Senior Director, Talent Acquisition

Please note, ideally, this individual will live in California and work remotely with occasional travel to our centers. Candidates located in San Francisco, CA, will be hybrid, working from our San Francisco office 3 times/week.

Role Scope: 

At Habitat Health, we understand that our team is critical to our model and mission, and we’re looking for a recruiting leader who is passionate about finding high-performing, mission-aligned talent to help us achieve that mission. This highly visible leader will oversee an end-to-end recruiting function that finds the best talent through a high-performing team, highly efficient and effective processes, and deep cross-functional engagement that sets up our organization not only for today, but for the next 10 years.   

Specifically in this role, you will:

• Build and scale a high-performing recruiting function:
  • Design and refine a TA tech roadmap that drives efficiency, integration, and satisfaction.
  • Design and refine processes, and reporting that increases efficiency, candidate quality, candidate satisfaction, and status visibility while reducing time-to-fill. 
  • Develop proactive prospecting strategies to build strong pipelines for current and future roles, leveraging internal and external networks. 
  • Create role-specific recruiting approaches across clinical, participant-facing, and nonclinical functions. 
  • Design and implement a DEI sourcing and interviewing strategy that creates a diverse pipeline and equitable assessments. 
  • Own and manage to the overall TA budget, ensuring cost-efficient recruiting paths, including thoughtful use of agency spend. 
  • Own hiring governance, compliance, and audit readiness, including equitable hiring practices, documentation standards, and risk mitigation for clinical and regulated roles. 
• Lead critical searches:
  • Personally manage high-impact and leadership searches. 
  • Use these searches to upskill the broader recruiting team in executive search best practices. 
• Strengthen hiring manager capability and satisfaction:
  • Develop tools, training, and resources to elevate hiring manager engagement and effectiveness. 
  • Champion a culture where recruiting is shared, collective work across the organization. 
  • Increase hiring manager satisfaction with the overall process and outcome. 
• Shape future-focused talent strategies:
  • Monitor workforce trends, regulations, and market dynamics.
  • Build forward-looking strategies that position Habitat Health ahead of talent and labor shifts. 
  • Partner cross-functionally to align workforce planning with organizational needs. 
• Expand Habitat Health’s talent reach:
  • Leverage and grow your network to bring top talent into the pipeline. 
  • Build a compelling talent brand strategy in partnership with People and Marketing teams.
  • Measure and continuously improve talent brand impact.
• Develop and lead a top-performing TA team:
  • Design the right team structure for today and tomorrow. 
  • Invest in team development, performance, and long-term growth. 
• Guide compensation strategy within the recruiting process:
  • Share market insights and candidate feedback to inform compensation strategy. 
  • Advise leaders on offer structures that balance market realities, internal equity, and scalability. 

Qualifications:  

• Aligns with our purpose and our values, and is excited about living those out in daily practice.
• Min 5 years’ experience working in, with a minimum of 3 years overseeing, an end-to-end recruiting function in a high-performing healthcare organization.
• Experience working for high-performing, healthcare-focused, executive recruiting firm.
• Agility to flex between tactical and strategic thinking and work.
• Demonstrated understanding of workforce trends and ability to design proactive strategies based on that understanding.
• Ability to effectively communicate with different audiences, ranging from front-line caregivers to senior executives and board members.
• Ability to lead with influence. 

Nice to have: 

• Early-stage, high-growth company experience preferred.
• Value-based care recruiting experience preferred. 

Compensation:  

We take into account an individual’s qualifications, skillset, and experience in determining final salary. This role is eligible for medical/dental/vision insurance, paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents), short and long-term disability, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) savings, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The expected salary range for this position is $168,000 - $205,000 and is bonus eligible. The actual offer will be at the company’s sole discretion and determined by relevant business considerations, including the final candidate’s qualifications, years of experience, skillset, and geographic location. 

Vaccination Policy, including COVID-19 

At Habitat Health, we aim to provide safe and high-quality care to our participants. To achieve this, please note that we have vaccination policies to keep both our team members and participants safe. For covid and flu, we require either proof of vaccination or declination form and required masking while in participant locations as a safe and essential requirement of this role.  Requests for reasonable accommodations due to an applicant’s disability or sincerely held religious beliefs will be considered and may be granted based upon review. We also require that team members adhere to all infection control, PPE standards, and vaccination requirements related to specific roles and locations as a condition of employment. 

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: 

Habitat Health is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Habitat Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member), or other status protected by applicable law. 

Habitat Health is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Habitat Health will take steps to provide people with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs with reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law.  Accordingly, if you require a reasonable accommodation to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us at [email protected]. 

Beware of Scams and Fraud 

Please ensure your application is being submitted through a Habitat Health sponsored site only. Our emails will come from @habitathealth.com email addresses. If you feel that you have been the victim of a scam such as this, please report the incident to the Federal Trade Commission by selecting the ‘Rip-offs and Imposter Scams’ option: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/.