Talent Acquisition Lead, Zum
$150-190k
Office located in Redwood City, CA
Student transportation services
Open for applications
Student transportation services
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$150-190k
Office located in Redwood City, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To bring student transporation into a new era enabling greater safety, sustainability, equity, and transparency.
Role
Who you are
- If you love building scalable hiring processes, have the experience to avoid pitfalls of hyper growth, and don’t mind getting your hands dirty, this is your next play
- Recruiting chops. You’ve recruited for senior roles in business or tech (or both) – ideally at the Director level and above
- Startup mentality. You move fast, adapt easily, and don’t need a lot of hand-holding
- Technical recruiting experience. You know your way around engineering and product hiring
- Great communicator. You’re comfortable working with everyone, from candidates to executives
- Player-coach style. You lead by example and aren’t afraid to dive into the work yourself
- Future leader. You can scale with us and grow into a bigger leadership role over time
- Mission Driven. You don’t need experience in transportation, but you should be excited about what we’re building at Zūm
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Talent Acquisition expert to initially focus on Business and Director + level roles, and spearhead recruiting across the company
- This isn’t a “sit-back-and-manage” type of role – it’s a player-coach position where you’ll recruit for key senior roles yourself, while mentoring the team along the way
- Own the toughest roles. You’ll recruit and close leadership positions across the business, starting with big ones like our Head of Safety
- Coach and lead the team. Think of yourself as the recruiting team’s “tech lead” – offering guidance on closing strategies, sourcing techniques, and building strong partnerships with hiring manager
- Build scalable processes. Help us create recruiting workflows that are consistent, efficient, and easy for everyone to follow – from the first intake meeting to the final offer
- Use data to guide decisions. Keep tabs on funnel metrics, recruiter capacity, and hiring efficiency. Share those insights with the team to keep us improving
- Collaborate with leadership. Work closely with company leaders to align recruiting efforts with business needs and growth goals
Our take
The largest mass transit system in the US is student transportation, and it’s more than double the size of all others combined. It’s rife with inefficiencies, however: circuitous routes mean many students are spending more time travelling and less time sleeping, exercising, or participating in enrichment activities, affecting student outcomes and inequalities.
Zum is looking to overhaul school transport with the help of cloud computing and AI. It has a central hub from which it manages route planning and vehicle assignments across 4,000 areas and school districts in California, meaning fleet deployment, maintenance, and operational efficiency can be optimized. It also offers cameras and tracking in vehicles, and is committed to having a fully electric, 10,000-strong bus fleet by 2025.
It's an ambitious plan, but it’s clear that the US school busing system is in dire need of an overhaul. We’re seeing startups like Via offer a similar service to NY schools, gathering similarly strong momentum. With Zum fast approaching Unicorn status, and its California roll-out continuing without a hitch, it appears, for now, to be leading the modern student transportation startup pack.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jun 2024
$32m
GRANT
Jan 2024
$140m
SERIES E
Total funding: $368.8m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental and vision benefits, including paid membership to One Medical
- Unlimited vacation policy
- Free daily catered lunches + fully stocked kitchen at HQ
- Ability to have a huge impact at an early-stage, mission-driven startup
- Fun office culture and a team you would be proud to work with
Company values
- Customer Obsessed - We obsess about our customers’ needs. We delight and wow them by going above and beyond. We work diligently to gain and keep their trust
- Think Big. Execute Meticulously - We think big. We scale hurdles, and we invent new paths. We're never satisfied. We're agile. We're always moving; we're always delivering with speed
- Do Things The Right Way - We hold the highest integrity and always do what's right, regardless of what it takes
- Build Better Communities - We’re committed to our mission of helping families and schools realize their full potential
Company HQ
Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA
Articles
Leadership
Ritu Narayan
(Co-Founder & CEO)Worked as a Lead Product Manager at Yahoo!, eBay, then took up a Sloan Fellowship at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Vivek Garg
(Co-Founder & COO)Spent over a decade as a Major in the Indian Army, then went on to found and lead BAPAR, before taking up a Researcher role at Stanford University's SEED Institute.
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