Director of Talent Acquisition (AI)

Location: Hybrid in Toronto or New York

Company

hirify.global provides AI-powered leadership coaching and personalized learning and development solutions for large enterprises, using machine learning and natural language processing.

What you will do

• Own the talent acquisition strategy, annual hiring plan, headcount priorities, sequencing, and tradeoffs with the executive team.
• Lead, coach, and grow the recruiting team while setting standards for search quality, speed, and candidate experience.
• Run senior, leadership, and hard-to-fill searches across GTM and technical teams.
• Design interview frameworks, train interviewers, and run calibration to maintain consistent hiring decisions.
• Own recruiting operations, Ashby, process design, reporting, funnel health, hiring velocity, source quality, and team SLAs.
• Partner with leadership on compensation benchmarking, leveling, offer strategy, employer brand, talent marketing, market intelligence, and AI-enabled recruiting workflows.

Requirements

• 10+ years of in-house recruiting experience in high-growth B2B SaaS or AI companies, covering both GTM and technical hiring.
• 3+ years leading recruiters or a recruiting function, including hiring and developing the team.
• Experience building or substantially rebuilding a recruiting function at a scaling company.
• Recent hands-on experience running searches and closing senior hires in competitive markets.
• A clear approach to assessing talent, structuring interview processes, and maintaining a high hiring bar.
• Experience influencing executives on headcount, org design, and hiring decisions, including pushing back when needed.
• Strong data fluency and experience managing recruiting through metrics and outcome accountability.
• Strong AI fluency and a focus on integrating AI into recruiting workflows.
• Deep Ashby experience or comparable ATS experience, including ownership of system design and data quality.

Nice to have

• Experience as a founding or first talent acquisition leader at an early-stage company.
• Experience recruiting consulting or professional services professionals into technology, or recruiting in New York City's AI and technology market.
• Experience owning employer brand or talent marketing programs.
• Experience designing compensation and leveling frameworks.
• Experience hiring internationally across the US, Canada, and UK.

Culture & Benefits

• Ownership of company-defining projects with direct exposure to the executive team, strategy, and decision-making.
• Work with cutting-edge AI models and enterprise AI implementations across Fortune 500 companies and multiple industries.
• Competitive base salary and bonuses, meaningful equity, and potential top-up grants tied to performance and company growth.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage from day one, generous PTO, company-wide R&R shutdowns, paid parental leave, and retirement plan support for US and global employees.
• High-intensity, growth-oriented culture focused on solving difficult problems and delivering strong results.

Hiring process

• Offers are contingent on successful identity, LinkedIn profile, employment history, and reference checks.
• Misrepresentation during the hiring process may result in withdrawal of an offer or termination of employment.