Head of Talent

The role

The Head of Talent will own and scale the talent acquisition function end-to-end. This role involves leading a recruiting team and acting as a strategic partner to the CEO and executive team on hiring and org design.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end talent acquisition strategy across engineering, AI/ML, product, and G&A functions.
• Build, lead, and mentor the talent acquisition team.
• Act as an advisor to the CEO and executive team on org design, workforce planning, leveling, and succession planning.
• Personally own full-cycle search for senior and confidential VP+ roles.
• Partner with hiring managers to define role scope and interview processes.
• Build and protect the employer brand.
• Design the candidate experience.
• Build scalable recruiting infrastructure including ATS and AI-powered workflow automation.
• Define and report hiring metrics and OKRs to leadership.
• Lead sourcing strategy for frontier AI/ML talent and manage external agency relationships.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in talent acquisition/recruiting.
• 4+ years leading and scaling a recruiting team.
• Demonstrated success recruiting for technical organizations at scale.
• Track record operating as a strategic partner to founders/C-suite executives.
• Experience building or significantly scaling a recruiting function.
• Data-driven approach to recruiting using metrics and AI-powered tools.

Nice to have

• Experience recruiting for AI/frontier AI or LLM-focused teams.
• Experience in media, content, news-tech, or consumer internet companies.
• Experience with cross-border or U.S.–China talent pipelines.
• Mandarin/English bilingual proficiency.

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus
• Options

About the company

NewsBreak is a local life and news platform with more than 40 million monthly users. It includes platforms like NewsBreak, Nearby AI, and NDot AI.