Talent Acquisition Recruiter

Apera; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Apera in Los Angeles is seeking a Talent Acquisition Consultant to shape the people strategy and build teams that scale toward a $1B valuation. You'll own end-to-end talent acquisition across LA, develop strong pipelines, and partner with leaders to define greatness for each role.

This role requires proactive sourcing, strategic thinking, and a passion for building a high-growth culture at Apera. You'll influence hiring decisions, shape employer branding, and help create a world-class function

Qualifications

• Experience in talent acquisition, recruitment or executive search.
• Strong experience sourcing and engaging candidates proactively.
• Ability to recruit across multiple levels, from junior to senior leadership.
• Excellent knowledge of the Los Angeles talent market.
• Strong stakeholder management and consultative approach.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end talent acquisition across Los Angeles, from graduate hires to Director-level appointments.
• Build deep, high-quality talent pipelines across the LA market.
• Proactively identify exceptional people rather than waiting for applications.
• Partner with hiring managers and senior leadership to define what “great” looks like for every role.
• Develop creative sourcing strategies to reach high-performing, hard-to-find talent.
• Build relationships with candidates before they actively move.
• Represent Apera in the market and advocate for our vision and growth.
• Bring data, structure and rigour to our hiring process at scale.
• Continuously improve how we attract, assess and hire talent.
• Help shape our employer brand and perception among top LA talent.
• Contribute to building a world-class talent acquisition function to support growth.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Sourcing proactively

Stakeholder mgmt

LA market knowledge

Recruit across levels

Job description

Company: Apera

Type: Full-time

Help us build the team that builds a $1B company.

Apera is growing fast.

As we scale our presence across Los Angeles and build towards our ambition of becoming a $1 billion valuation organisation, we're looking for an exceptional Talent Acquisition Consultant to play a critical role in that journey.

This isn't a traditional recruitment role.

You'll have the opportunity to shape the people strategy behind one of the most important phases of Apera's growth. The people you identify, attract and hire will directly influence our culture, our commercial performance and ultimately the scale of the organisation we become.

You won't just be filling vacancies. You'll be helping build the company.

The opportunity

We're looking for someone who is obsessive about finding exceptional people.

Your mission will be to identify, engage and attract high-calibre talent across Los Angeles; from graduates and entry-level sales talent through to experienced commercial professionals and Directors.

You'll work closely with leadership to understand what great looks like, build talent pipelines before roles even exist, and become an expert in identifying the individuals who have the capability, ambition and cultural alignment to thrive at Apera.

You'll be instrumental in building the teams that will take us from where we are today to where we're going next.

What you'll be doing

• Own end-to-end talent acquisition across Los Angeles, from graduate and sales-level hires through to Director-level appointments.
• Build deep, high-quality talent pipelines across the LA market.
• Proactively identify exceptional people rather than waiting for applications to arrive.
• Partner closely with hiring managers and senior leadership to define what "great" looks like for every role.
• Develop creative sourcing strategies to reach high-performing, hard-to-find talent.
• Build relationships with candidates well before they're actively looking to move.
• Represent Apera in the market and become an advocate for our vision, culture and growth story.
• Bring data, structure and rigour to our hiring process as we scale.
• Continuously improve how we attract, assess and hire talent.
• Help shape our employer brand and the way Apera is perceived by the best people in Los Angeles.
• Contribute to the development of a world-class talent acquisition function capable of supporting significant organisational growth.

Why this role matters

At Apera, we believe that exceptional companies are built by exceptional people.

Our ambition is not simply to grow headcount. It's to build an organisation capable of reaching a $1 billion valuation; and that means getting the people decisions right.

The right salesperson can change a revenue trajectory.

The right leader can build an entire function.

The right Director can develop the next generation of talent.

The right graduate can become one of the future leaders of the business.

As our Talent Acquisition Consultant, you'll sit at the centre of that.

You'll have a direct influence on who joins Apera, who leads Apera and ultimately what Apera becomes.

This is an opportunity to join at a stage where your work will be highly visible and genuinely consequential. As we scale, the talent function will scale with us, creating the opportunity for this person to grow their own career alongside the organisation.

Who we're looking for:

We're looking for someone with genuine talent acquisition craft, but just as importantly, commercial instinct and ambition.

You'll likely have:

• Experience in talent acquisition, recruitment or executive search.
• Strong experience sourcing and engaging candidates proactively.
• The ability to recruit across multiple levels, from junior/graduate talent through to senior leadership.
• Excellent knowledge of the Los Angeles talent market.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to partner with senior leaders.
• A highly consultative approach- you understand that recruitment is about solving business problems, not simply filling jobs.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills.
• A relentless eye for quality and attention to detail.
• The curiosity to understand people, businesses and what makes someone genuinely exceptional.
• A high level of drive, pace and ownership.

Most importantly, you want to build something.

You're excited by ambitious targets, high standards and environments where the ceiling is genuinely high. You don't want to inherit a finished machine; you want to help build one.

The Apera opportunity

Joining Apera at this point in our journey means you'll have an opportunity that is difficult to find in a more established organisation.

You'll have real ownership, real influence and real visibility.

You'll be joining a business with significant growth ambitions and helping establish the talent infrastructure required to support them.

If we execute our plan, the organisation we are today will look very different from the organisation we become.

We want you to be able to look back and say: "I helped build that."

If you're an exceptional talent acquisition professional who wants your work to have an outsized impact, and you want to be part of the journey towards building a $1 billion organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Apera is growing. Come help us build the team that takes us there.