Manager, Hiring & Internal Mobility

About the role

This is a player-coach leadership role. You'll directly manage a small but mighty team of Hiring & Internal Mobility Partners while carrying a portfolio of strategic and business-critical searches across various departments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a distributed team of Hiring & Internal Mobility Partners located in the United States and Costa Rica
• Partner with the Head of Hiring to execute and evolve our global hiring strategy
• Carry a portfolio of strategic and business-critical searches across R&D, Product, GTM, G&A, and Professional Services
• Coach hiring managers and recruiters on best practices, interviewing, talent assessment, and candidate experience
• Lead internal mobility initiatives that help employees grow their careers within SimSpace
• Drive adoption and optimization of Ashby, leveraging automation, reporting, workflows, and data to improve outcomes
• Analyze recruiting trends, hiring quality signals, and operational metrics to guide decision-making
• Help shape employer branding, candidate engagement strategies, and talent attraction efforts
• Continuously improve recruiting processes, systems, and programs through experimentation and innovation
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders across the company on talent-related decisions

Qualifications

• Fascinated by human behavior, motivation, and performance
• Loves using data to inform decisions, but never forgets the human side of hiring
• Enjoy improving systems (Ashby experience), workflows, and processes as much as closing requisitions
• Think like a builder and get excited about creating something better than what exists today
• Enjoy coaching and developing others while still staying close to the work yourself
• Thrive in fast-moving environments where experimentation and calculated risk-taking are encouraged
• Question assumptions, challenge outdated practices, and continuously seek better ways of working
• Believe in lifelong learning and staying curious about recruiting, technology, leadership, and organizational effectiveness
• Believe great hiring is a team sport and know how to build strong partnerships across an organization

Skills

• Natural curiosity about people
• Data-driven decision-making
• Structured assessment methods and behavioral signals
• Systems, automation, analytics, and experimentation
• Transparency, accountability, empathy, and trust

Benefits

We care deeply about candidate experience because every interaction shapes our reputation. We use data to inform decisions, not replace judgment. We value progress over perfection and learning over ego. We believe strong hiring practices create strong companies. We embrace experimentation and are willing to test new ideas, technologies, and approaches. We hire for long-term success, not just immediate need. We prioritize transparency, accountability, empathy, and trust.

Pay

Competitive salary and benefits package tailored to individual needs.

Schedule

Flexible work schedule to accommodate diverse team members.