Manager, Talent Acquisition

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here.  We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world. 

We're looking for a strategic Manager, Talent Acquisition to oversee a team of world-class recruiting functions for DigitalOcean. With 1,300+ employees located across the globe, including Pakistan, India, Mexico, Canada, US and Europe, the ideal candidate will have global experience that includes a data-driven approach to identifying the top talent in niche markets. You will create and implement the strategy for talent acquisition, focusing on employer branding, candidate and hiring manager experience, interviewer training, diversity hiring, early talent pipeline, hiring metrics, sourcing strategies, and more. Reporting to the Director of Talent Acquisition, you and your team will recruit and hire experts and high-potential professionals with go-to-market expertise and a deep understanding of the developer community.

You are a passionate leader who is experienced in talent acquisition and dedicated to mentoring a recruiting team. You have deep experience with matching top talent with jobs that demand bold action. You are a big thinker who can execute against the demands of a company that has audacious plans to grow fast. 

What You'll Be Doing:

At DigitalOcean, we move fast and focus on delivering the outcomes. We are scrappy problem-solvers and customer-focused professionals. Your success in this role includes:

• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of recruiters and recruiting operations coordinator to ensure the successful execution of talent acquisition strategies.
• Partner with DO’s People team, senior leaders, hiring managers, and business units to understand staffing needs and create tailored recruitment plans.
• Drive the end-to-end recruitment process, including job postings, sourcing, interviewing, and offer management.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with external recruitment agencies, job boards, universities, and other talent sources.
• Utilize data and metrics to assess the effectiveness of recruiting strategies and identify areas for improvement.
• Manage the implementation of recruitment technologies and platforms to streamline the recruiting process and enhance candidate experience.
• Ensure the recruitment process aligns with company values, compliance standards, and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• Monitor and report on recruiting performance and goals (e.g., time to fill, offer acceptance rate, rejection reasons etc.)
• Stay up to date on market trends, industry best practices, and emerging talent acquisition tools.

What You’ll Add to DigitalOcean:

• 5 years of successfully leading and building the global talent acquisition strategy for an organization in hyper growth mode 
• Experience leading a globally distributed team
• Creative and innovative thought leader who serves as a culture ambassador and is proud to represent the DO brand
• Expertise in leading edge recruiting strategies, methodologies and techniques
• Outstanding communications, negotiations and relationship skills
• Comfort operating at every level of the organization, including executive interaction, team leadership, and peer-to-peer relationship-building
• Ability to adapt, invent and create in a fast paced high performing agile environment
• Knowledgeable of global employment law and equal employment guidelines and policies
• Proficiency with LinkedIn and LinkedIn Recruiter
• Knowledge of Workday (HRIS) and Greenhouse (ATS) preferred

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean

• We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions. 
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with