Manager, Talent Acquisition

Mediavine is seeking an experienced Manager of Talent Acquisition to join our People Operations team.

About Mediavine

Mediavine is a fast-growing advertising management company representing over 10,000 websites in the food, lifestyle, DIY, and entertainment space. Founded by content creators, for content creators, Mediavine is a Top 20 Comscore property, exclusively reaching over 125 million monthly unique visitors. With best-in-class technology and a commitment to traffic quality and brand safety, we ensure optimal performance for our creators.

Mission & Culture

We help content creators build sustainable businesses. From educational tools and cutting-edge plugins to ad technology that maximizes earnings without slowing down your site, our motivation is ensuring your brand and business grow in every respect.

We are striving to build an inclusive and diverse team of highly talented individuals that reflects the industries we serve and the world we live in. We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels welcomed. We are looking for individuals that will challenge us to continuously evolve and make Mediavine the employer of choice for people of all backgrounds. We strongly encourage minorities and individuals from underrepresented groups in technology to apply for this position.

Diversity and inclusion aren’t platitudes to us; we take them seriously. Have a look at our team and read through our blog posts to learn more about our values and to discover if Mediavine is the place for you!

Position Title & Overview:

The Manager of Talent Acquisition is a superb collaborator who will build relationships across the organization to ensure the talent strategy aligns with the overall business strategy. The ideal candidate is someone who has successfully influenced a cohesive and collaborative recruitment culture across an organization. A winning impact will be partly in the metrics – but also in the narrative of the TA team members being widely viewed as essential partners and one step ahead of the business in meeting the organizational talent needs. In short, they will find, attract and onboard the best humans for our path ahead!

An excellent communicator, the Manager of Talent Acquisition demonstrates effective interpersonal skills with ease, leverages honed leadership competencies and can do so in a fast paced, dynamic environment. This role reports to the Chief People & Culture Officer and will lead a team of 2-3 people.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Organize the Talent Acquisition (TA) function to operate efficiently and effectively while executing the TA strategy as a key driver of Mediavine’s growth
• Lead and manage a fully integrated recruitment strategy and team with an emphasis on creating a talent pipeline that ensures we meet current and future staffing requirements
• Coach and support leaders to engage and retain talent, driving the design and adoption of best-in-class TA practices at all levels of the organization
• Collaborate with teams across the company to proactively anticipate and identify complex talent acquisition challenges, offer creative solutions and drive implementation to achieve results
• Own and manage the career mobility, employee referral and new hire success programs while leading in executive recruitment as needed
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with the company leadership to gather a deep understanding of the business
• Create an effective employer branding strategy and employee value proposition that is aligned with our vision, core values and culture to attract and hire exceptional and diverse talent
• Generate campaign and content ideas in support of employment branding and how we’re positioning ourselves in a competitive market
• Leverage data to proactively craft long-term sourcing strategies that develop talent pipelines; implementing creative ideas and unconventional approaches to building and engaging diverse talent pools as well as niche talent profiles
• Partner with other leaders on the People Operations team on Mediavine’s EVP, contributing to maintaining our competitive advantage
• Coach and train hiring managers on employment and interviewing processes
• Ownership of recruiting operations as a key element of an effective talent acquisition team; assigning responsibilities among the team as needed
• Evaluate current hiring process and introduce best-practices to streamline and enhance the overall candidate experience, continuously improving the recruitment process to meet changing needs
• Assist in workforce planning to determine staffing needs and resource allocation; track, analyze, and leverage key talent metrics
• Oversee the development and updating of job descriptions with key stakeholders to ensure they are aligned with needs of our fast-growing business
• Own the applicant tracking system and associated workflow including recommendations for and facilitation of improvements
• Build and maintain relationships with outside recruiting agencies while managing the contract and budget process
• Required travel for our annual All Hands Retreat, Team Retreats/Meetings and/or industry events/conferences (approx. 15%)

Location:

• Applicants must be based in the United States

You Have:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in HR/People Operations
• 7+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition for a technology company
• 3+ years of management experience in Talent Acquisition
• Proven operational leadership experience with demonstrated success in leading a remote team
• Current experience as a full cycle recruiter, understanding that as a leader there will be times where you still must do the job
• A proven track record of success in building and leading a highly effective TA strategy
• Current experience working strategically and operationally with cross-functional organizational leaders to build consensus around Talent Acquisition strategy and initiatives
• Leadership experience in managing, coaching and developing high performing teams
• Superb verbal and written communications skills
• Experience recruiting for leadership and executive level positions
• Experience utilizing and managing an Applicant Tracking System, preferably Workable
• Familiarity with labor laws and regulations related to hiring and recruitment
• Strong behavioral interviewing, and competency-based evaluation skills
• A deep understanding of the highly competitive and evolving remote talent markets
• Savvy with shaping employment branding strategies via strong partnership (e.g. with Marketing & Communications teams) and innovative solutions to stand out amongst the competition and raising awareness
• Expertise in driving TA excellence, leveraging data to improve everything from candidate experience, sourcing channels, flexible requisition balancing that anticipates future needs, quality of hire, funnel optimization, etc.
• Expertise in adopting evidenced-based solutions that result in greater diversity and inclusion in hiring efforts, resolving practices that inhibit DEI in those efforts
• Adept at using metrics and analytics to lead an anticipatory hiring model (eg. forecasting net and backfill hiring needs) and keeping executives informed on progress and decisions through simple and effective communications / reporting
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves, embracing a dynamic & high-growth environment where continuous process improvement is not only welcome but encouraged
• Ability to travel up to approximately 15%

• Remote work environment
• Travel opportunities (remember those!?)
• Comprehensive benefits including 401k, Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Learning allowance
• Generous Vacation/Time off policies
• Additional side benefits such as home-office upgrades, tuition reimbursement, paid gym memberships and wellness retreats, upgraded flights, cool swag and more
• Company match charitable donations

Mediavine is an Equal Opportunity Employer