Senior Manager, Talent Lead

Stord is The Consumer Experience Company, powering seamless checkout through delivery for today's leading brands. Stord is rapidly growing and is on track to double our revenue in the next 18 months. To meet and exceed this target, Stord is strategically scaling teams across the entire company, and seeking energetic experts to help us achieve our mission.

By combining comprehensive commerce-enablement technology with high-volume fulfillment services, Stord provides brands a platform to compete with retail giants. Stord manages over $10 billion of commerce annually through its fulfillment, warehousing, transportation, and operator-built software suite including OMS, Pre- and Post-Purchase, and WMS platforms. Stord is leveling the playing field for all brands to deliver the best consumer experience at scale.

With Stord, brands can increase cart conversion, improve unit economics, and drive sustained customer loyalty. Stord’s end-to-end commerce solutions combine best-in-class omnichannel fulfillment and shipping with leading technology to ensure fast shipping, reliable delivery promises, easy access to more channels, and improved margins on every order.

Hundreds of leading DTC and B2B companies like AG1, True Classic, Native, Seed Health, quip, goodr, Sundays for Dogs, and more trust Stord to deliver industry-leading consumer experiences on every order. Stord is headquartered in Atlanta with facilities across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Stord is backed by top-tier investors including Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton, Founders Fund, Strike Capital, Baillie Gifford, and Salesforce Ventures.

About the Role:
The Senior Manager, Recruiting Lead is a new strategic leadership role designed to help us fuel our next phase of hyper-growth. Reporting to the VP, People, you will be a hands-on, player-coach responsible for both leading a team of recruiters to achieve ambitious hiring goals and personally driving our most critical searches. You will serve as a trusted advisor to the leadership team on all matters related to talent strategy. This role is pivotal in supercharging Stord’s growth and ensuring our talent acquisition strategy is a key competitive advantage, directly impacting our ability to scale effectively and achieve our ambitious goals over the next three years.

What You'll Do:

• Executive Recruiting: Personally own and drive the full-cycle recruiting process for our most critical leadership searches in key strategic areas like Product & Engineering, Data, Network Innovation, Sales, Marketing, and M&A. 

• Team Leadership: Act as a player-coach for a team of four recruiters, providing mentorship and guidance to ensure the team continues to beat ambitious hiring targets and performance metrics as we scale.

• Talent Strategy: Guide and evolve our talent acquisition strategy to support 100% YoY growth, building the scalable processes and capabilities required to lead the company towards a future public offering. 

• Strategic Advising: Serve as a strong talent advisor to the leadership team, providing market intelligence and strategic guidance on attracting and securing key talent for pivotal, high-impact roles. Advise on recruiting tool usage and strategy for accurate reporting and visibility into key hiring metrics.

• Partner Relationship Management: Oversee key relationships with offshore partners as part of global talent strategy. 

What You'll Bring:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Talent Acquisition, with demonstrated success in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment.

• Significant experience in full-cycle executive recruiting for senior leadership roles.

• Proven success as a "player-coach," with experience mentoring or leading other recruiters to achieve outstanding results.

• A track record of building and executing talent strategies that have successfully supported rapid company growth.

• Exceptional ability to partner with and advise senior leadership on critical hiring decisions.

Bonus Points:

• Experience recruiting in logistics, supply chain, or enterprise software is a huge plus.

• Direct experience scaling a talent acquisition function through a significant scaling phase, IPO, or major funding round is strongly preferred.

• A "builder" mentality with a passion for building the future without a playbook and thriving in a dynamic, rapidly changing organization.

• A growth mentality and a passion for working on a winning team through strong partnerships with leaders.

• Strong working knowledge of Workday Recruiting. 

• Executive Recruiting: Personally own and drive the full-cycle recruiting process for our most critical leadership searches in key strategic areas like Product & Engineering, Data, Network Innovation, Sales, Marketing, and M&A. 

• Team Leadership: Act as a player-coach for a team of four recruiters, providing mentorship and guidance to ensure the team continues to beat ambitious hiring targets and performance metrics as we scale.

• Talent Strategy: Guide and evolve our talent acquisition strategy to support 100% YoY growth, building the scalable processes and capabilities required to lead the company towards a future public offering. 

• Strategic Advising: Serve as a strong talent advisor to the leadership team, providing market intelligence and strategic guidance on attracting and securing key talent for pivotal, high-impact roles. Advise on recruiting tool usage and strategy for accurate reporting and visibility into key hiring metrics.

• Partner Relationship Management: Oversee key relationships with offshore partners as part of global talent strategy.