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As Altana enters its next chapter of growth, we're looking for a high-impact, mission-driven talent leader to lead our talent acquisition function and build a world-class organization capable of delivering on our most ambitious goals. The work at Altana directly addresses critical global challenges across human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic growth - and this is the chance to build the engine that finds and attracts the people who solve them.

You'll shape Altana's future by ensuring every team has the brilliant, driven, mission-aligned individuals it needs to scale a generational company and leave a lasting positive impact on the global economy and society.

This role will step into a strong existing talent acquisition team and operate as a player-coach, focused on modeling and mentoring a best-in-class talent function.

• Partner with the Chief People Officer, People Team, and leaders across Altana to ensure talent acquisition is a strategic catalyst for Altana's growth.
• Lead and mentor Altana's existing team of recruiters as a hands-on player-coach, modeling best-in-class recruiting and setting the team up to succeed.
• Help shape and execute a global talent acquisition strategy that matches Altana's quality standards, operating speed, and business complexity.
• Own executive search and end-to-end recruitment on critical, high impact roles, partnering with a vetted ecosystem of trusted external partners where needed.
• Equip the team to partner with senior leaders on workforce planning, department-specific hiring strategies, and building robust talent pipelines that accelerate business objectives.
• Drive excellence across the full recruiting lifecycle, (from market positioning and employer branding to sourcing, screening, and closing) ensuring an exceptional candidate experience and a diverse, high-quality pipeline through an equitable, inclusive process.
• Advance operational excellence in the Talent function, leveraging data, metrics, and scalable systems (including AI-powered tools and automation) to improve efficiency, accountability, and impact
• Support talent strategy and execution for continued global expansion across NYC, DC, London, and remote teams.

• 12+ years in talent acquisition, including 4+ years leading and developing recruiting teams, ideally in high growth tech environments.
• Proven success leading end-to-end Talent Acquisition strategy and operations in a high-growth, fast-scaling, tech environment (preferably with added complexity such as AI, fintech, data platforms, supply chain, or public-sector).
• Proven track record and passion for the art and science of recruiting, with a desire to still be hands on with critical, high-impact roles.
• Strategic business partner with the ability to collaborate closely with senior stakeholders, identifying data-driven insights on talent acquisition lifecycle to drive improvements in our talent strategy and execution.
• Demonstrated track record of building and leading high-performing, global recruiting teams in a high-impact culture.
• Deep experience in full-lifecycle recruiting, executive search, and data-driven talent sourcing strategies.
• Experience leading transformation efforts, aligning talent acquisition efforts with new and emerging technology such as AI-powered processes and automation to accelerate business objectives. 

This role is currently based in Brooklyn, NY, USA until a planned office relocation to Manhattan in the Summer of 2027. Candidates must be within commuting distance from our current and future office locations.

US Salary Range and Benefits

$250,000 - $300,000 USD

The salary range, to the extent specified for this role, is a good faith statement of the minimum and maximum levels of the annual based salary for the position.  The base salary offered to a successful candidate will depend on a wide range of compensation factors, including, but not limited to, work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Altana's total compensation package. Altana also offers a discretionary bonus. Additionally, Altana offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

• Flexible Time Off: Altana operates with a Flexible Time O (FTO) policy that gives you agency over your own time o so you can maximize your work-life balance.
• Parental Leave: We oer industry leading Paid Parental Leave (PPL), providing 14 weeks of leave for non-birthing, adoptive, and foster parents and up to 26 weeks of leave for birthing parents, all paid at 100% of your base salary.
• Health Benefits: We have a full suite of medical, vision, and dental benefits with generous employer contributions, designed to give you flexibility and choice for your individual health situation. Our high deductible health plan is 100% employer paid for employees and supplemented with an employer contribution to your Health Savings Account (HSA). There is also a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) option.
• Supplemental Benefits: Altana provides life, short- and long-term disability, and AD&D insurance coverage, all at no cost to you, so you know that you and your loved ones are covered in case of an emergency.
• 401(k) Savings: Save for and invest in your future using our Fidelity 401(k) retirement savings program.
• Commuter Benefits: Save money on your commute by setting aside pre-tax funds for public transit or parking!
• Wellness: Because we value mental and emotional health, every Altana employee has access to a free premium subscription to Calm, the #1 app for meditation, sleep, and mindfulness.
• Pet Insurance: Pets are family too! Keep them healthy with Wishbone insurance and / or our Total Pet vet service and telehealth discount plan.
• Employee Assistance Program: Free access to confidential personal support.
• Dependent Care FSA: You will have access to a Dependent Care FSA, which allows you to set aside pre-tax funds for childcare expenses

The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.