Hybrid Senior Director, Talent Acquisition

at Replit

• Job title: Senior Director, Talent Acquisition
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $325,000 - $375,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Foster City, United States

About the role

• Senior Director, Talent Acquisition at Replit responsible for building a high-performing recruiting organization. Leading end-to-end recruiting strategy to support rapid company growth in tech industry.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale the Recruiting function to support aggressive growth across R&D, GTM, and G&A, while maintaining a consistently high hiring bar.
• Own the company-wide recruiting strategy, including workforce planning, capacity modeling, prioritization, and hiring roadmap development in partnership with executive leadership.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executives and senior leaders on hiring strategy, talent market dynamics, role design, and hiring trade-offs.
• Design and implement scalable recruiting processes, including sourcing strategy, interview frameworks, assessment standards, offer architecture, and closing strategy.
• Build a strong employer brand and candidate experience that clearly communicates our values, culture, and expectations at every stage of the funnel.
• Develop and enable hiring managers through training, tools, and coaching to improve interview quality, decision-making, and accountability.
• Use recruiting data and market insights to drive decision-making, identify bottlenecks, forecast risk, and continuously improve outcomes.
• Embed equitable practices into sourcing, interviewing, and selection processes.
• Partner closely with People Business Partners, Finance, and executive leadership to align hiring plans with org design and budget realities.
• Build, mentor, and retain a high-performing recruiting team across sourcers, recruiters, and recruiting operations.
• Implement lightweight, scalable recruiting infrastructure and operating rhythms that enable speed without sacrificing quality.
• Continuously assess and evolve recruiting strategy as the company scales, ensuring the function grows ahead of demand rather than in reaction to it.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive recruiting experience, including 5+ years leading recruiting teams in a high-growth tech company.
• Demonstrated success building and scaling recruiting organizations through periods of rapid growth and change.
• Deep expertise across R&D, GTM, and G&A hiring, with strong judgment around prioritization and sequencing.
• Proven ability to influence and advise senior executives on talent strategy, hiring trade-offs, and market realities.
• Strong understanding of modern sourcing strategies, interview design, and candidate assessment methodologies.
• Experience building recruiting processes and infrastructure from the ground up, not just operating mature systems.
• Highly analytical, with the ability to translate recruiting data into insights, forecasts, and strategic recommendations.
• Track record of building inclusive hiring practices and improving diversity outcomes in partnership with the business.
• Exceptional communicator with the ability to align stakeholders, push back when needed, and drive accountability.
• Strong people leadership skills, with experience developing recruiters into strategic talent advisors.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Equity
• 401(k) Program
• Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave
• Commuter Benefits
• Monthly Wellness Stipend
• Autonoumous Work Environement
• In Office Set-Up Reimbursement
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays
• Quarterly Team Gatherings
• In Office Amenities