Director of Talent Acquisition, Axios
$133-175k
News media company
Job no longer available
News media company
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$133-175k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To get you smarter, faster on what matters.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in recruiting, with at least 3 years managing a team
- Passion for and experience in people management and mentorship: desire to motivate, support and lead a team of exceptional people
- Proven success hiring across a range of functions, including editorial, tech, product, sales, and corporate roles
- Experience running executive-level searches in-house or via retained search
- Strong command of recruiting tools and a passion for using data to drive decisions. Experience using Greenhouse is a plus
- Curiosity and comfort experimenting with new technologies, including AI and automation tools
- Solutions-oriented mindset and proactive attitude
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Director of Talent Acquisition to lead and elevate our recruiting function
- This person will own the full talent acquisition strategy, managing a small but mighty team of recruiters and driving a high-performing, tech-enabled hiring process that brings the best talent into every role
- Go deeper: This role will report to the SVP, People and will manage a team of three recruiters
- Lead the Talent Acquisition Function: Own and continuously improve our end-to-end recruiting process across all departments, ensuring a consistent, inclusive, and efficient experience for candidates and hiring managers. Lead our interview training program with regular refreshes as needed
- Manage and Develop a Team: Coach and support a team of 3 recruiters, helping them grow and deliver exceptional hiring results
- Be a Strategic Partner: Build strong relationships with business leaders to deeply understand their hiring needs, workforce plans, and team goals. Then turn those insights into effective recruiting strategies
- Drive Executive Hiring: Personally lead and execute searches for senior and executive-level roles, serving as a trusted partner to our leadership team
- Leverage Data and Technology: Build and maintain hiring dashboards in our ATS (Greenhouse) and other tools, regularly reporting on key metrics such as time-to-fill, pipeline diversity, and candidate satisfaction
- Innovate with AI and Automation: Identify and implement smart, ethical uses of AI to improve sourcing, screening, and hiring processes
- Promote Our Employer Brand: Collaborate with internal partners to amplify Axios’s brand and attract top talent across a variety of industries and functions
Our take
Axios is a digital news site covering business, tech, politics, and media trends, with a focus on smart and efficient coverage. Much like rival comparable sites The Economist and Politico, it’s also diversified its media to include podcasts, newsletters, and a mobile app. Whilst it remains a major national and international news outlet, it’s also pursuing a new avenue to help shore up its position: local news.
Local news outlets have been in sharp decline over recent years: it’s too costly, with too little revenue. Axios’ plan is to opt instead for local newsletters. They’re highly advertiser-friendly, and the model itself is exceptionally scalable. So Axios may succeed where traditional efforts by other outlets like The Huffington Post (and countless local outfits) have failed.
Axios was previously held up as an exception to the mergers and acquisitions that other news outlets were enduring to weather the decline of print media. However, in order to fund the expansion into local news, Axios has been acquired by the global conglomerate (and previous investor in the company) Cox Enterprises. This is good news - Cox Enterprises owns and protects local newspapers in Ohio, and looks set to be a hands-off and values-aligned new Axios owner. In 2025, it was announced that OpenAI would be funding Axios's expansion into new US territories, suggesting even more growth on the horizon.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
60% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2019
$27m
SERIES C
Nov 2017
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $57m
Company benefits
- 401(k) with employer match
- Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
- Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
- Dental and vision coverage
- Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
- Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
- One mental health day per quarter
- Annual learning and development stipend
- $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
- Tele-mental health services through Headspace
- OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
- Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate
- Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
- Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies
- Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
- Virtual company-sponsored social events
- A strong and positive work environment
- A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture
Company HQ
Radnor - Fort Myer Heights, Arlington, VA
Leadership
Jim VandeHei
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, they then went on to found Politico and serve a decade as its CEO.
Mike Allen
(Co-Founder & Executive Editor)Spent nearly a decade as Politico's Chief White House correspondent before co-founding Axios in 2016.
Roy Schwartz
(Co-Founder & President)CEO of Axios HQ. Spent time as a partner at The Gallup Organization, then as VP and ultimately CRO of Politico.
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