Senior Director, Talent

Location: Remote, USA. Other listed location: California.

Salary: $183,000–$220,000 USD annually; range listed for NYC, California, and Washington and may vary by geographic differential.

Company

hirify.global is a streaming platform offering classes, certificate programs, cohort-based programs, live events, and podcasts featuring high-profile instructors.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a four-person team across talent acquisition and talent relations, assigning coverage across classes, certificates, cohorts, podcasts, and events.
• Personally book instructors for cohort-based programs, podcasts, live programming, classes, and certificates; negotiate and close agreements with talent, agents, managers, and enterprise partners.
• Oversee instructor relationships from initial contact through launch and re-engagement, including marketing, social, editorial approvals, and escalations involving representation.
• Oversee instructor-facing events and partner with Go-to-Market on enterprise and brand-partner relationships requiring white-glove handling.
• Build a centralized talent-request intake, document negotiating posture and deal terms, consolidate approval workflows, and report on slate coverage, booking pipeline, and instructor costs.
• Represent talent priorities and capacity limits to company leadership while partnering with Creative, Production, Marketing, Go-to-Market, Creative, Insights, and Business Affairs.

Requirements

• 12+ years of professional experience in talent booking, talent relations, or representation at an agency, streamer, network, production company, or speakers bureau, including at least 4 years in a similar leadership role.
• Demonstrated success closing high-profile talent and negotiating directly with their representation.
• Experience leading a team, or a strong player-coach track record combining leadership with carrying deals.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities, self-direct, and consistently meet deadlines with minimal oversight.
• Fluency in deal structures, fee benchmarking, and contract terms in partnership with Business Affairs.
• Experience with enterprise or brand partners that expect white-glove handling.
• Extensive experience engaging with and influencing high-profile individuals and their representation.
• Ability to present ideas in digestible formats, adapt to changing priorities and deadlines, and lead meetings with senior management, agencies, and enterprise partners.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity compensation in addition to salary.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Remote work based on a location strategy with geographic salary differentials.
• Use of new tools and technologies, including AI, to reduce manual coordination.