Discord is hiring a Vice President of Talent Acquisition. Reporting to our Chief People Officer, you will lead the recruiting function with an emphasis on analytics that helps us find and empower diverse talent, employment branding and how we're positioning ourselves globally in a post-pandemic world, talent intelligence (and the mapping of our strategy to Discord's needs for each market), and an extraordinary candidate experience.

What you'll be doing

Lead a motivated recruiting team. Hire and lead a team of leaders and individual contributors across full-cycle recruiting, and recruiting operations and programs
Drive diversity programs for the company and build hiring goals. Build quarterly hiring goals with a focus on acquiring top diverse talent to meet our hiring needs
Operationalize talent planning. Guide talent resource planning and forecasting. Use data to develop both short-term and long-term recruiting plans. Perform recruiting capacity planning and balance hiring resources (in-house, agency) to ensure the right resource allocation to support the global business
Globalize our function. Scale our programs to support international growth, initially in Europe, but quickly to other regions as well
Iterate our programs. Manage the development of recruiting programs including: interview guides, interviewer training, candidate assessment/calibration, referrals, internships and outreach recruiting. Develop programs that are creative, transformative, and support the long-term goals and vision of the company. Develop diversity and inclusion recruitment strategies and embed them into programs
Improve efficiency at scale. Develop processes, and systems needed to grow and support recruiting at Discord to support our current hypergrowth, while balancing that with building a talent strategy
Tell the Discord story. Partner with Marketing to focus on our employer brand and ensure that web presence, events, social and employer and job-related content reflect Discord's culture and values

What you should have

10+ years of experience in talent acquisition with experience in private and public companies
Minimum 5+ years of people management experience; demonstrated ability to coach and develop talent
Experience scaling a recruiting function during a period of very aggressive growth
Experience leading employment branding strategies with partnership (eg. with Comms) and creative solutions to stand out amongst competition and lower awareness markets
Experience using metrics and analytics to lead an anticipatory hiring model (eg. forecasting net and backfill hiring needs to ensure our team is resourced for the hiring needs)
Experience with leading the TA strategy in high-growth geographically distributed tech organizations
Expertise in adopting evidenced-based solutions that result in greater diversity and inclusion in hiring efforts (and, contrarily, resolving practices that inhibit D&I in those efforts). Adept at directly challenging leaders on their role here and how to improve
An understanding of the highly competitive and evolving (eg. remote work) talent markets
Willingness to roll up sleeves, embracing a dynamic and high-growth environment
An unyielding passion to provide the ultimate candidate experience
Experience designing and communicating clear processes, and a detail-oriented yet flexible approach to problem-solving
Strong point of view on how diversity and inclusion contribute to a company's success, experience leading teams to achieve diversity recruiting goals, and experience working with all partners

Bonus Points

A passion for building community and an understanding of Discord’s mission and values
Strong feelings that Cinnamon Toast Crunch is objectively the best cereal

Benefits and Perks

Medical insurance including Health, Dental, Vision
18 paid holidays
Unlimited sick days
Parental Leave and fertility benefits
Supported-employee clubs and Employee Resource Groups
Commuter Contributions of $270 a month (pretax)
Daily lunches and unlimited snacks
Monthly gym and fitness stipend

About Us

Friends, coworkers, gamers, nerds, moms, dads, engineers, designers, marketers, support. Originally, we created Discord to help people come together around games. It's been amazing to watch it grow into what it is today - a place where millions of diverse communities exist and people connect with old friends and new. Diversity and inclusiveness are a critical part of how we get to what's next. We believe that with diversity comes a better product, better decisions, and a better work environment. As we continue to grow, our values keep us dedicated to building a company that is representative of the world we live and play in.

Discord is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting an inclusive work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We value diversity, inclusion, and aim to provide a sense of belonging for everyone.