Talent Manager

Jobtailor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Tracksuit is seeking an experienced talent acquisition professional to own full-cycle recruitment for US and UK roles, from posting and sourcing to interviewing, offers, and contracts.

You will partner with hiring managers to craft strong job descriptions, build pipelines, and coach teams on consistent, high-quality hiring practices while championing diversity and inclusion across the candidate journey.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in talent acquisition or recruitment, startup or high-growth preferred.
• Proactive sourcer who builds pipelines and talent pools.
• Proven ability to manage full cycle recruitment across multiple markets.
• Experience with onboarding design or people operations.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficiency with ATS platforms: Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, and standard recruitment tools.
• Understanding of scaling startups and communicating perks like ESOP to candidates.
• Comfort with AI tools to source, screen, draft comms, or streamline processes.

Responsibilities

• Find and hire amazing humans.
• Own full cycle recruitment for US and UK roles, from job posting and sourcing through to interviewing, negotiating offers, and drawing up contracts.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand needs, create compelling job descriptions, and coach them on high-quality hiring.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of future talent through proactive sourcing across LinkedIn, job boards, networks, and communities.
• Ensure a seamless, positive candidate experience at every touchpoint.
• Champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at the top of the funnel.
• Run onboarding experiences that bring Tracksuit's values to life from day one.
• Make sure every new Trackstar in the Northern Hemisphere feels set up for success and connected to the team.
• Manage the local office experience, welcoming and inclusive.
• Keep the office stocked, tidy and running smoothly with vendors.
• Bridge between global People team and the Northern Hemisphere, rolling out programmes in US/UK contexts.
• Support compliance with local US and UK laws and policies.
• Build employer brand through events, social media, partnerships, and initiatives.
• Maximise the potential of our ATS and recruitment tools, tracking and analyzing data to inform decisions.
• Always seek improvements; fix clunky processes and enhance experiences.

Skills

Full cycle recruitment

Pipeline building

Stakeholder mgmt

Onboarding design

Diversity & inclusion

Interpersonal comms

GTM portfolio experience

AI sourcing tools

Tools

Ashby

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS tools

Job description

Responsibilities

• Find and hire amazing humans
• Own full cycle recruitment for US and UK roles, from job posting and sourcing through to interviewing, negotiating offers, and drawing up contracts.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand their needs, create compelling job descriptions, and coach them on consistent, high quality hiring processes.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of future talent through proactive sourcing across LinkedIn, job boards, professional networks, and community channels.
• Ensure a seamless, positive candidate experience at every touchpoint
• Champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at the top of the funnel
• Run smooth, welcoming onboarding experiences that bring Tracksuit's values to life from day one.
• Make sure every new Trackstar in the Northern Hemisphere feels set up for success, connected to the team, and excited about what's ahead.
• Manage the local office experience, creating a space that's welcoming, inclusive, and full of good energy.
• Keep the office stocked, tidy and running efficiently by coordinating with vendors and suppliers.
• Be the bridge between our global People team and the Northern Hemisphere, adapting and rolling out People programmes so they land well in the US and UK context.
• Support compliance with local US and UK laws and policies.
• Continue to build our employer brand that’s engaging and appealing through events, social media, partnerships, and other initiatives.
• Maximise the potential of our ATS and recruitment tools, tracking and analysing data to inform decisions.
• Constantly look for ways to improve how we do things. If a process is clunky, fix it. If an experience could be better, make it better. That’s the Tracksuit way.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in talent acquisition or recruitment, preferably in a startup or high-growth environment. You will have experience running a busy GTM portfolio including Customer, Sales, Marketing, and Partnerships roles.
• Proactive sourcer: You don't wait for applications to land. You're out building pipelines, nurturing talent pools, and thinking commercially about where the best people are before the hiring manager has a need.
• Proven ability to manage full cycle recruitment with a track record of successful hires across multiple markets.
• Experience with onboarding design or people operations: or a genuine enthusiasm for it.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills: you build relationships at every level of the organisation.
• Proficiency with ATS platforms: Ideally Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, and standard recruitment tools.
• Understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities of working at a rapidly scaling startup: including how to communicate perks like ESOP to candidates.
• Comfort with AI tools: you actively use AI to work smarter, whether that's sourcing, screening, drafting comms, or streamlining processes. You're curious about what's next and always looking for ways to level up with technology.
• A proactive, creative approach to problem solving and process improvement.