Talent Acquisition Senior Partner
Location: Somerville, MA
VIA is making an impact, and so can you.
At VIA, our mission is to make communities cleaner, safer, and more equitable. We believe that by working across organizational boundaries, we can achieve greater collective good than we can individually. VIA overcomes digital barriers to collective action by providing the world’s most secure and simple data and identity protection solutions.
We are trusted by the U.S. Department of Defense and Fortune 100 companies around the globe to solve their toughest data and identity protection challenges. Using our Web3, quantum-resistant, passwordless technologies (19 issued patents), VIA protects data against theft, manipulation, and misuse.
Don't just fill roles, build a legacy.
As VIA's Talent Acquisition Lead, you'll step into a high-impact position at a company on the verge of significant strategic expansion. We are profitable and have grown revenue 10x in the past 2 years. Recognizing our success and potential, we've recently secured $28 million in funding from industry powerhouses including Bosch Ventures, BMW i Ventures, and MassMutual Ventures.
This is your chance to be part of something exclusive, something groundbreaking.
Your stakeholder management skills, comfort in navigating ambiguity, and love for connecting outstanding talent to exciting opportunities, will make you the perfect fit for this role. Your primary focus will be to lead an exceptional end-to-end recruitment process. Your expertise will be instrumental in recruiting, selecting and successfully onboarding the top-tier talent necessary to fuel our growth and achieve our ambitious business objectives. Working closely with our People and Operations (POps) team, you will have endless opportunities to contribute to VIA’s growth strategy through recruitment and beyond!
At VIA, our commitment to our mission and values forms the bedrock of our hiring philosophy. This commitment is key for identifying and attracting the exceptional individuals we call "VIAneers" to our team. Your ability to authentically showcase these values sets the tone for a candidate's entire experience. We set the bar high and won't extend an offer until we're convinced we've found just the right candidate. Read more about our mission, team, and values here.
In this role, your day-to-day will include:
Recruitment:
- Directly managing the complete recruitment process for both our Montreal, QC, and Somerville, MA, locations while championing an exceptional candidate experience
- Ensuring VIA’s talent strategy aligns with business objectives by providing strategic partnership to key stakeholders, including:
- Hiring teams: To identify needs, provide support throughout the recruitment process, incl training, coordinating interviews, and proposing opportunities for process improvement
- Leadership: To ensure recruitment activities contribute to VIA’s overall growth strategy.
- The broader POps team: To share knowledge and collaborate in pursuit of a seamless candidate, new hire onboarding and ongoing VIAneer experience.
- Designing and implementing innovative sourcing strategies to build robust talent pipelines, by utilizing platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter and targeted outreach
- Identifying and taking ownership of creative recruitment strategies and opportunities that fit with VIA’s culture and hiring needs
- Supporting equitable recruitment practices at VIA through the promotion of DE&I talent initiatives
Employer branding:
- Developing and executing a compelling employer branding strategy that elevates VIA's visibility in key talent markets, directly supporting our recruitment goals
- Proactively identifying and leading opportunities for VIA to engage with the tech community, such as organizing tech talks at universities and representing VIA at industry conferences
- Partnering with marketing and product teams to create engaging content that showcases VIA's culture and innovation
What you will bring to this role:
- A passion for people and our mission. As an ambassador for VIA’s culture, you understand the importance of connecting exceptional people with our values and mission
- A strategic and creative mindset. You thrive in a fast-paced, scale-up environment, comfortably navigating ambiguity to develop top processes and programs. You take ownership of identifying creative recruitment strategies and innovative ways to engage with the tech community
- The ability to build meaningful relationships. You excel at stakeholder management, partnering with hiring teams to identify their needs and using data-informed recommendations to influence outcomes through exceptional communication skills
- Deep market and recruiting expertise. You have a proven track record in full-cycle technical recruitment and a strong understanding of the U.S. and Canada tech talent markets, from sourcing strategies to the competitive landscape
- A drive for efficiency and results. You are proficient with modern recruiting technologies and are experienced in optimizing recruitment workflows and data to propose, design and implement process improvements
- A collaborative spirit and a desire to learn. You are motivated to learn and lead in a high-energy environment, contributing with humor and a genuine passion for growing high-performance teams
- A "VIAgood" mindset. You are a critical thinker with strong attention to detail who is excited to be part of a team transforming the data protection landscape (and you have a good GIF game!)
What can VIA do for you?
VIA offers competitive rewards and benefits, flexible work options, and individualized mentoring and growth opportunities. Here are just a few of our VIAneers’ favorite perks:
- A fully funded, top-tier health benefits plan, fully covered from day one, including vision and dental coverage for your whole family
- 20 vacation days annually, Summer Fridays, and an extended holiday period in December
- Paid parental leave, supporting new parents and families
- A dedicated wellness advisor to help you navigate the programs and opportunities available at VIA
- Ability to enjoy the best of both worlds with flexibility to work from home as needed, as well as access to two well-located offices (and more to come!) designed for collaboration and stocked with everything you could need
- Opportunities to work from eligible locations for up to two months per year
- Individualized growth opportunities, including internal and external mentorship panels, custom goals and feedback sessions, and/or access to learning and development programs
- Transit benefits to support commuting costs
- In-person events to foster team bonding and collaboration across different teams
Read more about our benefits and perks here.
VIA is committed to the importance of belonging.
VIA is an equal opportunity employer. When you apply for a role at VIA, your application will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. If you would like to request a specific accommodation, please notify us with your submission.
You can learn more about our mission, values, and team on our careers page.
