Talent Acquisition Partner

DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) simplifies cloud computing so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. With our mission-critical infrastructure and fully managed offerings, DigitalOcean enables startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to rapidly deploy and scale modern applications. As a remote-first organization, our employees, like our customers, are based around the world.

We want people who are passionate about creating a world class candidate experience and matching the business’ needs with the skills and expertise of talented professionals. 

Our footprint is growing globally, and to support our continued expansion we are looking for a customer-focused Technical Recruiter/Talent Acquisition Partner experienced in owning and managing the end to end hiring process between candidates and hiring managers. 

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Partnership:

  • Partner with hiring managers, PBPs, and other key stakeholders to deliver a best in class experience of identifying, attracting, negotiating and closing high quality candidates to fulfill the business’ recruiting goals.

  • Partner with our Diversity Talent Programs Manager to align on strategic events focused to ensure all organizational recruiting goals are met.

  • Achieve TA objectives by managing end to end process from recruiting and evaluating candidates on a consistent set of qualifications to advising managers on hiring as well as managing all candidate pre-hire requirements. 

  • Work with the hiring manager to finalize job description and qualifications.

  • Manage end to end process from kickoff to closing and offer distribution.

  • Build and maintain proactive partnerships with all internal and external client groups in order to understand the business needs, staffing needs and issues, as well as offer solutions through creative and effective sourcing resources and tools.

  • Participate in regular strategy meetings with hiring managers and PBPs by providing a consultative approach.

• Talent Branding and Community Building: 

  • Serve as our TA brand champion leveraging our values to cultivate hiring managers and interviewers to represent  in a meaningful way.

  • Develop and maintain a network and pipeline of talent in a high quality / high volume / high demand environment. Ability to manage an average of 15-20 open requisitions simultaneously is preferred.

  • Work to build a diverse pipeline, through networking, building relationships with diversity organizations in tech, educating hiring managers on unconscious bias, and amplifying our training and process that encourages successful D&I outcomes.

  • Improve organization attractiveness by recommending new policies and practices; monitoring job offers and compensation practices; and emphasizing benefits and perks.

• Data and Analytics: 

  • Maintain and analyze recruitment metrics to identify areas of improvement and provide data-driven recommendations to hiring team members and key stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes

  • Meet hiring goals by filling open positions with talented and qualified candidates 

  • Gather competitive intelligence, industry trends, and labor market conditions and create search strategies based on findings.

• Understanding current (local) legislation in global markets that we are recruiting in and enforcing regulations with managers to avoid legal concerns. 

• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, keeping up with recruiting trends, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.

What You'll Add to DigitalOcean:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, relentless follow up, resourcefulness and very strong communication skills. Able to successfully manage hiring managers expectations on hiring.  

• Proven and successful track record of sourcing and community building through various channels, such as Github, Stackoverflow, LinkedIn, local recruiting resources, and assessing qualified candidates from any other applicable resources.

• Strong relationship builder with hiring managers and all recruiting partners. 

• Has basic understanding of equity, company benefits and perks, in order to answer candidates’ questions 

• Excellent negotiating and closing skills 

• Experience within startup and high growth companies. 

• Understands and can sell company brand and organization and recommend unique and creative ways to overcome recruiting challenges 

• Familiarity with relevant immigration law as related to recruiting 

• Professionalism, organization, and project management skills

Education, Experience, and Systems

• 5 to 7 years technical recruiting experience in full life-cycle environment, including management of multiple high-volume, high business impact roles simultaneously

• Experience communicating with senior leaders (up to VP level) in a mid size and growing organization

• Experience recruiting top-talent in the cloud, infrastructure, enterprise software and/or technical services stacks. 

• High Competency in recruiting software tools/sources, such as, Greenhouse, SmartRecruiters or other ATS systems, Google Suite, and LinkedIn

 Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean:

• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on relevant years of experience and skills. Employees may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees including grants of equity upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

• We value development. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that is always challenging our teams and employees to continuously grow. We maintain a growth mindset in everything we do and invest deeply in employee development through formalized mentorship and other internal programs. We provide all employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education.

• We care about your well-being. In addition to cash and equity compensation, we also offer employees a competitive array of benefits. In the United States, these include health insurance, unlimited vacation, retirement benefits, a generous parental leave program, and additional resources to support employees' overall well-being. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary in other countries due to local regulations and preferences.

• We value diversity and inclusivity. We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

*This is a remote role