Talent Acquisition Partner, KAYAK
Fixed Term Contract
$40.00 - 45.00 per hour
Office located in Cambridge, MA
Travel search engine
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Travel search engine
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$40.00 - 45.00 per hour
Office located in Cambridge, MA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of proven recruiting experience in a fast-paced, global recruitment environment, including at least 3 years of in-house experience
- A strong ability to use data to track processes and identify areas for improvement
- Strong understanding of recruitment process, sourcing techniques, and industry best practices
- The ability to work autonomously in an innovative fast-evolving environment and adapt quickly to changing priorities
- Excellent communication skills with internal partners and external candidates, strong collaboration skills across a distributed team
- Proficiency in Ashby (our ATS) & LinkedIn Recruiter
What the job involves
- KAYAK is looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner (4-month contract) to join their small but global and dynamic team
- This role will function as a key advisor to our all KAYAK departments, responsible for managing the end-to-end talent acquisition process, developing recruitment strategies, and ensuring a positive candidate experience
- This contract will start in January and continue through April, with a potential extension through June
- Manage full-cycle global recruitment from kickoff and innovative sourcing through offer, with a heavy emphasis on hiring for Product, Design, Commercial, Marketing, and Engineering roles
- Establish strong relationships with hiring managers and senior leadership to understand their needs and align recruitment strategies with business objectives
- Act as a subject matter expert, providing guidance on market trends, talent availability, and best practices
- Design structured, role-specific interview plans and scorecards; drive inclusive hiring practices and ensure equitable, consistent evaluation across panels
- Build and nurture proactive pipelines and talent communities for near-term and future needs
- Be a KAYAK brand ambassador for our fastest‑growing business unit, delivering outstanding candidate experiences
Our take
KAYAK is a travel agency and metasearch engine owned and operated by Booking Holdings. KAYAK processes over 6 billion queries across its platforms each year for travel information - as one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travellers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. It offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast.
There’s been speculation over the years about online travel companies getting into the hotel business and KAYAK is no exception. The company is expanding its hospitality offerings beyond its traditional hotel referral and booking services but despite speculation through the 2020s, has stopped short of opening hotels under its own brand, preferring to partner with preexisting companies on their hotel tech.
Since being acquired by Booking Holdings, the global leader in online travel, in 2013, KAYAK has continued to expand and innovate, enhancing the travel experience for users all around the world. And now KAYAK manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined. With the aim to make it easier for everyone to experience the world - it now operates sites in more than 70 countries and territories.
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Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Work flexibly: Our global flexible work policy lets our teams decide if they head into one of our offices or work from anywhere else
- Team-wide time off: Most of our team disconnects at the same time each year to recharge and reconnect
- Global volunteer week: Take VTO (Volunteer Time Off) to support the organizations and charitable efforts you believe in
- Wellness: We take care of each other - providing opportunities and spaces to live that work-life balance
- Resource groups: Our five ERGs are employee-led groups for underrepresented communities and their allies
- Career growth: We provide opportunities for our team to develop their skills – or learn new ones – on their own terms
Company HQ
South End, Stamford, CT
Leadership
Steve Hafner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Board Member of Trulia, Blade and SeatGeek and currently an Executive at OpenTable.
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