Talent Acquisition Manager

Factory 54 is looking for a hands-on recruitment leader to lead our HQ recruitment function and join our HR team.

In this role, you will lead a team of 3 Recruitment Coordinators while personally managing recruitment for complex, professional, managerial, and senior-level positions across the organization.

You will work closely with hiring managers and senior leaders, lead Sourcing and Direct Search strategies, build and improve recruitment processes, and use data, technology, and AI to continuously elevate the way we attract and hire talent.

We are looking for someone who combines strong recruitment expertise with leadership, business understanding, and a genuine ability to build things - someone who can connect people, business, and processes, and make an impact from day one.

Key Responsibilities

• Professionally and personally manage a team of 3 Recruitment Coordinators, including workload allocation, prioritization, coaching, development, and performance management.
• Own the end-to-end recruitment process for HQ positions, from job opening through offer acceptance and onboarding.
• Personally manage recruitment processes for professional, managerial, and senior-level positions.
• Partner closely with hiring managers and senior leaders to understand business needs, define role profiles, develop search strategies, and provide professional guidance throughout the hiring process.
• Lead Sourcing and Direct Search activities, including proactive candidate outreach and talent market mapping.
• Build consistent recruitment standards and methodologies across the organization, including interviewing, assessment, candidate experience, hiring manager collaboration, and decision-making processes.
• Continuously improve the Candidate Experience and the interfaces between HR and hiring managers.
• Build and manage recruitment metrics and KPIs, including Time to Hire, sourcing channels, quality of hire, conversion rates, requisition workload, and bottleneck analysis.
• Generate insights from recruitment data and present key findings, trends, and recommendations to HR leadership.
• Work with ATS and Recruitment Technology tools, optimizing workflows and recruitment processes.
• Evaluate and implement AI and automation tools across candidate sourcing, screening, candidate communication, content creation, and data analysis.
• Build and maintain sourcing channels, talent pools, Talent Communities, and professional networks.
• Manage relationships with recruitment agencies, external recruitment providers, and professional platforms, including evaluating effectiveness and costs.
• Partner on Employer Branding initiatives, connecting the employer brand, candidate experience, and the organization's recruitment needs.
• Identify future talent trends and business needs, and proactively address challenges in the talent market.

Requirements

• Significant in-house recruitment experience within a medium-sized or large organization - required.
• Proven experience recruiting for a broad range of positions, including HQ, professional, managerial, and senior-level roles.
• Proven experience in direct and professional management of a recruitment team - a significant advantage.
• Proven ability to independently manage end-to-end recruitment processes in a hands-on capacity.
• Significant experience in Sourcing and Direct Search.
• Strong ability to work with senior leaders and build trusted advisor relationships.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to translate business needs into accurate recruitment profiles.
• Experience working with ATS and recruitment systems.
• Strong data-driven mindset, with the ability to measure and analyze recruitment performance.
• Familiarity and experience with AI tools in recruitment - a significant advantage.
• Ability to build and improve processes, rather than simply operate within existing ones.
• High-level Hebrew and English.

Who Will Thrive in This Role?

We are looking for someone who is first and foremost an excellent Recruiter - with strong people instincts, the ability to identify talent, and the ability to manage recruitment processes with precision and pace.

At the same time, we are looking for a leader who knows how to lead a team, set a high professional standard, and become a true partner to managers across the organization.

Someone with energy, independence, and the ability to get things moving - who doesn't wait for a process to be perfect, but knows how to build, improve, and create solutions along the way.

We are looking for a combination of strong business acumen, high emotional intelligence, a service-oriented yet assertive approach, influencing skills, attention to detail, and a broad organizational perspective.

A significant advantage will be given to candidates coming from a dynamic, fast-paced, highly collaborative environment - Retail, Consumer, E-commerce, Tech, Fashion, or a growing organization undergoing change and transformation.