Talent Acquisition Specialist

What is SeekOut? 

SeekOut helps thousands of organizations hire, grow, and retain great talent with its people-first talent optimization platform and proven expertise in diverse and hard-to-find talent. In our digital age, organizations are overflowing with data—yet few deeply understand their employees because people data is siloed and disconnected. Your people are the real difference makers—and once you know their passions, experiences, and the opportunities that will get them to where they want to go, you can better align their skills, capabilities, and career paths to the needs of the business. SeekOut unifies talent acquisition, talent management, and talent analytics to help you grow the people you have and find the people you need. Six of the top 10 most valuable companies in the United States trust SeekOut as their single platform for managing and recruiting talent. 

SeekOut is recognized on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Startup Employers, Deloitte’s Fast 500, and the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing companies. In 2021, SeekOut was crowned GeekWire Startup of the year. Founded in 2017, SeekOut has raised $189 million in funding, from leading investors like Tiger Global Management, Madrona Venture Group, Mayfield, and Founders Circle Capital. For more information, visit www.seekout.com.

About the Role:   

Over the last year, SeekOut has been developing the next evolution in hiring, leveraging groundbreaking agentic AI technology—AI's most advanced capabilities—and combining it with talent expertise that only a human can offer. SeekOut Spot is our first service-based offering that delivers high-quality, engaged candidates faster than recruiting agencies, and we are looking for a Principal Talent Advisor to work closely with our customers to find qualified candidates who are ready for their next career move. Using Spot’s agentic AI platform, you will pinpoint only the most qualified talent among thousands of profiles and provide a personalized, curated list to customers for consideration. Spot’s sophisticated technology allows us to bring you top-tier candidates in a matter of days, not weeks 

What you will be doing:   

Recruiting & Sourcing: 

• Full-cycle recruitment, from kick-off to offer negotiations, for a wide variety of roles, with a primary focus on high-volume technical positions. 
• Using SeekOut technology, you will build and execute on complex Boolean strings to identify top-tier talent across various job boards, platforms, and social media. 
• Experience 6-10 Years

Client & Stakeholder Management: 

• Own client relationships and provide strategic guidance on talent acquisition for both small startups and established tech firms. 
• Deliver regular updates to clients and facilitate productive conversations with clients and candidates, particularly around offer negotiations and expectations. 

Strategy & Leadership: 

• Work with cross-functional teams to help shape the service that is Spot and improve recruitment processes via agentic AI. 

Culture Fit & Innovation: 

• Embrace a startup mindset—scrappy, adaptable, and always striving for better ways to innovate. 
• Contribute to the evolution of talent acquisition, exploring new tools, technologies, and methods to improve the future of work and the recruiting function. 

What you should have:    

Executive Presence & Leadership: 

• Extensive experience in full-cycle recruiting, with a strong focus on leadership and executive-level recruiting. 
• Comfort in negotiating offers and guiding clients through difficult conversations while maintaining a strategic approach.  

Technical Aptitude: 

• Proficiency in working with complex tech stacks (integrations, tools like LastPass) and technical recruiting processes. 
• Deep understanding of building complex Boolean strings and using AI platforms like ChatGPT to streamline tasks such as resume building and candidate outreach. 

Domain Expertise & Industry Knowledge: 

• Deep understanding of the tech industry, especially in building strong teams for tech startups, SaaS companies, and other innovative tech firms. 
• A high level of autonomy and comfort in building processes from scratch. 
• Experience building and scaling recruitment efforts in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. 

Our Commitment to Pay Fairness: 

At SeekOut, pay equity is at the heart of our compensation philosophy and approach. Our goal is to provide a transparent, fair and rewarding environment where team members are equitably compensated for substantially similar work, feel supported, and ultimately choose to grow their careers here at SeekOut.  To ensure fairness for new hires and existing team members, we factor in an individual's unique skills and experience, market data, and the internal equity of the team.

SeekOut offers an industry-leading benefits package which includes: 

• Health benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, health savings
• Stock Options 
• Stipends for home office, education, and wellness 
• Company paid holidays
• In-office perks include, daily lunch service, snacks & beverages