and documenting global process guidelines (intake scorecards outreach expectations slate composition interview flow etc.).
3. Run end-to-end executive searches (calibration market map slate close) with high stakeholder complexity.
4. Build proactive evergreen pipelines that reduce future time-to-fill.
5. Improve slate quality through stronger targeting and qualification.
6. Increase offer acceptance through early alignment on comp motivations and decision velocity.
7. Reduce reliance on external search partners by creating internal search muscle.

Key Competencies

• Business Acumen: Demonstrates strong understanding of business goals and translates workforce needs into prioritized hiring strategies using market insights and recruiting data to drive timely high-quality outcomes.
• Strategic Thinking: Capacity to develop and execute data-driven / strategic recruiting plans aligned with the companys growth objectives and hiring needs.
• Problem-Solving: Aptitude for identifying challenges in the recruiting process and implementing creative solutions to overcome them ensuring a smooth and efficient hiring process.
• Adaptability: Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities market conditions and business needs while maintaining a high level of performance and professionalism.
• Negotiation Skills: Proficiency in negotiating job offers compensation packages and other employment terms to secure top talent while adhering to budgetary constraints.
• Relationship Building: Skill in building and nurturing relationships with candidates hiring managers and cross-functional partners to facilitate successful hiring outcomes.

Experience (5 bullets max)

1. At least 7 years of recruitment experience with expertise: Demonstrated experience in technical/corporate/executive recruiting with a proven track record of success in sourcing assessing and hiring engineering talent leveraging in-depth knowledge and understanding of technical roles technologies and skills required in engineering positions.
2. At least 3-5 years of people management experience leading a talent acquisition function successfully.
3. Education: Bachelor Degree Required; MBA or MHRM preferred.
4. Certifications: SHRM/PHR certification preferred.
5. Experience in Full-cycle Recruiting: Hands-on experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing and screening candidates to coordinating interviews booking travel conducting reference checks debriefing in hiring committees negotiating offers closing deals and onboarding new hires ensuring a seamless and positive candidate experience.
6. Startup or Turnaround experience: Proven ability to thrive in a startup-like environment with a proactive mindset strong initiative and a track record of taking ownership of recruitment processes and driving results.
7. Healthy tenure: Demonstrated stability and commitment in previous roles with a track record of staying in positions for 2 or more years. Internal promotions within organizations are highly valued indicating strong career progression and contributions to company success.
8. Strong TA Foundation: 2 years of agency recruitment experience preferred.
9. Passion for gaming: Genuine enthusiasm for gaming and the gaming industry with a deep understanding of gaming culture trends and technologies.
10. Las Vegas local or willingness to relocate: Preference for candidates who are currently located in Las Vegas or willing to relocate demonstrating a commitment to joining the Skillz team in their Las Vegas office

Total Starting Compensation including Base Bonus: $170000

Location: Onsite in Las Vegas NV

Travel Requirement: Less than 10%

Join Skillz and Lets Redefine the Boundaries of Gaming!

Together well create a world where skill passion and innovation thrive. We look forward to having you on board!

Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce we do not discriminate on the basis of age race sex gender gender identity color religion national origin sexual orientation marital status citizenship veteran status or disability status and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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