Talent Acquisition Manager

MindgruveMacarta; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Flexible spending account

Job summary

Mindgruve is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead U.S. recruiting and shape global hiring strategies. You will drive full-cycle searches, build proactive talent pipelines, and leverage AI and automation to improve sourcing and recruiter productivity.

You will coach recruiters, partner with hiring managers, forecast demand with HR and Finance, and uphold the Mindgruve Hiring Standards across the organization.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience with full-cycle recruiting.
• 2+ years leading, managing, or mentoring recruiters.
• Advanced knowledge of Greenhouse or comparable ATS.
• Proven success recruiting across functions, geographies and levels.
• Hands-on knowledge of AI, automation, and talent tech.

Responsibilities

• Own US recruiting and provide strategic guidance for LATAM and Germany.
• Lead full-cycle searches and build proactive sourcing pipelines.
• Identify and implement AI, automation, and talent intelligence in sourcing.
• Coach recruiters and vet third-party agency support as needed.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to define talent needs and interview processes.
• Forecast hiring demand with Resourcing, Finance and HR.
• Champion Mindgruve Hiring Standards and raise the hiring bar.
• Ensure a thoughtful, authentic candidate experience from first touch to offer.
• Maintain, audit, and improve the ATS and recruiting dashboards.
• Provide HR with training on best practices and trends.

Skills

Talent acquisition

People leadership

Sourcing

AI in TA

Data-driven

Tools

Greenhouse ATS

Job description

We are a global digital agency comprised of strategists, creatives, media experts, data scientists, and engineers driven by one common purpose — accelerate business growth through marketing and digital transformation. Named a top 3% Google Premier Partner and recognized by Inc. 5000 and Adweek's 75 Fastest Growing Companies, we're constantly looking for "A" players to join our team.

The rapid growth is attributed to our strongest asset — our people. Our teams are highly collaborative and work closely with each client to set clear goals and objectives so that we can deliver exceptional results. Mindgruve is a place where every opinion is valued. Not only will you be empowered to contribute ideas, but you will also play a key role in the execution and driving success for brands across a variety of industries. Sound fun? Perfect — you'll fit right in.

Great agencies are built by great people, and great people don't show up by accident.

At Mindgruve, every hire has the potential to sharpen our thinking, elevate our work, strengthen our teams, and create better outcomes for our clients. We're looking for a Talent Acquisition Manager who sees recruiting as more than filling roles: it's about finding the builders, problem-solvers, curious minds, and future leaders who will help shape what Mindgruve becomes next.

You'll lead and evolve our Talent Acquisition function across the U.S., while providing strategic guidance for recruiting for our international teams. Leading the Talent Acquisition function, you'll help us build what's next - using AI, automation, and talent intelligence, while creating a more proactive talent strategy and closely partnering with hiring managers and department leaders.

At the center of the role is one simple expectation - raise the bar with every hire. You'll be a steward of the Mindgruve Hiring Standard, helping us look beyond impressive résumés to identify people with the capability, character, curiosity, trajectory, and drive to make our teams and our clients better.

What You’ll Do Here

• Manage Talent Acquisition through the ownership of U.S. recruiting and providing strategic guidance for LATAM and Germany.
• Lead select full-cycle searches and build proactive sourcing strategies and talent pipelines for critical, emerging, and hard-to-find skill sets.
• Build the future of recruiting by identifying and implementing practical uses of AI, automation, talent intelligence, and emerging recruiting technologies to improve sourcing, candidate engagement, recruiter productivity, insights, and decision-making.
• Manage, coach and develop recruiting team members, including identifying fractional recruiting support and vetting third-party agency assistance, as needed.
• Work closely with hiring managers and department leads to define talent needs, develop compelling job descriptions, design effective interview processes, and provide market insights throughout the search.
• Partner with Resourcing, Finance and HR to forecast hiring demand, prioritize searches, identify talent gaps, manage recruiter capacity, and build pipelines ahead of need.
• Raise the hiring bar daily by being the champion of the Mindgruve Hiring Standards. Look beyond résumés to assess capability, character, curiosity, trajectory, adaptability, ownership, and business impact. Identify people who see opportunities, solve problems, improve systems, create momentum, and make the people around them better.
• Ensure every candidate interaction, from first outreach through offer acceptance, is thoughtful, responsive, authentic, and reflective of the Mindgruve brand to create an exceptional candidate experience.
• Actively maintain, update and audit our ATS, Greenhouse.
• Oversee recruiting analytics & performance, including owning recruiting dashboards and key performance metrics across pipeline health, conversion rates, source effectiveness, time-to-fill, offer acceptance, recruiter capacity, and quality of hire - turning data into actionable insights for HR and business leaders.
• Provide regular updates and training to the HR team on best practices in recruiting and current trends to stay competitive, while retaining and attracting the right talent.
• Challenge legacy processes, experiment with new approaches, and continuously improve how Mindgruve finds, evaluates, and hires talent globally.
• Perform other related duties and projects as assigned.

We Need a Person With

• 7+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, including significant full-cycle recruiting, ideally in a marketing, advertising or technology-driven industry.
• 2+ years leading, managing, or mentoring recruiters or TA team.
• Advanced knowledge of Greenhouse or comparable ATS experience required.
• Proven success recruiting across multiple functions, geographies and levels, including senior and specialized talent.
• Hands-on knowledge of AI, automation, and emerging recruiting technology, with demonstrated curiosity around how these tools can transform Talent Acquisition.
• Strong sourcing and pipeline-building expertise and the ability to proactively identify and engage passive talent.
• Strong hiring-manager partnership and the confidence to advise, influence, and appropriately challenge leaders.
• A builder mindset—you enjoy experimenting, improving workflows, and turning new ideas into practical solutions.
• Strong candidate‑assessment skills and the ability to recognize potential and trajectory beyond traditional qualifications.
• Strong communication, analytical, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
• Highly organized and detail oriented, with the ability to handle multiple simultaneously.
• Professional demeanor with the ability to interface with poise and confidence with leadership and clients.
• Ability to ensure confidentiality with business matters and employee privacy.

Compensation

• Compensation: $95,000 - $115,000 (Pay range is based on a market reference point and potential job offers may vary based on the skills, education, experience and geographic location of the individual candidate. The compensation range reflects base rate only.)

Compensation will be commensurate with experience. Additionally, for eligible full‑time employees, we offer a competitive benefits package including medical insurance, dental insurance, and vision insurance; a flexible spending account; voluntary life and accident plans; and a 401(k) retirement plan with matching. We have six office locations in the US: San Diego, California, Los Angeles, California, Covington, Kentucky, Denver, Colorado, Nashville, Tennessee and Charleston, South Carolina. We're seeking local candidates (or those open to relocation) who are able to work collaboratively with us in one of our office's; however, based on business needs and unique job functions, some roles may be eligible for remote work. (Bonus points if you're bilingual in Spanish and/or Portuguese.)

Mindgruve is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.