Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

LawZero; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

20 days vacation

4% retirement match

8% retirement contribution

Office in Little Italy (Mile-Ex)

Public transport access

Job summary

LawZero is seeking its first Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition to partner with our VP, Talent, empowering our growing team and leading recruitment strategies. You will mentor our Montreal-based TA team, design global sourcing, and drive a world-class candidate experience while hands-on recruiting for critical roles.

You will balance strategic international frameworks with hands-on leadership, partnering with Marketing and Culture to align recruiting with LawZero’s global goals and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical talent acquisition experience.
• Experience in international recruitment and managing TA operations in high-growth tech environments.
• Fluency in English and French ideal.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage and mentor the TA team in Montreal; use data to optimize workload.
• Design and execute cross-border talent strategies; oversee relocation and immigration.
• Lead employer branding projects to elevate LawZero's global presence and candidate experience.
• Hands-on full-cycle recruiting for leadership and highly specialized technical roles.
• Build standardized hiring processes across ATS workflows and interview frameworks.
• Collaborate with Talent & Culture and Marketing to align TA with global goals.
• Establish TA metrics, dashboards, and conduct market analyses for leadership decisions.

Skills

Talent acquisition

People management

International recruitment

ATS analytics

Employer branding

Full-cycle recruiting

Tools

ATS

Job description

As LawZero continues its rapid evolution, we are seeking our first Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition to partner with our VP, Talent, empower our growing team, and lead our recruitment strategies and efforts.

As an operational builder and people leader, your mission is to empower our recruiting team through agile processes, elevated candidate experiences, and global employer branding. In this role, you will balance team mentorship and strategic international frameworks to attract top-tier AI, research, and specialized talent, while providing hands‑on recruiting support across critical mandates as needed.

Key responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Empowerment: Directly manage, mentor, and elevate our talent acquisition team in Montreal; leverage recruitment data and analytics to optimize workload capacity and foster a high‑trust, collaborative environment.
• Global Sourcing, International Recruitment & Relocation: Design and execute high‑velocity cross‑border talent strategies to attract world‑class scientific talent globally. Oversee relocation, immigration, and global mobility processes to ensure smooth international onboarding.
• Employer Branding & Candidate Experience: Lead dedicatedemployer branding projects to elevate LawZero's global talent presence, while auditing and maintaining an exceptional, high‑touch candidate experience standard.
• Hands‑on Technical Recruiting: Personally manage full‑cycle talent acquisition mandates for high‑priority, leadership, or highly specialized technical roles.
• Process Implementation & Operations: Build, refine, and put standardized processes in place across the entire hiring lifecycle (ATS workflows, interviewing frameworks, and scalable operational guidelines).
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with internal teams, including Talent & Culture and Marketing & Communications, to align talent acquisition with LawZero’s global goals.
• Reporting, Analytics & Competitive Intelligence: Establish TA metrics, data reporting dashboards, and conduct competitive market analysis (talent mapping, compensation trends, and international hiring benchmarks) to inform strategic leadership decisions.

Skills and qualifications

• 10+ years of technical talent acquisition experience, including 3+ years as a formal People Manager directly managing, developing, and leading recruiters.
• Proven track record in international recruitment and managing talent acquisition operations within high‑growth tech startups, scale‑ups, or R&D environments.
• Experience in international hiring, immigration/visa relocation frameworks, and candidate onboarding.
• Process Builder & Data Mindset: Demonstrated experience building talent processes from scratch, leveraging ATS reporting/analytics, and executing structured employer branding projects.
• Hands‑on Player‑Coach: Ability to balance high‑level strategy, analytics, and team leadership with active, hands‑on recruiting for complex technical roles.
• Deep familiarity with the technical language, nuances, and candidate landscape within deep‑tech, R&D, or complex engineering sectors.
• High comfort level navigating ambiguity, fast‑paced transformations, and shifting operational priorities.
• Fluency in both English and French (written and spoken).

What we offer

• The chance to contribute meaningfully to a globally critical initiative
• Comprehensive health benefits (including mental health and wellness management account)
• 20 days of vacation per year upon start
• Employer contribution of 4% to your retirement savings, with no required employee match
• Additional compensation totaling 8% of your salary to apply towards additional retirement savings or bonuses (independent of group and individual performance)
• A team of passionate world‑class experts in their field
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment in our vibrant office space in the heart of Little Italy, in the trendy Mile‑Ex district, close to public transportation

About LawZero

LawZero is a non‑profit organization committed to advancing research and creating technical solutions that enable safe‑by‑design AI systems. Its scientific direction is based on new research and methods proposed by Professor Yoshua Bengio, the most cited AI researcher in the world. Based in Montreal, LawZero’s research aims to build non‑agentic AI that learns primarily to understand the world rather than to act in it, giving truthful answers to questions based on transparent and externalized probabilistic reasoning. Such AI systems could be used to accelerate scientific discovery, to provide oversight for agentic AI systems, and to advance the understanding of AI risks and how to avoid them. LawZero believes that AI should be cultivated as a global public good—developed and used safely towards human flourishing. For more information, visit www.lawzero.org

You belong here

At LawZero, diversity is important to us. We value a work environment that is fair, open and respectful of differences. We welcome applications from highly qualified individuals interested in working towards our mission in a respectful, inclusive and collaborative setting.