Talent Acquisition Partner (R&D) - Data (Seattle) - Data

ByteDance; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

17 days Paid Personal Time

Job summary

ByteDance's Data HR team in Seattle is seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner (R&D) to align recruitment with business strategy across AI, algorithms, and data platforms. You will drive workforce planning, partner with leaders, and lead end-to-end hiring for global data roles.

The role requires building scalable processes, SLAs, and delivering a high-touch candidate experience while coaching a global recruiting team to support ByteDance's growth and data-centric initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in in-house or agency recruitment.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport quickly.
• A self-starter who is result-oriented and takes initiative.
• Experience in high-tech industry desirable.
• Ability to embrace changes and learn quickly in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders across the full talent lifecycle, from workforce planning to retention.
• Develop talent acquisition strategies across geographies.
• Create efficient hiring processes and ensure a high-touch candidate experience.
• Develop SLAs and best practices to improve recruitment output.
• Oversee recruitment globally and ensure a great candidate experience.
• Manage, coach and mentor the global recruiting team.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Interpersonal skills

Self-starter

High-tech industry experience

Adaptability

Job description

Talent Acquisition Partner (R&D) - Data (Seattle) - Data

Location:

Seattle

Team:

HR

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code:

A33714

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Responsibilities

The HRBP-Data team supports businesses across enterprise applications, AI, algorithms, BytePlus, core technical platforms, and data center and supply chain capabilities. We bring together HR Business Partnership and Talent Acquisition to translate workforce needs into organization and hiring strategies, practical plans, and operating approaches that support growth across teams and regions.We work across highly specialized technical fields where capability needs evolve quickly and competition for talent is strong. This requires us to understand different technologies and talent markets, shape hiring strategies with leaders, and connect recruitment decisions with longer-term priorities for organizational design, leadership, performance, and talent development. By combining HR expertise, market insight, and workforce data, we help teams build the capabilities they need while creating practices that can scale.You will partner with leaders across the full talent lifecycle, from workforce planning and specialized hiring to talent development, performance, employee relations, and retention. Your work will span hiring strategy, organizational design, manager development, scalable programs, and data-informed decision-making. By staying close to teams as plans are implemented, you will see how hiring and people strategies work together and use those insights to strengthen what comes next.About the TeamThe Data Team at ByteDance is at the heart of building and optimizing the infrastructure platforms that power our products worldwide. Leveraging Bytedance's cutting-edge intelligent technologies, we are devoted to developing innovative products and solutions to shape the future. The work spans both domestic and international markets, supporting a wide range of business areas. By providing innovative technologies and scalable platforms, we enable multiple teams to achieve their goals and drive business growth across ByteDance's diverse product suite.As a member of the Talent Acquisition team, you'll play a key role in building and scaling the technical talent that powers our data-driven innovations.

• Support R&D recruitment with understanding of cutting-edge tech sectors (such as LLMs and AR/VR hardware), with a proven track record of managing talent acquisition across diverse business lines.
• Deeply understand hiring needs, partner closely with business leaders and stakeholders to develop talent acquisition strategies in different geographies.
• Develop efficient hiring processes and ensure high-touch candidate experience to continuously deliver high-quality candidates and meet hiring goals.
• Develop service level agreements (SLAs) and other best practices to improve processes and increase recruitment output.
• Work with country and business unit leaders as well as the operation teams to understand relevant laws as well as manage and oversee the recruitment lifecycle globally for all ByteDance candidates to ensure great candidate experience.
• Manage, coach and mentor members of the global recruiting team.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in in-house or agency recruitment background.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport quickly with employees and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• A self-starter who is result-oriented, resourceful, innovative, intellectually curious, and who takes initiative and risks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in high-tech industry will be highly desirable.
• Possesses strong passion for this industry and demonstrate a strong ability to embrace and adapt to changes and learn quickly in a fast-paced environment.

Job Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $115520 - $198360 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
3. Exercising sound judgment.

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

Reasonable Accommodation

ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request