VP, Talent

Our mission at Greenhouse is to make hiring work for everyone – so we go to great lengths to hire great people because we believe that they’re the foundation of our success. At Greenhouse, you’ll join a team that collaborates purposefully, fosters inclusivity, and communicates with transparency and accountability so we can achieve our mission.

Join us to do the best work of your career, solving meaningful problems with remarkable teams.

Greenhouse is looking for a VP, Talent to lead the strategy and day-to-day execution of  how we attract, develop, and retain world class teams in an AI driven landscape. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will lead the integration and optimization of three global functions (Talent Acquisition and Planning, Talent Management, and Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Allyship / IDEA) to deliver consistent, scalable, and measurable people programs across the entire employee lifecycle. As a technology enabled and commercially minded People leader, you will define strategic competitive advantage to solve modern workforce challenges. 

The mission is to hire great people using our structured, fair, data-driven approach. You will diagnose friction in our current processes and redesign our recruitment architecture as a responsive, high velocity system that significantly increases recruiter bandwidth and operational throughput. You will drive industry-leading efficiency at scale while maintaining a high touch, flexible experience for both hiring managers and candidates.

Who will love this job

• An employee lifecycle SME — You’ve relentlessly honed your craft. You possess a deep, nuanced understanding of global recruiting, talent management and IDEA. You know how to build a world class people engine that wins and retains quality talent in a hyper-competitive market.
• A systems architect — You understand how a change in hiring impacts culture, how a shift in performance management impacts retention, and how to orchestrate these levers to build a cohesive, high-output ecosystem.
• An influential champion — You effectively manage relationships across all levels and functions. You drive clarity, empower others and enable business outcomes to support Greenhouse in its next stage of growth. 
• A courageous communicator — You speak candidly and constructively, humbly addressing conflict and providing clear feedback even in challenging situations.
• A growth mindset evangelist — You thrive on unlocking potential and instilling a culture of continuous upskilling, within your team and throughout the organization.
• An AI first strategist — You understand when and how to use technology. You effectively leverage AI and lead by example by building in public. You understand the impact this technology will have on your teams and business. 

What you’ll do

• Lead Talent Acquisition: Manage the global hiring plan to hit quarterly and annual hiring goals within defined metrics. Build scalable recruiting infrastructure i.e. sourcing strategies, assessment frameworks, offer processes, and team structure that enables the team to find and win the right talent. 
• Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and service level agreements (SLAs) for all Talent Acquisition and Talent Management processes globally, ensuring operational consistency and efficiency. 
• Organizational Change Management. Lead the detailed organizational design and change management planning required to successfully align the three global teams (TA, TM, and IDEA) with streamlined processes. Influence culture and processes across every level of the organization to enable a modernized employee lifecycle on a global scale. 
• Modernize Performance: Partner with the People Leadership Team (PLT) and PBPs to redefine performance management, factoring in AI fluency and adoption as core competencies.
• Succession Planning: Lead succession planning that identifies internal high-potentials and maps their growth against goals and leadership behaviors. 
• Design a growth culture rooted in clarity. Manage the development and deployment of Greenhouse’s competency frameworks and leadership development programs, ensuring durability in an AI enabled world. Ensure consistent application of these frameworks in performance management and talent review processes across the global organization. 
• Lead the narrative internally and externally. As a commercially minded people leader, you craft the story of how our talent strategy is