Talent Acquisition Manager

Energy Innovation Corp; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Learning stipends

Flexible culture

Job summary

Public Affairs Institute is seeking a talent acquisition manager in San Antonio, TX, with a managerial title and a Six-year track record to translate chaos into a fundable plan. This role comes with equity, learning stipends, and a flexible culture built on trust and growth.

The position focuses on compensation, benefits, payroll administration, and cross-functional collaboration, offering a salary range of $90,000 to $129,000 per year and a strong emphasis on stakeholder leadership and

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of Compensation and Benefits.
• Proven Growth Mindset judgment when the textbook answer doesn't fit.
• Solid Innovation grounding, plus Growth Mindset you can pick up on the fly.
• Familiarity with Payroll Administration and related tools or frameworks.
• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence.
• Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality.
• A collaborator's reflex to share credit and absorb blame.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate vendor terms that look low-drama on paper and hold up in practice.
• Cut three steps out of an approval chain nobody loves.
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative inputs into clear strategy briefs.
• Keep the remote partnership honest with numbers both sides accept.
• Own the relationship with the Payroll Administration vendor so it stops being a fire drill.
• Keep Public Affairs Institute from optimizing a number that doesn't pay rent.
• Coach manager stakeholders through the math behind a hard reallocation.

Skills

Compensation & Benefits

Growth Mindset

Innovation

Payroll Administration

Relationship Building

Multitasking

Team Collaboration

Tools

Payroll Administration tools

Job description

At Public Affairs Institute, the Talent Acquisition Manager sits where finance, product, and operations collide, translating chaos into a plan people can fund. Read it as a $90,000 - $129,000 invitation to own business work in San Antonio, backed by a manager title and 6 years of trust.

Key Responsibilities

• Negotiate vendor terms that look low-drama on paper and hold up in practice
• Cut three steps out of an approval chain nobody loves
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative inputs into clear strategy briefs
• Keep the remote partnership honest with numbers both sides accept
• Own the relationship with the Payroll Administration vendor so it stops being a fire drill
• Keep Public Affairs Institute from optimizing a number that doesn't pay rent
• Coach manager stakeholders through the math behind a hard reallocation

What You'll Bring

• Strong working knowledge of Compensation and Benefits and Resilience
• Proven Growth Mindset judgment when the textbook answer doesn't fit
• Solid Innovation grounding, plus Growth Mindset you can pick up on the fly
• Familiarity with Payroll Administration and related tools or frameworks
• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence
• Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality
• A collaborator's reflex to share credit and absorb blame

Public Affairs Institute is less a vendor and more a question-everything San Antonio, TX workshop where Greenhouse and Employment Law get the attention they deserve. The team trusts each other to do the right thing without constant oversight or micromanagement.

At Public Affairs Institute, $90,000 - $129,000 comes with equity, learning stipends, and a flexible culture built around trust and growth.

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