Director of Technical Talent Acquisition and Strategic Sourcing

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Root is seeking a Director of Technical Talent Acquisition (TA) and Strategic Sourcing to be our compass in the hunt for identifying and securing those who are the best in their craft and can support long-term vision and goals. This Director leverages their expertise to bridge the gap between complex technical needs and finding the right people to fill the roles to keep pace with emerging technical and business demands, all on a foundation of data. This ideal candidate has a keen eye for talent and a deep knowledge of the technical skills landscape.
Root is a “work where it works best” company. Meaning we will support you working in whatever location that works best for you across the US. We will continue to have our headquarters in Columbus to give more flexibility and more choice about how we live and work.
Salary Range: $194,000 - $241,880 (Bonus and LTI Eligible)

How You Will Make an Impact

• Design and implement strategic, data-driven TA strategies to support all areas of the organization with a strong focus on technical talent (including engineering, data science, product, and analytics) and cultivating, engaging, and developing future leaders. 

• Build a data-driven TA organization and process, including analytics, dashboards, and a culture of continuous improvement using data insights to shape an operational roadmap. 

• Develop and optimize workflows, talent pipeline, and processes, maximizing the TA team’s success and efficiency 

• Develop, implement, and coordinate targeted sourcing strategies to engage with active and passive talent

• Collaborate and serve as a trusted partner to provide thought leadership for TA philosophies, processes, tools and tactics for technical and non-technical TA needs, communicating updates and vital information to senior leadership.

• Lead a team of recruiters, building and empowering them by cultivating trust, developing growth plans, and maximizing individual and team performance.

• Create standardized technical and behavioral assessments in the screening and interview process to test for certain skills, resulting in more qualified and interested candidates.

• Partner with HRBPs and Talent Management to identify ways of working with hiring managers and interviewers to continually improve their capabilities

• Identify trade and professional conferences to strategically recruit and brand Root in the tech marketplace

• Lead recruiting capacity modeling and interviewer demand analyses, based on business needs, data, and planning

• Play a key role in Recruiting-wide, team-level, and individual goal setting processes

• Develop and leverage business partnerships with various talent acquisition vendors including recruiting agencies, background check services, LinkedIn, and Glassdoor

• Set the pace and energy to design and execute an ambitious recruiting operations roadmap including candidate experience, tooling, capacity planning, and data and analytics, refining processes and systems and implementing efficient hiring practices.

• You will be responsible for defining and tracking metrics and implementing new ways of measuring effectiveness to ensure the strategy we set is measurable and exceeds standards.

What You Will Need to Succeed

• 10+ years of experience in full cycle recruiting, with 5+ years managing technical recruiting teams

• 5+ years of Tech/Start-up experience 

• Extensive leadership in talent acquisition, including 5+ years managing managers and team leads, and over a decade of experience overseeing recruitment operations in geographically dispersed settings

• Proven ability to create programs and plans to identify and attract the best active and passive talent

• Strong analytical mindset—leveraging data to uncover insights, tell compelling stories, and drive strategic decisions.

  • Naturally inquisitive, seeking to understand and solve problems by instinctively turning to data.

  • Fluent in recruiting analytics, with expertise in building and optimizing systems and processes to enhance efficiency and impact

• Technical sourcing

• Executive coaching and mentoring

• High level of emotional intelligence

• Ability to develop direct reports, through a trust and inspire leadership approach 

• Ability to think outside of what’s been done before to identify ideal long term solutions to current and future problems 

• Ability to learn/flex and adapt to changing business needs, modeling the strength of adaptability and prioritization

• Strong innovator & strategic problem solver

• Responds positively to stressful situations, demonstrating initiative in conflict resolution

• Resilient, and quick to recover from setbacks

• Effective oral and written communication skills and ability to listen effectively.

• Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point.

• Keen awareness of tools and best practices to source talents, including AI

• Rippling experience preferred

Don’t meet every single requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Root, Inc., we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway!

Join us

At Root, we judge people based on the merit of their work, not who they are. If you are passionate about what this role entails and solving real problems, we encourage you to apply. We want to learn about you and what you can add to our team.

Who we are

We’re harnessing the power of technology to revolutionize insurance. Using machine learning and mobile telematic platforms, we’ve built one of the most innovative FinTech companies in the world. And we’re just getting started.

What draws people to Root

Our success is in large part due to our unwavering standards in hiring. We recognize that our products are only as good as the people building and promoting them. We want individuals who find solutions by going through the cycle of ideation to implementation with curiosity, rigor, and an analytical lens. Ask anyone who works here and you’ll hear similar reasons for why they joined:

Autonomy—for assertive self-starters, the opportunities to contribute are limitless.

Impact—by challenging the way it’s always been done, we solve problems that have a big impact on our business.

Collaboration—we encourage rich discussion and civil debate at every turn.

People—we are inspired by the collection of crazy-smart people around us.