Director of Talent Systems & Scaling

Owow; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses based on performance

Paid time off

Sick leave

Holidays

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Dog-friendly office

Job summary

oWOW is implementing a high-impact talent system to scale hiring across California and beyond. The Director of Talent will own end-to-end recruiting, role clarity, and workforce planning to ensure the right people enter the right roles at the right time.

The role requires hands-on leadership in fast-moving environments, building scalable processes, and partnering with leadership to raise talent quality and retention while developing a competitive compensation philosophy.

Responsibilities

• Own Hiring Execution & Outcomes: Deliver priority hires on time, meeting time-to-fill targets by role category
• Run end-to-end recruiting for critical roles (from role definition through offer acceptance)
• Maintain Role Clarity & Outcome Scorecards: Ensure each role has a clear scorecard with outcomes, competencies, success metrics
• Partner with leaders to translate business needs into well-scoped, outcome-driven roles
• Design Scalable Talent Systems: Maintain a predictable recruiting funnel with weekly qualified candidates
• Standardize and improve hiring processes, interview structures, and decision criteria
• Train interviewers and hiring managers for high-quality, unbiased hiring decisions
• Workforce Planning & Forecasting: Forecast workforce needs tied to project pipelines and growth
• Proactively staff upcoming projects rather than reacting to gaps
• Enable Retention & Performance: Improve first-year retention and performance across departments
• Identify patterns and opportunities to raise hiring quality and onboarding outcomes
• Continuously raise the bar for talent quality
• Create comp philosophy and implement it at oWOW
• Create an ATS implementation and governance

Job description

oWOW is implementing a high-impact talent system to scale hiring across California and beyond. The Director of Talent will own end-to-end recruiting, role clarity, and workforce planning to ensure the right people enter the right roles at the right time.

The role requires hands-on leadership in fast-moving environments, building scalable processes, and partnering with leadership to raise talent quality and retention while developing a competitive compensation philosophy.