Director, Talent Acquisition - Operations
About Rent the Runway:
At Rent the Runway, our mission is to make women feel empowered and self-confident every single day by combining best in class technology, logistics, and customer service. Since our launch in 2009, we’ve developed proprietary technology, a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation, stores of the future, a viral brand, relationships with hundreds of fashion designers - and we are passionate about continuing to innovate our customer experience. We have pioneered the closet in the cloud and believe that every person globally will soon have a subscription to fashion. We are proud to be both a profitable and fast-growing business, with a loyal 10 million members who believe that rental is the future.
About the Team:
The People team at RTR is responsible for just that, our people. We’re partners to the business and work to empower every team within our business to scale through the acquisition and development of our employees.
About The Job:
- Oversee full cycle recruiting for Operations functions supply chain, logistics, and continuous improvement including:
- Owning full req load (10-15 jobs at any given time)
- Partnering with leadership on recruitment strategy
- Developing a tactical plan to hire top talent for each function and role
- Creating a robust, always on recruiting strategy to build a constant talent pipeline
- Tracking success of hiring (including meeting hiring goals and improving retention), surfacing key metrics to leadership and iterating recruiting strategy as needed
- Managing a team of recruiters
- Become quickly immersed into the culture and business needs and various functions / teams as well RTR as a whole in order to effectively understand the candidate profile that will be the most successful at Rent the Runway
- Develop and maintain effective partnerships with key leaders in order to understand their department structure, key initiatives and projects, evaluate talent needs, and contribute ideas, solutions and tools for constantly evolving our recruiting practices
- Maintain a high level of industry awareness, understanding the startup, tech, and ecommerce, etc. landscape to keep tabs on emerging and transitioning businesses, industry news, competitive analysis, etc.
- Increase exposure to RTR business by taking on recruiting for operations
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree plus 8-12 years of relevant recruiting experience in fast paced, digitally driven startup environments, ecommerce, etc.
- Proven leadership capabilities, must be an excellent mentor and motivational manager
- A proven track record of hiring exceptionally talented people and creating lasting relationships with business partners
- Demonstrated success implementing innovative ways to attract and retain candidates - must be an out-of-the-box thinker and have creative ways of approaching problems
- Self-confident, self-motivated and highly-organized with a strong sense of personal accountability
- Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal, presentation, facilitation and negotiation skills
- Proficiency using ATS systems and sourcing tools
- Passionate about ensuring that each candidate who interviews at Rent the Runway has a unique and positive experience
Benefits:
At Rent the Runway, we’re committed to the happiness and well-being of our employees, and aim to create a workplace that fosters both personal and professional growth. Our benefits include, but are not limited to:
- Generous Paid Time Off including vacation, paid bereavement, and family sick leave - every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.
- Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents + flexible return to work program - because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention.
- Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service - Unplug, recharge, and have some fun!
- Comprehensive health, vision, dental, FSA and dependent care from day 1 of employment - Your health comes first and we’ve got you covered.
- Industry leading 401k match - an investment in your future.
- Many other amazing perks!