Talent Acquisition Manager - Data Center Platform

Metric DCX; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Metric DCX is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to build the TA function from the ground up, handling full-cycle recruiting for senior and specialist roles. You’ll partner with leadership, including the CEO and COO, to scope roles, source candidates, run processes, and close hires.

You will stand up the ATS, define workflows, and scale the recruiting team as growth accelerates, leveraging direct outreach and strong industry relationships to land passive candidates.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in talent acquisition (executive-level).
• Experience scaling recruiting in a small or fast-growing company.
• Proven track record of landing passive candidates.
• Ability to build processes from scratch with autonomy.
• Strong compensation judgment and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Source and close passive, senior candidates.
• Partner with leadership to scope roles, define success criteria, and align on comp before searches launch.
• Run interview loops end-to-end and drive hiring decisions to closure.
• Negotiate offers and manage candidates through acceptance.
• Stand up the ATS, hiring workflow, and reporting from scratch.
• Build and lead the recruiting team as hiring volume grows.

Skills

Executive recruiting

Full-cycle recruiting

Passive candidate sourcing

Talent strategy

Autonomy

Negotiation skills

Leadership

Tools

ATS

Job description

We're partnered with a fast-growing AI / HPC Infrastructure business to hire a Talent Acquisition Manager to build the TA function from ground-up.

The role

You build the hiring function from the ground up - full-cycle recruiting for a small, high-stakes slate of executive and specialist hires, then scaling the function as we grow. You'll work directly with leadership (including the CEO and COO on the most senior seats) to scope roles, source candidates yourself, run the process, and close. The people we need most aren't browsing job boards - this takes direct outreach and real industry relationships, not posting and waiting.

What you'll own

• Source and close passive, senior candidates through your own network and direct outreach
• Partner with leadership to scope roles, define success criteria, and align on comp before searches launch
• Run interview loops end-to-end and drive hiring decisions to closure
• Negotiate offers and manage candidates through acceptance
• Stand up the ATS, hiring workflow, and reporting from scratch
• Build and lead the recruiting team as hiring volume grows

What you bring

• 5+ years in talent acquisition, including full-cycle recruiting for senior or executive-level roles
• Experience building or scaling a recruiting function inside a small or fast-growing company
• A track record of landing passive candidates who weren't looking
• Comfort building process from nothing, with real autonomy
• Strong compensation judgment and negotiation skills

Preferred: experience recruiting in infrastructure, energy, data centers, or another technical/asset-heavy sector; experience growing a talent function from a team of one.