About SV Academy
We work every day to significantly and directly impact people’s lives. We care deeply about diversity and are actively changing the tech landscape to one of inclusion and access.
Named 2020's #2 Most Innovative Education Program by Fast Company, SV Academy is opening doors to careers in tech for the under-represented that don’t have a pathway in today. Through its rigorous online employment programs that focus on non-coding upskilling, SV Academy offers jobseekers from diverse communities access to careers in fields such as sales and customer success at more than 400+ partner SaaS companies across the US. The community provides deep skill-building, mentorship, job placement assistance, and post-hire support, such as alumni networking events and coaching. With 60% of its graduates promoted in the first year and employer partners clamoring for more graduates, SV Academy is proof that strong ideals don’t need to come at the cost of a strong business model. The company is well poised to be the next darling of the ultra-hot Ed Tech space and is backed by leading venture capitalists including Owl Ventures, Uprising, Bloomberg Beta, Kapor Capital, ReThink Education, as well as Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures.
Position Overview
SV Academy is seeking an experienced Head of Talent Acquisition to expedite growing our team from 60 to over 100 this year with diverse student facing, senior contributor and executive roles and own the scaling of our terrific culture and people process.
With a high-degree of ownership and responsibility, you will work across leadership, sharing your opinions and ideas on how we can best serve our people, educators, and students as you drive Talent strategy across our HQ and Educator team.
In the first 3-6 months, you will…
- Onboard successfully to the team, product and gain a strong understanding of people, products, and their areas of opportunity and growth.
- Scale increasing parts of the employee journey from recruiting through promotions and exits.
- Refine and start driving the hiring plan for 2022 and 2023.
- Build the people operations roadmap for 2022 and 2023.
In the first year, you will…
- Source, qualify and present new hire candidates for diverse Executive and Senior Leadership positions.
- Build systems for your Recruiter and contract Recruiters to drive hiring velocity across senior contributor and operational roles.
- Work to scale our team to support students past our next 10 programs.
You will thrive in this role if you…
- See yourself as both highly driven and and highly empathetic.
- Have meaningful industry experience in the education or bootcamp market.
- Improved an already thriving culture once before.
- Have a solid understanding of modern People Operations and HR best practices and principles for DEIB.
- Flourish when owning projects and systems in a high-growth, less structured environment.
- Are excited to mentor and help team members identify areas of growth.
- Take a thoughtful approach to decision making and evaluating trade-offs, knowing when to move fast and when to do things thoroughly.
- Have strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Are excited by our mission and core values (https://conscious.is/15-commitments).
- Successfully built sourcing, screening & hiring engines before, ideally at a high growth startup or a winner.
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- Unlimited paid-time-off
- Flexible, remote-first company
- Health, dental and vision insurance coverage
- 401(k) plan offerings
If you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying as we will consider applicants who meet over 50% of our requirements.