We are Sila, a next-generation battery materials company. Our mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy. To create this future, our team is building a better lithium-ion battery from the inside out today. We engineer and manufacture ground-breaking battery materials that significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight. The result? Smaller more powerful batteries that can unlock innovation in consumer devices and accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels. We're tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time every day, and together we're redefining what's possible. Are you ready to be a part of a team committed to changing the world?
Who You Are
The Sr Talent Acquisition Partner is responsible for all aspects of the recruitment process aligned with business objectives, organizational values, and hiring outcomes. The Sr Talent Acquisition Partner will align with hiring objectives to drive results by owning the end-to-end recruitment process from job requisition to onboarding, ensuring compliance and efficiency at every stage. The Sr Talent Acquisition Partner works closely with the People & Culture team and other senior leaders to create effective strategies to meet those needs through effective sourcing, structured interviewing, process efficiencies, and leadership advising to secure top talent.
Responsibilities
Trusted Advisor: Bring deep talent market intelligence to hiring managers and executive leadership, instill structured hiring practices, and cutting-edge sourcing techniques to attract, assess, and hire top-tier talent. Engineering recruiting preferred.
Continuous Improvement: Assist in designing recruiting policies, processes, service delivery, and governance to ensure a consistent, compliant, and candidate-centered hiring experience.
End-to-End Talent Delivery: Full-lifecycle recruitment across high-impact business verticals, consistently delivering high-quality talent against aggressive hiring targets. Experience in Engineering recruiting preferred.
Strategic Business Partnership: Partner closely with hiring managers to understand team objectives, define headcount needs, draft compelling job descriptions, and establish calibrated candidate scorecards.
Executive Market Intelligence: Advise business leaders on talent market trends, compensation insights, workforce risks, and competitive intelligence to influence current and future hiring decisions.
Process Scaling & Governance: Help design and optimize talent acquisition policies, service level agreements (SLAs), and governance to ensure a candidate-centered, compliant, and frictionless hiring experience.
Continuous Improvement: Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on recruiting speed, candidate experience, process simplification, and overall operational efficiency.
Proactive Sourcing: Design targeted multi-channel sourcing strategies and talent pipelines to engage passive candidates, strengthening Sila’s market presence and attracting diverse talent pools.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions
The work environment and physical demands are representative of those the employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Requirements
Rarely: Carrying, Climbing, Crouching, Heights (step stool), Kneeling, Pulling, Pushing, Narrow Spaces, Standing, Stooping, Walking.
Occasionally: Lifting, Pinching
Frequently: Gripping, Handling
Constantly: Grasping, Hearing, Reaching, Reading, Repetitive Motions, Sitting, Vision
Work Environment
Rarely: Wet climates, Hazards, Noise
The starting base pay for this role is between $130,000 and $164,000 at the time of posting. The actual base pay depends on many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. Base pay is only one part of Sila’s competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, and equity. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Work expectation is onsite in Alameda office 5 days per week.
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We believe that building a diverse team at Sila helps us amplify our individual talents. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment where good ideas are free to come from anyone. We are proud to celebrate diversity and all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, national origin, or any other status protected by law.
Skills Required
- Experience with full-lifecycle recruitment from requisition through onboarding
- Experience partnering with hiring managers and senior leaders on hiring strategies
- Experience with proactive, multi-channel sourcing and passive-candidate pipelines
- Experience with structured interviewing and candidate assessment practices
- Experience improving recruiting processes, governance, compliance, and candidate experience
- Engineering recruiting experience
What We Do
We are Sila—a next generation battery materials company dedicated to accelerating energy transformation for a more sustainable future. Our next-gen anode material is the first significant chemistry improvement to lithium-ion batteries to reach the market in 30 years. Our silicon anode material is a simple drop-in replacement to graphite and significantly boosts the energy density of lithium-ion batteries without compromising performance. Today, Sila science powers innovative consumer electronics. Tomorrow, it will fuel our EV future and the electrification of everything. We work directly with leading consumer electronics and automotive OEMs to help accelerate product roadmaps, and partners with battery manufacturers commercial cell production. Our partners include BMW, Daimler, and ATL. Sila Nano’s first products significantly increase the energy density of state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries. Our materials are manufacturable economically at scale and are drop-in replacements to existing battery manufacturing processes.
