Head of Talent Acquisition

Amplitude is the pioneer in digital optimization software. More than 1,400 customers, including Atlassian, Instacart, NBCUniversal, Shopify, and Under Armour rely on Amplitude to power their digital products. Amplitude makes product data accessible to every member of an organization, empowering them to make data-driven decisions that fuel faster product innovation and growth. As an organization, we approach challenges with humility, take ownership of our contributions, and embrace a growth mindset that pushes us to constantly improve ourselves, each other, and the value we bring to customers and partners.

Amplitude’s Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Amplitude believes that diversity enables creation of better products, ability to solve complex problems, and drive more powerful solutions. In order to make diversity possible, we commit to striving to create an environment of inclusion: an environment focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection, which will allow employees of all backgrounds to feel the care they need to thrive.

As the leader of our Talent Acquisition team you will play a significant role in evolving what Recruiting means at Amplitude by crafting scalable processes to help our hardworking team of Recruiters effectively support global hyper-growth. You will have the opportunity to lead an impactful team and set the strategy to make us better. You’ll also cultivate an encouraging environment complete with continuous learning in a uniquely Amplitude (growth-minded) manner.

• Organize, plan and lead the entire life cycle of talent acquisition from sourcing to hiring candidates, applying budgeted resources to deliver consistent and timely results
• Collaborate with finance along with understanding the varying needs of Technical, GTM, and G&A partners worldwide to evaluate capacity of team, set quarterly hiring goals, and consistently assess pipeline of candidates
• Create and foster strong relationships with colleagues and partner with hiring managers to identify requirements and business needs
• Drive improvements to global recruitment tools, policies and processes to ensure streamlined, effective, and high-quality services are delivered, and provide regular recruitment metrics and report on progress
• Ensure recruiters and hiring managers have a clear mutual understanding of staffing policies, practices, interview best practices and on-boarding processes
• Partner with People team on a variety of operational and pivotal initiatives including; candidate interview process, new hire on-boarding, diversity planning, Compensation and Job design and others as needed
• Help build a welcoming employer brand, promoting our employer value proposition and growing brand awareness
• Be an advocate of DEI and bring thoughtful strategies towards building an inclusive environment and while diversifying our candidate pool

You'll be a great addition to the team if you have:

• Experience directly leading a global recruitment team with a history of achieving results by encouraging the team and crafting high-levels of accountability.
• Successful experience in Recruiting, preferably within B2B SaaS.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills to provide clarity on recruiting vision, strategy, and status to key partners including Leadership Team, Hiring Managers, and Amplitude as a whole.
• The desire to become a Data Monster; someone who persistently looks at data to uncover business insights and drive decision-making.
• A candidate-focused mentality and passion for crafting an astonishing candidate experience with the ability to balance the needs of the recruiting team with those of the business.

The Company: Amplitude is filled with humble, life-long learners who are eager to help one another and the company succeed. Our values of growth mindset, ownership, and humility are core to the way we work: we’re tenacious in the face of challenges, we take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared success, and we operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view. 

We care about the well-being of our team: along with excellent health insurance, we offer flexible time off, a monthly wellness stipend, a generous parental leave, a subscription to Modern Health, and a generous Learning & Development stipend. 

The Product: Amplitude is a digital optimization system – we help companies understand their users, rapidly release better product experiences, and ultimately grow their business. We’re super proud of what we’ve built and continue to expand: a platform that empowers  companies to thrive in the digital era. 

Other fun facts about Amplitude: 

• Amplitude is a tech company to bet your career on in 2021, according to Business Insider.
• Amplitude went public via a direct listing in September 2021 and is now trading under the ticker AMPL. 
• Amplitude is the #1 product analytics solution according to G2.
• Founded in 2012, Amplitude is backed by Benchmark Capital, Sequoia Capital, IVP, Battery Ventures, Y Combinator and other top tier investors.
• We’re a global and fast-growing team! We’ve hired more than 300 people in 2021 and have operations in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Amsterdam, London, Paris and Singapore.
• Our mascot is the datamonster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs. Nom nom.

Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

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