Senior Talent Sourcer, Lyft

CA$98.4-123k

Senior level
Toronto

More information about location

3 days a week in office

Lyft

Ride sharing company

Job no longer available

Lyft

Ride sharing company

1001+ employees

B2CTravelTransportMobilityRidesharing

Job no longer available

CA$98.4-123k

Senior level
Toronto

More information about location

3 days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2CTravelTransportMobilityRidesharing

Company mission

To improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.

Role

Who you are

  • 5+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, preferably on the technical side (data science, product management, etc)
  • Demonstrated technical recruiting/sourcing experience for a high-performing tech start-up/company
  • Strong track record of meeting and exceeding expectations and goals
  • Excellent research/sourcing skills and the ability to focus on quality, not just quantity
  • Nice to have: experience sourcing passive tech talent within the ad tech industry, demonstrating a deep understanding of industry-specific skills and trends

What the job involves

  • We are looking for a strategic and experienced Senior Talent Sourcer to help us grow our world-class team in the US and Canada
  • Your primary focus will be on technical roles with an emphasis on niche pipelines (adtech background, data science, product management, etc)
  • You should bring a level of critical thinking, grit and polish while embodying our fun, collaborative culture
  • Working closely with internal stakeholders, you will be critical to creating a seamless recruiting process to help Lyft scale
  • Build and maintain network of potential candidates through proactive market research and on-going relationship management
  • Partner with internal clients to develop sourcing strategies for current and future needs
  • Innovate on ways to build a talent pipeline and recruit in a variety of venues
  • Develop and execute innovative sourcing strategies to identify, attract, and engage diverse talent pools, ensuring a broad representation of candidates across various backgrounds and experiences
  • Source candidates from relevant networks, online and internal databases, employee referrals and passive candidates through networking and research
  • Articulate in writing a plan with deliverables, timelines and a formal tracking process
  • Develop and report on a sourcing strategy with deliverables and timelines, grounded in market research

Our take

Lyft has aimed for consistent growth, making sure to pitch itself as a more reliable and friendly ride-sharing option than its main competitor, Uber. Uber has a greater market share and operates globally, but Lyft hopes to compete by its focus on ride-sharing over Uber's more diversified business approach and as a more rider-friendly and greener alternative to Uber.

Operating only in the USA and Canada, Lyft is in a position of being less affected by global events than Uber but also more vulnerable to local conditions. As an example, while it doesn't face the regulatory hurdles around employment rights that Uber does, it is unable to balance out the cost of the unusually expensive US auto insurance across its operations.

In 2022, Lyft acquired PBSC Urban Solutions, a bike-share equipment and technology supplier, allowing Lyft to compete in new verticals and reaffirming its commitment to green transportation. It has also trialed and launched Lyft Assisted, where drivers help passengers from their door into the car to get to medical appointments. These developments chime well with Lyft's unique selling point as a friendlier and more environmentally aware ride-sharing app.

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Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

-2% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)

Jun 2018

$600m

LATE VC

Mar 2018

$200m

LATE VC

Total funding: $4.9bn

Company benefits

  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Mental health benefits
  • In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
  • 401(k) plan to help save for your future
  • 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
  • Family building benefits
  • Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program

Company HQ

China Basin, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

John Zimmer

(Co-Founder)

Originally an Analyst at Lehman Brothers, Zimmer then founded Zimride which was a private ridesharing company that pivoted into Lyft.

Logan Green

(Co-Founder)

Founded Zimride, a private ridesharing company which later pivoted into Lyft.

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