Talent Partner

About Us

The Talent Partner is responsible for delivering thoughtful, structured, and inclusive hiring across an assigned portfolio of teams. This is more than a recruitment delivery role. You will act as a trusted Talent partner to hiring managers, helping them clearly define what good looks like, make evidence-based hiring decisions, and navigate the recruitment process with confidence.

What We're Looking For

The Talent Partner will lead searches from initial workforce planning and recruitment kickoff through sourcing, assessment, selection, and offer. Throughout the process, you will balance the needs of the business with a fair, consistent, and engaging experience for every candidate. The Talent Partner will also contribute to the continued development of Kooth's global Talent practices, helping us improve how we attract, assess, hire, and retain high-quality talent.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Build Trusted Hiring Partnerships
• Lead structured recruitment kickoffs that align stakeholders on what good looks like, the hiring process, and timeline
• Provide evidence-based recommendations, market insight, and constructive challenge
• Set clear expectations for hiring-manager ownership, interviewer preparation, decision-making, and timely feedback
• Identify upcoming hiring needs, skill gaps, and recruitment risks early
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from role approval through offer acceptance
• Create consistent, inclusive hiring processes aligned with clearly defined success criteria
• Create interview plans, scorecards, assessments, and interviewer guidance
• Facilitate evidence-based candidate debriefs and challenge assumptions or bias
• Maintain accurate ATS records and ensure compliance with Kooth policies and applicable employment laws
• Partner with key stakeholders on offer development, approval, and negotiation

Deliver an Excellent Candidate Experience

• Create a welcoming, transparent, and respectful experience at every stage
• Maintain clear and timely communication about the role, process, expectations, and timing
• Prepare candidates appropriately for each stage of the process
• Communicate offers, declines, and other outcomes professionally and with care
• Use candidate feedback to continually improve the recruitment experience

Use Data and Insight to Improve Hiring

• Maintain accurate recruitment data and activity within the ATS
• Monitor key measures such as time to fill, pipeline conversion, source effectiveness, representation, candidate drop-off, and offer acceptance
• Provide clear updates and recommendations to hiring managers and People leaders
• Stay informed about talent-market conditions, compensation trends, and candidate expectations

Contribute to Talent Team Priorities

• Help develop Kooth's global recruitment practices, tools, templates, and guidance
• Lead or support projects across structured hiring, employer brand, candidate experience, referrals, assessments, reporting, and process improvement
• Share market insight and effective practices across the Talent and wider People teams
• Test new tools, technology, and responsible uses of AI that improve quality, consistency, and efficiency
• Continually look for better ways to support candidates, hiring managers, and the business

Requirements

• At least three years of experience managing full-cycle recruitment, ideally within an in-house Talent Acquisition team
• Strong experience sourcing, screening, interviewing, and assessing candidates across multiple role types and levels
• A track record of building proactive candidate pipelines using LinkedIn, referrals, professional networks, and other sourcing platforms
• Experience partnering with hiring managers to define role requirements, develop hiring strategies, and make evidence-based selection decisions
• Experience managing employment offers and supporting professional, transparent negotiations
• A strong commitment to delivering a thoughtful, inclusive, and engaging candidate experience
• Working knowledge of employment law, fair-hiring practices, and recruitment compliance
• Strong organization and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple searches and competing deadlines
• Clear and engaging written and verbal communication skills
• A collaborative, proactive approach and the confidence to provide hiring managers with insight, recommendations, and constructive challenge
• Experience within healthcare, health technology, SaaS, digital products, or another mission-led and fast-growing organization is a plus

Benefits

Compensation: The base salary for this role is up to $80,000 annually. We're committed to transparency and value our candidates time, which is why we share salary ranges in all states—regardless of local requirements. Final compensation will be based on a variety of factors, including your education, experience, skills, and overall alignment with the role.

Kooth offers a competitive base salary and comprehensive benefits including:

• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• 401(K) Retirement Plan with company match
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Remote-first flexibility and work-from-home support
• Paid parental leave
• Learning & development opportunities
• 8 Paid Holidays, plus two half-day holidays (Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve)

Equal Employment Opportunity: Kooth is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and provides equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.

Reasonable Accommodations: Kooth is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities, sincerely held religious beliefs, or other protected reasons under applicable law. If you require accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact our HR team.