What are the responsibilities and job description for the Recruiting Manager position at Blackbird?
About Blackbird
Blackbird Labs is a loyalty and payments platform establishing meaningful connections between the world's best restaurants and their customers.
Served up in 2022 by Ben Leventhal, co-founder of Eater and Resy, Blackbird offers a fully customizable loyalty programming platform for restaurants and a consumer app designed to make every guest feel like a bonafide VIP no matter where they dine. Backed by Union Square Ventures, a16z, Amex Ventures, Variant Fund, and other forward-thinking investors, Blackbird is out to revolutionize the restaurant industry.
About Our Team
At Blackbird, our values guide everything we do and our talent principles define the key traits we seek in our employees.
We have passion for our product - committed to our mission and instinctively think like and go the extra mile for our customers. We are elite performers - striving for excellence, going above and beyond to achieve exceptional results, and learning quickly with horsepower, drive, and grit. We make others better - taking initiative to elevate others, giving and receiving feedback, and championing a culture of growth. We hold one another accountable to living out our talent principles as we march together to achieving our mission.
We are an in-office culture that values the power of in-person connection and collaboration. Just as Blackbird fosters magical in-restaurant experiences, we believe being together ignites creativity, accelerates problem-solving, and strengthens the team spirit essential to driving our mission forward.
About the Job
Blackbird is looking for a Recruiting Manager to be our first in-house recruiting hire. This individual will lead all aspects of recruiting while establishing scalable foundations for Blackbird's talent acquisition strategy. You will recruit for eng, sales, marketing, and other critical roles as we scale, and play a key role in shaping how we attract and hire top talent. This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports at this time, but the opportunity to grow into leading the recruiting function as we scale.
The ideal candidate has demonstrated experience building out recruiting processes in early-stage startups, excels in hiring across both tech and go-to-market functions, and thrives in a lean, fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead full-cycle recruiting for sales, PDE (Product, Design, Engineering), and other critical roles
- Develop and implement a scalable hiring strategy that reflects Blackbird's mission and values
- Partner with hiring managers to create compelling job descriptions, define interview plans, and execute effective hiring processes
- Source high-quality candidates through creative and efficient strategies
- Build the foundations of Blackbird's recruiting muscle, including processes, tools, metrics, and best practices
- Optimize and, if necessary, replace current agency / vendor relationships to improve quality and efficiency
- Set the standard for an exceptional candidate experience and foster a high-performance hiring culture
Requirements
Nice to Haves
Pay Transparency Notice & Benefits
Depending on your work location and experience the target annual salary for this position can range from : $175,000 - $200,000 USD. This range does not include the equity component of the overall compensation package. Disclosure in accordance with New York City's Pay Transparency Law.
Full time offers from Blackbird may also include stock options, benefits (including medical, dental, vision, flexible time off, 401(k)), and some not-so-standard, extra-fun perks - subject to applicable taxes and based on eligibility.
Commitment to Equal Opportunity
Blackbird Labs is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Blackbird will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable. For US applicants, you may view the Know Your Rights notice here. Additionally, Blackbird participates in the E-Verify program.
Join us and find out what the best work of your career could look like here at Blackbird.
Salary : $175,000 - $200,000