Hiring Partner (Contract | 6 Months | Remote)

SimSpace serves as an AI Proving Ground where organizations can confidently train, test, and outmaneuver adversaries in any environment. Trusted by allied governments, militaries, enterprises, and research institutions worldwide, SimSpace enables adaptive, AI-ready defenses that stay ahead of evolving threats. Founded in 2015 by experts from U.S. Cyber Command and MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the platform unifies training, testing, and validation in a realistic, live-fire simulation—helping teams evaluate security investments, optimize performance, and compress cyber readiness cycles from months to days.

About the role

As a Hiring Partner, you’ll support full lifecycle recruiting across a variety of technical and nontechnical functions, including R&D, Product, Go-to-Market, G&A, and Professional Services. You’ll help hiring teams move searches forward, develop and engage talent pipelines, maintain reliable recruiting operations, and create a responsive and inclusive experience for every candidate. You’ll also support onboarding and orientation activities so that the experience we create during recruiting continues after a candidate becomes a SimSpacer.

This is a hands-on role for someone who can manage multiple searches, maintain strong communication, and move work forward independently while remaining closely connected to the broader team.

Responsibilities

• Support full lifecycle recruiting activities
• Partner with hiring managers and interview teams on search strategy, process execution, and candidate experience
• Source and engage active and passive candidates through LinkedIn, talent platforms, referrals, networking, and targeted outreach
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs
• Create thoughtful candidate outreach and employer brand content that strengthens engagement
• Deliver a responsive, inclusive, and high-quality candidate experience throughout the hiring process
• Support equitable, structured, and consistent hiring practices across the organization
• Maintain accurate recruiting data, workflows, documentation, and candidate records
• Help coordinate onboarding and orientation activities so new hires feel informed, welcomed, and prepared
• Collaborate across Hiring & Internal Mobility, People Operations, hiring teams, and business leadership
• Identify practical opportunities to improve recruiting processes, workflows, and communication

What success looks like

• Delivering a strong candidate and hiring manager experience across multiple concurrent searches
• Building organized, proactive talent pipelines that improve hiring responsiveness
• Maintaining clear communication, reliable follow-through, and consistent recruiting operations
• Managing competing priorities without losing attention to detail
• Keeping candidate and hiring data accurate and up to date
• Contributing ideas and process improvements that strengthen the hiring function
• Helping new hires feel connected to SimSpace before and during onboarding
• Building trusted relationships with candidates, hiring teams, and cross-functional partners

Qualifications

• 3+ years of recruiting, talent operations, or related experience in a technology, startup, or fast-paced business environment
• Experience supporting full lifecycle recruiting across multiple teams or business functions
• Experience sourcing and engaging both active and passive candidates
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, and recruiting workflows
• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills
• The ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining responsiveness and attention to detail
• The ability to collaborate effectively with hiring teams and cross-functional partners
• Experience supporting candidate experience, onboarding, or broader talent operations initiatives is preferred
• Experience using Ashby is a strong plus

Skills

• You are relationship-oriented. You genuinely enjoy helping people explore career opportunities and making important decisions with confidence.
• You value operational excellence. You care about clean processes, accurate data, clear documentation, and reliable execution.
• You communicate with care. You keep candidates and stakeholders informed and adapt your communication to different audiences.
• You are naturally curious. You ask thoughtful questions, seek context, and enjoy learning about new roles, teams, and technologies.
• You are collaborative and accountable. You enjoy working as part of a team while taking ownership of your responsibilities.
• You are comfortable with change. You can adjust when priorities shift and continue moving work forward in a fast-paced environment.
• You look for better ways to work. You notice opportunities to improve workflows, communication, and candidate experiences.
• You think globally. You are comfortable supporting hiring across locations, time zones, business functions, and cultures.

Tools & Technology

• Ashby
• LinkedIn Recruiter
• SeekOut
• Google Workspace
• Notion
• Slack

Hiring Philosophy

• Candidate experience is part of our employer reputation.
• Hiring should be thoughtful, structured, inclusive, and human.
• Clear communication builds trust, even when the answer is difficult.
• Data should inform decisions without replacing sound judgment.
• Strong processes should make the experience better, not more complicated.
• We value experimentation, continuous learning, and practical innovation.
• Every interaction matters, whether or not a candidate ultimately joins SimSpace.

Pay

$40.00-$50.00/hour

Schedule

Temporary, Full-Time | 6-Month Engagement | Remote

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits (coverage starts on day one)
• Peloton Interactive Wellness Program: Full- and partial-subsidized membership plans and equipment discounts
• LinkedIn Learning membership for continuous personal and professional development
• Monthly reimbursements for meaningful connections with teammates through SocialSpace Community
• Legal plan coverage
• Pet insurance
• Wellness reimbursements