Head of Talent Operations & Strategy

Asana Asana · Enterprise · Vancouver, BC · Talent Acquisition

Head of Talent Operations & Strategy at Asana, a company that describes itself as a leader in human + AI collaboration. This role focuses on optimizing talent acquisition processes, headcount management, and recruiting strategy. While the company utilizes AI and the role mentions familiarity with AI tools, the core responsibilities are in talent operations and strategy, not direct AI/ML development or research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Partner closely with executive leadership and People Team leaders to understand business priorities & objectives; help build a high impact, max velocity hiring strategy that addresses key gaps between the talent in place today and the talent required to drive business success.
  2. Drive continuous improvement of talent acquisition systems and workflows, streamlining the end-to-end hiring process, from headcount approval through offer execution, ensuring speed, consistency and positive stakeholder experience
  3. Help define, design and iterate on a TA roadmap to support the recruitment of high-impact, diverse Asanas to deliver on our mission.
  4. Leverage data to identify trends, pain points, and key drivers of TAs ability to deliver on KPIs and OKRs, scoping frameworks and solutions to unblock the team.
  5. Build a TA capacity model informing optimal allocation of resources to meet hiring needs across Asanas teams

Skills

Required

  • Talent Acquisition
  • TA Operations
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Change Management
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Operational Effectiveness
  • Team Leadership
  • Talent Acquisition Tooling (Brighthire, Gem, Tableau, Greenhouse)

Nice to have

  • Curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition and 4+ years managing TA Operations
  • Demonstrated experience partnering with senior level stakeholders on company-wide initiatives
  • Have effectively driven change management initiatives across an entire organization, and inspire a culture of shared accountability.
  • Data-driven approach to decision-making that leads to increased operational effectiveness & efficiencies.
  • History of innovative and scaled approaches to planning and team enablement.