Virta is the first company with a clinically-proven treatment to safely and sustainably reverse type-2 diabetes without the use of medications or surgery. Our innovations in nutritional biochemistry, data science and digital tools combined with our clinical expertise are shifting the diabetes treatment paradigm from management to reversal. Our mission: reverse type 2 diabetes in 100 million people by 2025.
The Senior Director, Talent Acquisition is a critical part of our People team, responsible for driving and owning all things Talent from delivery against hiring targets to identifying the strategic changes necessary to help Virta achieve success at scale. Reporting to the VP People & Places, you’ll play an integral role, leading a critical team through a period of rapid change. The ideal candidate will be able to combine great empathy for leaders and hiring managers, deep technical recruiting expertise, and innovative and strategic thinking to drive our business forward.
Responsibilities
- Build strong, credible relationships with senior leaders and hiring managers as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert.
- Navigate workforce planning, strategy, and resourcing conversations with ease, inspiring trust and buy-in from your team as well as executives and other leaders and teammates across Virta.
- Attract, develop and retain top recruiting leaders, recruiters, sourcers and coordinators while supporting and developing your team and all of Virta through the challenges of rapid scaling.
- Proactively anticipate, lead and direct conversations around complex problems, goals, trade offs, and ideas. Bring innovative solutions to bear in addressing our most difficult Talent challenges.
- Leverage data to tell compelling stories, evaluate success and drive outcomes.
- Drive outcomes. From attaining hiring targets to facilitating changes that optimize the sourcing, hiring or onboarding process, we’re looking to you to autonomously move us forward at a rapid pace with our scaling business.
- Integrate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging across all programs & initiatives; be an active voice in shaping company-wide DEI&B strategy; and partner with ERG leadership.
- Ensure Virta delivers an extraordinary candidate experience.
90 Day Plan
Within your first 90 days at Virta, we expect you will do the following:
- Get to know your clients and team, understand their needs and create plans to support them / drive outcomes
- Understand the Talent team’s key metrics and ensure goal attainment while recommending opportunities to exceed targets and diversify our offerings
- Understand and then make recommendations around areas of improvement to our current systems/processes and or additional resources we may need to help the team be more effective
Must-Haves
- 10+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience gained from organization(s) with elite standards for technical talent. Experience working at a high-growth start up and hiring in international markets is highly desirable.
- 5+ years building and leading highly effective recruiting functions in growth environments. Especially experience managing managers and teams across locations as well as groups working remotely.
- Demonstrated ability in building strong, collaborative relationships with business leaders and teammates across Virta through adaptive, flexible, data driven analysis.
- Exceptional consulting, conflict management, coaching and facilitation skills.
- Strong business and technical acumen, along with experience working as a strategic thought partner to C-Suite executives and members of their senior management team.
- Ability to set priorities and own outcomes independently. Proven record of developing and implementing a talent strategy across various hiring markets. Skilled at devising innovative solutions to business problems.
- Knowledgeable about how to develop and deliver key recruiting programs, new college grad pipelines, internship programs and other ongoing candidate support networks etc.
Values-driven culture
Virta’s company values drive our culture, so you’ll do well if:
- You put people first and take care of yourself, your peers, and our patients equally
- You have a strong sense of ownership and take initiative while empowering others to do the same
- You prioritize positive impact over busy work
- You have no ego and understand that everyone has something to bring to the table regardless of experience
- You appreciate transparency and promote trust and empowerment through open access of information
- You are evidence-based and prioritize data and science over seniority or dogma
- You take risks and rapidly iterate
As part of your duties at Virta, you may come in contact with sensitive patient information that is governed by HIPAA. Throughout your career at Virta, you will be expected to follow Virta's security and privacy procedures to ensure our patients' information remains strictly confidential. Security and privacy training will be provided.
For this role the compensation range for candidates in Colorado is $163,107-$187,479; information about Virta’s benefits is on our careers page at: https://www.virtahealth.com/careers. Note: Starting pay will be based on a number of factors and commensurate with qualifications & experience. Virta has a location based compensation structure; there may be a different range for candidates in other locations.
