Manager of Talent Acquisition & Automation, Bark
$110-130k
+ Equity
In office Tuesday- Thursday
3+ days a week in office
Dog toys and treats subscription service
Open for applications
Dog toys and treats subscription service
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$110-130k
+ Equity
In office Tuesday- Thursday
3+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make dogs as happy as they make us, because dogs and humans are better together.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a strong execution-driven strategic thinker who will be energized by driving both Recruitment and Operations on our dog-loving Talent Team
- Minimum 5 years of full cycle G&A recruiting experience (preference for those who have worked across Marketing, Sales, Creative & Finance functions)
- Experience across both agency and in house settings
- 1+ years of experience with Greenhouse (ATS System)
- Experience in a startup environment strongly preferred
- Experience using talent and market insights and data to influence decisions with executive-level audiences
- Track record of building trusted relationships with senior hiring managers and cross-functional partners
- Experience owning and managing complex projects from design through launch
- Experience interacting with Talent Branding sites such as LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Medium, Built In, etc
- Experience with UKG and Tableau a plus!
- Bachelor's Degree in HR, Marketing. Communication or a related field
- Excellent teamwork and multitasking skills with the ability to thrive and prioritize in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment
- Data driven with a focus on analyzing situations through a qualitative and quantitative lens
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including comfort with presenting to senior executives
- Must love dogs
What the job involves
- The Talent team is focused on attracting unique, diverse dog lovers to be a part of our inclusive, dog-obsessed culture
- When we’re partnering across the company, we pride ourselves on being flexible and we’re always looking to improve and scale our processes
- We encourage innovation, even when it comes to finding new sourcing channels and giving them a try
- Lastly, we’re always thinking about four things: the dogs (duh), our candidate experience, our hiring manager experience and our team experience, which includes our team’s growth & development
- Come join us and help us find more smart, kind, weird dog people that just simply want to fulfill our mission of making all dogs happy!
- This is a unique opportunity to flex your expertise in identifying, engaging, and closing talent while helping build and shape our in-house recruitment capabilities on our team
- In this role, you will develop and execute innovative recruitment strategies while partnering with key leaders across the team
- You will also own and deliver creative recruiting programs and processes as you lead TA Operations for the world’s most dog-centric company
- Full cycle recruiting for business functional roles, specifically across Marketing. Creative, Sales & Finance
- And lastly, you will act as our in team Talent Brand Manager working to communicate a consistent and authentic representation of BARK’s identity, from our Careers site to LinkedIn and beyond
- Conduct intake meetings, create robust job and candidate specifications, set research and talent engagement strategies, qualify and present candidates, manage the interview process, conduct debrief meetings, negotiate offers, and develop customized closing strategies leveraging internal resources; i.e. total rewards
- Analyze and share effectiveness of efforts utilizing data including search status reports, market trend reports, and retro analysis
- Research, identify, and develop relationships with prospective candidates for active searches through targeted company research, passive outreach, industry networking, and internal sources
- Lead efforts to strategically build and maintain a network of active candidates and passive prospects through dedicated market research and ongoing relationship management
- Deliver qualified diverse pipelines for active roles, as well as actively network and establish strong relationships with diverse candidates and organizations to build a passive pipeline
- Design and execute recruiting processes and strategies for entire Talent Team
- Develop a road map and launch recruiting programs including but not limited to: advanced interview and process training for both recruiters and hiring managers, systems/tools enhancements and budget management, process documentation and comms, external talent brand updates, candidate and hiring manager experience optimization, and tracking results
- Manage a Recruiting Coordinator that assists you with initiatives to improve all operational activities within talent including systems, tools, data, talent brand updates, surveys, and process updates
- Oversee recruiting event management (career fairs, webinars, conferences), recruiter onboarding, continued training & enablement
- Partner with TA Management to help drive a culture of continuous improvement and development by identifying and understanding team pain points; implement operational solutions and training
- Own ATS System (Greenhouse) with commitment to system optimization
- Work with our Brand team to develop talent- social media for sites such as LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Built In, etc. , strengthening BARK’s image as an employer
- Monitor talent-social media pages for reviews and engagement and assist with the BARK response strategy
- Ownership of BARK’s career site & job descriptions
Our take
The number of subscription model services has risen substantially over nearly a decade, and the hassle-free, customizable model makes it a smart fit for pet services. BARK, previously BarkBox, is a subscription company working with retail giants like Amazon, Target, and PetSmart to leverage this trend, delivering monthly boxes of dog products to pet owners.
The recession-resistant nature of the pet sector has made BARK an attractive investment prospect. However, numerous like-for-like US competitors have enjoyed the same market benefits, and whilst BARK's big-name retail partnerships are likely to keep it ahead, at some point it may need to consider more decisive ways of distinguishing themselves from competitors.
However, the company has has leveraged these advantages into material gains. Further, after a minor rebrand and the launch of BARK food, its own dog food brand, they seem well-placed to continue ahead of the pack. The company also launched two marketing email campaigns in January 2023 for its lately Durable Dental Chew product launch and launched SMS in July 2022; these have been tangible efforts to keep its subscribers long term.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Dec 2016
$60m
SERIES C
May 2016
$60m
SERIES C
Total funding: $141.7m
Company benefits
- Health + wellness - We offer truly fantastic medical, dental, and vision coverage for humans, plus comprehensive pet insurance for your whole family
- Flexible vacation - All work and no play is a big bummer for your dog. Our pack takes real vacations to get away and uses our flexible work from home policy to get stuff done
- Salary + equity - Our competitive salaries are supplemented with BARK equity offers - everone here is invested (literally and figuratively.)
- Office dogs, of course - It would be kind of weird if you didn't bring your dog to work. Being at BARK means having human and dog coworkers
- Comfy place to work (and nap) - Dog beds everywhere and there's no such thing as too many treats. For humans, cold brew is on tap, meals are catered 3x weekly, and we love our seltzer robot
- Thinkin' about your future - Extended parental leave, 401k plans, and other "live your life" benefits to help you and your pack flourish
Company HQ
Financial District, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Matt Meeker
(Co-founder & Executive Chairman)Matt worked as an Account Director at i-traffic from 1998-2000 before co-founding Meetup.com and working as an Advisor for OpenSky. He co-founded BARK - BarkBox's parent company - in October 2011, serving as CEO until September- when he became Executive Chairman.
Henrik Werdelin
(Co-founder)Henrik started his career at the BBC before co-founding Tripledash, Prehype, and serving on the Board of Issuu. In October 2011, he co-founded BARK with Matt and Carly.
Carly Strife
(Co-founder)After 3 years at Deloitte as a Senior Valuation Associate, Carly worked for Uber for a year in Operations. She left this role to co-found BARK in October 2011, and has also been a Partner of Ambush Capital since January 2018.
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