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Talent Acquisition Partner (Contract)

Tailscale· People & Talent
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Remote$67/hr - $81/hrcontractPosted 1mo ago

About the role

Contract Talent Acquisition Partner role (initial 6 months, potential to extend/convert to full-time) supporting Engineering, Product & Design, Go-to-Market & G&A, or cross-functional portfolios. Remote (United States).

Responsibilities

  • Lead Full-Cycle Recruiting: Own complex searches from intake through offer across EPD, GTM, G&A, or a combination of functions based on assigned business needs.
  • Partner with hiring managers to define candidate profiles, develop recruiting strategies, and establish effective interview processes.
  • Manage multiple searches while maintaining a high bar for quality, speed, and candidate experience.
  • Lead candidate assessment, offer strategy, negotiation, and closing in partnership with hiring teams.
  • Develop Talent & Sourcing Strategies: Build recruiting and sourcing strategies based on business priorities, role requirements, talent availability, and market conditions.
  • Partner with Sourcers on targeted searches and talent mapping while sourcing directly as needed and maintaining accountability for pipeline health.
  • Use recruiting data, candidate feedback, and market intelligence to evaluate search performance and adjust strategies.
  • Identify alternative talent pools, companies, locations, or profiles when searches require a different approach.
  • Advise & Influence Hiring Teams: Build trusted relationships with hiring managers and business leaders and serve as a consultative recruiting partner.
  • Provide actionable insights on talent markets, candidate expectations, hiring timelines, and potential tradeoffs.
  • Constructively challenge assumptions and create accountability around interview quality, timely feedback, decision-making, and candidate experience.
  • Proactively identify hiring risks and partner with TA leadership when broader support or escalation is needed.
  • Recruit Across Your Area of Focus: Engineering, Product & Design; GTM & G&A; Cross-Functional / All Orgs as priorities evolve.
  • Partner Across Talent Acquisition: Collaborate with Sourcers, Coordinators, TA Operations, fellow TA Partners, and TA leadership; share market insights and best practices.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally within high-growth SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, developer tools, cybersecurity, or other technology environments.
  • Demonstrated success recruiting within EPD, GTM/G&A, or across multiple functions and levels.
  • Strong full-cycle recruiting skills across intake, sourcing, candidate assessment, stakeholder management, offer negotiation, and closing.
  • Experience developing recruiting and sourcing strategies for complex or highly competitive searches.
  • Ability to quickly understand unfamiliar technical or business roles and translate hiring needs into effective recruiting strategies.
  • Proven ability to partner with hiring managers and business leaders as a trusted advisor, using strong judgment to influence decisions, challenge assumptions, and maintain accountability.
  • Comfort using recruiting data and market intelligence to diagnose challenges and improve hiring outcomes.
  • Excellent communication, organization, and prioritization skills with the ability to independently manage multiple searches in a fast-moving, distributed environment.

Skills

Required:Full-cycle recruitingStakeholder managementSourcing strategyData-driven recruiting

Benefits

  • Remote-first environment with flexible work options
  • Competitive total compensation including base salary, equity incentive plan and variable commission (for quota-based roles)
  • Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period (health, vision, dental, etc.) for you and family
  • Employer-funded retirement contributions with 0.75% max employer match
  • Annual company retreat and in-person/virtual team events
  • Professional development support of up to $1500 USD annually
  • Flexible paid time off and work-life integration
  • Build-your-own home office setup including company laptop choice, home internet reimbursement, and $500 workstation allowance
  • Paid parental leave top-ups (20 weeks birthing parents, 16 weeks non-birthing)
Last updated Sep 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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