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About the Role

Avathon is seeking a strategic, high-impact Director of Talent Acquisition to lead and scale global recruiting efforts, focusing on driving commercial growth across Sales, Marketing, and GTM functions. This leadership role requires a strategic talent acquisition professional capable of building scalable recruiting programs to fuel company growth, owning the global hiring strategy, managing executive vendor relationships, and directing offshore recruiting execution. The role involves bringing a network of specialized GTM agency partners to accelerate key commercial hires and providing leadership to the delivery team in India.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end talent acquisition strategy for commercial functions, including Enterprise Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Customer Success, and Revenue Operations globally.
Build scalable recruiting programs, processes, and hiring plans to ensure timely and effective talent delivery.
Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing global Talent Acquisition team.
Partner with executive leadership and hiring managers to forecast workforce needs and align hiring strategies with business objectives.
Own and optimize the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, assessment, offer management, and onboarding partnership.
Maximize the effectiveness of Avathon's ATS (Greenhouse) to improve recruiter productivity, hiring visibility, and reporting capabilities.
Design and execute employer branding initiatives to strengthen Avathon's reputation as an employer of choice.
Develop programs that encourage employees to serve as brand ambassadors and referral champions.
Build proactive talent pipelines to support current hiring needs and future workforce growth.
Develop strategic sourcing strategies to attract diverse, high-quality talent across all functions and levels.
Implement structured interviewing methodologies and interviewer training programs to improve hiring consistency and decision quality.
Establish and maintain a comprehensive candidate experience program, including feedback collection, survey analysis, and continuous process improvement.
Develop and manage university recruiting partnerships and internship programs to cultivate early-career talent.
Own and maintain Avathon's job description library, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and alignment with organizational needs.
Build recruitment analytics frameworks, dashboards, and KPI reporting to measure performance, identify bottlenecks, and drive continuous improvement.
Establish long-term relationships with high-potential candidates and talent communities to support future hiring initiatives.
Champion inclusive hiring practices and initiatives that expand access to diverse candidate pools and strengthen workforce representation.

Requirements

8+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including leadership of recruiting teams in high-growth technology organizations.
Proven track record in Sales & Marketing recruiting, with a deep understanding of commercial talent profiles (AEs, SDRs, Field Marketing, Demand Gen, Commercial Leadership).
Demonstrated experience managing or directing offshore recruiting teams (specifically in India) supporting a global hiring model.
Proven success developing and executing strategic recruiting initiatives at scale.
Experience hiring highly technical talent, including AI, machine learning, software engineering, data science, product, and technology leadership roles.
Strong understanding of workforce planning, employer branding, talent analytics, and recruiting operations.
Experience building and optimizing recruiting processes, systems, and interview frameworks.
Demonstrated ability to leverage recruiting metrics and market data to drive business outcomes.
Expertise with Applicant Tracking Systems, preferably Greenhouse.
Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
Highly organized with strong project management and execution capabilities.
Passion for building inclusive, high-performance cultures and identifying talent that aligns with company values.
Strategic thinker who can balance long-term vision with hands-on execution.
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future company sponsorship.

Skills

Sales recruiting
Marketing recruiting
GTM recruiting
Talent acquisition strategy
Recruiting program development
Executive vendor management
Offshore recruiting management
Agency relationship management
Recruitment lifecycle optimization
ATS management (Greenhouse)
Employer branding
Talent pipeline development
Strategic sourcing
Interviewing methodologies
Candidate experience management
University recruiting
Internship program management
Job description management
Recruitment analytics
KPI reporting
Inclusive hiring practices
Workforce planning
Talent analytics
Recruiting operations
Project management

Location

Bay Area
Austin, Texas area

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Director
8+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience
Leadership experience

Salary/Compensations

$150,000 to $185,000 annually

Benefits

Stock Option Grants
Generous Time Off Programs
Medical Coverage
Parental Leave Plans
Employer-Sponsored Lifestyle Spending Account
401k with Employer Match
Monthly Technology Allowance

About the Company

Avathon is the leading Industrial AI autonomy platform, helping customers across heavy industries -- energy, mining, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, and logistics -- accelerate the journey toward autonomous operations.
Our platform is built on a Computational Knowledge Graph foundation that contextualizes and connects operational data across siloed systems, bringing together time series, structured, unstructured, and machine vision data to power AI-driven applications in asset performance management, supply chain intelligence, visual AI, and global trade management.
With capabilities spanning digital twins, normal behavior modeling, natural language processing, and computer vision, Avathon delivers real-time predictive intelligence and agentic decision-making at industrial scale.
Cutting-Edge AI Innovation -- Join a team at the forefront of AI, developing groundbreaking solutions that shape the future.
High-Growth Environment -- Thrive in a fast-scaling startup where agility, collaboration, and rapid professional growth are the norm.
Meaningful Impact -- Work on AI-driven projects that drive real change across industries and improve lives.

Equal Opportunity

Avathon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Avathon is committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us to discuss how we can assist you.