Head of Technical Recruiting

Asana Asana · Enterprise · San Francisco, CA · Talent Acquisition

Lead technical recruiting team to support R&D hiring at Asana, a product-driven organization and AI collaboration platform. Focus on building global hiring strategy, driving operational excellence, and partnering with leadership to define assessment and talent engagement strategies.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build a global hiring strategy to help us scale our R&D teams.
  2. Partner closely with executive leadership and People Team leaders to understand business priorities & objectives; help build a high-impact, max-velocity global hiring strategy that addresses key gaps between the talent in place today and the talent required to drive business success.
  3. Help define, design, and iterate on a TA roadmap to support the recruitment of high-impact Asanas to deliver on our mission.
  4. Leverage data to identify trends, pain points, and key drivers of TA's ability to deliver on KPIs and OKRs, scoping frameworks and solutions to unblock the team.
  5. Set ambitious & motivating goals for your team and the company as a whole, and enable them to be successful both personally & professionally; ensure individual & team goals are connected to greater company goals.

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of experience in a Talent Acquisition function
  • 5+ years of management experience
  • leading Technical recruiting teams
  • partnering with R&D leaders
  • leading, motivating, and coaching recruiting teams
  • Strong communication skills
  • interpersonal skills
  • collaborative team-player mindset
  • acting as a strong business partner to executive leaders
  • building deep trust and collaborative relationships with client groups
  • business mindset
  • data-driven approach to decision-making
  • ability to effectively drive change
  • inspire a culture of shared recruiting accountability

Nice to have

  • curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies
  • willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of management experience, leading Technical recruiting teams
  • partnering with R&D leaders
  • Demonstrated passion and ability for leading, motivating, and coaching recruiting teams
  • Proven track record of acting as a strong business partner to executive leaders
  • building deep trust and collaborative relationships with client groups
  • A business mindset and deep understanding of how your impact in talent directly translates to the greater success of the organization.
  • A data-driven approach to decision-making
  • An ability to effectively drive change across an entire organization
  • inspire a culture of shared recruiting accountability