About the Role
Interplay is seeking a leader to own the talent function, encompassing recruiting, HR, personal development, office environment, and culture events. The role involves developing world-class teams and leveraging AI systems to streamline operations. The ideal candidate thinks like a salesperson and operates like an exceptional sales operator, handling tasks from interviewing CEO candidates to restocking the fridge.
Responsibilities
- Define talent and operational strategies and systems.
- Lead relevant section of team meetings.
- Oversee & customize relevant AI applications.
- Conduct proactive outbound outreach through email, phone, LinkedIn, networking, referrals, and other channels.
- Manage full cycle recruiting process including sourcing candidates, reviewing resumes, conducting recruiter calls, assisting in scheduling interviews, compiling feedback, and managing candidate communications.
- Track activity, pipeline health, conversion rates, meetings, opportunities, and outcomes.
- Develop direct relationships with existing team members, providing them with operational and morale leadership.
- Compile and help deliver feedback to team members.
- Design and execute a seamless onboarding and offboarding experience.
- Maintain and update employee records, contracts, and documentation within the HRIS.
- Own company compliance with local, state, and federal labor laws and manage workplace safety guidelines.
- Maintain and regularly update the Employee Handbook.
- Formalize the performance management process, driving the schedule for reviews, goal-setting, and career development tracking.
- Act as the primary point of contact for employee relations, resolving interpersonal conflicts or performance issues.
- Support managing benefits administration, including open enrollment, healthcare plans, retirement options, and wellness perks.
- Own the daily office rhythm: supplies, mail/packages, guest experience, meeting room readiness, and general office organization.
- Coordinate vendors and service providers.
- Manage office inventory and purchasing.
- Develop and maintain office guidelines.
- Manage and coordinate all events, including internal, external, and office-hosted events.
- Event management tasks include coordination, catering, scheduling, RSVPs, and day-of execution.
Requirements
- 5+ years of recruiting and/or sales experience.
- Experience working at a recruiting/search agency, staffing firm, sales organization, or other high-performance, relationship-driven business is strongly preferred.
- Proven track record of building and managing a pipeline and consistently generating new opportunities.
- Have relevant work experience, preferable from other tech companies.
- Ability to work well in an unstructured environment by creating systems.
- Experience managing timelines and are able to organize information into plans.
- Tech-savvy and comfortable working with various software and tools related to marketing, event planning, content creation, and data management.
Skills
- AI systems
- Sales
- Sales operations
- Recruiting
- HR
- Talent management
- Office management
- Event management
- Interpersonal skills
- Problem-solving
- Organization
- Communication
Location
- New York, NY, USA
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Salary/Compensations
- 125k
Benefits
- Healthcare plans
- Retirement options (401k)
- Wellness perks
About the Company
- Interplay is a New York City-based innovation ecosystem building high-growth companies.
- We start, advise and invest in exceptional companies in AI/software, services and manufacturing verticals in the United States.
- We also operate a multi-family office, investing across diverse asset classes.
Equal Opportunity
- Company compliance with local, state, and federal labor laws (e.g., EEO, FLSA, FMLA)
