Director, Talent Acquisition
Wealthsimple
People & HR
Canada
Posted on Dec 28, 2024
Your career is an investment that grows over time!
Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $50 billion in assets.
Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.
About the Role:
At Wealthsimple, our Talent Acquisition team has been instrumental in driving the company's scalable growth. As we continue to expand, we remain committed to providing exceptional candidate experiences, strong internal partnership, and improving and scaling our processes. We are seeking a Director of Talent Acquisition to lead our recruitment efforts, focusing on both technical and non-technical roles, lead a large team, and maintain their own recruitment load. This role requires collaboration with senior leadership to support strategic headcount planning and the development of market-specific recruiting tactics.
Recruiting Initiatives:
- Oversee the end-to-end recruitment process, ensuring a seamless and positive experience for all candidates.
- Innovate recruitment processes and tools to enhance efficiency and candidate experience.
- Explore and implement new technologies and platforms that can streamline recruitment efforts and improve outcomes.
- Support executive recruiting leveraging both internal resources and external agency relationships for successful senior hires
- Collaborate with HRBPs and Finance to align headcount plans with business needs and financial targets.
- Develop and maintain standardized recruitment workflows and documentation to ensure consistency and quality across the team
- Utilize analytics and metrics to inform and optimize recruitment strategies, ensuring alignment with growth objectives
- Develop and promote Wealthsimple’s talent brand to attract top-tier candidates
- Continuously evolve our recruiting practices based on data driven metrics so we can scale effectively, while upholding and strengthening our culture and creating the environment for people to do their best work
Stakeholder Management:
- Partner closely with leaders across all teams, including Engineering, Data, Product, Design, Marketing, G&A and other departments to align recruitment strategies with business objectives
- Facilitate regular communication and feedback loops between the recruitment team and business leaders to ensure alignment and responsiveness to changing needs
Leadership and Vision:
- Develop and implement the vision, strategy, and roadmap for a high-performing Talent Acquisition team at Wealthsimple
- Lead the continuous improvement of recruiting practices, aligning them with Wealthsimple’s core values
- Inspire and drive a culture of excellence and accountability within the recruitment team, ensuring alignment with organizational goals
- Build, mentor, and empower a world-class Talent Acquisition team, focusing on performance, professional growth and development
- Implement training and development programs to enhance the skills and capabilities of the recruiting team
Qualifications:
- Over 10 years of experience in both technical and non-technical recruiting, with a proven track record of success in a fast-paced environment
- At least 5 years in a senior leadership role, with demonstrated ability to set strategic vision and lead teams through periods of rapid growth
- Strong experience in building, coaching, and empowering leaders and teams, preferably within a high-growth fintech company
- Exceptional analytical, data driven, and prioritization skills; with a strategic approach to problem-solving and decision-making.
- Proactive and innovative mindset, with the ability to assess talent needs and introduce new ideas to enhance recruitment processes.
- A deep interest and passion for personal finance and how we might build simpler, more accessible services for everyone.
Why Wealthsimple?
🤑 Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work
🌴 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days
📚 Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
🛫 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year
🌎 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
💖 Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
We’re a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!
DEI Statement
At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Accessibility Statement
Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.