Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

VIA is making an impact, and so can you.

VIA’s mission is to make communities cleaner, safer, and more equitable. VIA enables real-time data verification, automated ingestion, and secure analysis of energy and environmental data. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and energy companies around the globe trust VIA to help them solve their toughest data challenges. Now, we need your help to make an even bigger difference.

As the Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, you will be joining VIA at an exciting time: Over the past twelve months, we have seen tremendous growth and have no plans of slowing down! 

Your primary focus in this role will be to design and lead an exceptional end-to-end recruitment process. Your stakeholder management skills, comfort navigating ambiguity, and love for connecting outstanding talent to exciting opportunities, will make you the perfect fit for this role. Working closely with our People and Operations team, you will have endless opportunities to contribute to VIA’s growth strategy through recruitment and beyond!

Our commitment to our mission and values is key in hiring the right VIAneers to join our team. As an ambassador of VIA’s culture, you will be the first introduction candidates have to our passionate team, so exhibiting the values is a must!

Read more about our mission, team, and values here.

In this role, your day-to-day will include:  

Talent Acquisition:

• Manage the full cycle recruitment of our candidate pipeline for both our Montreal, QC and Somerville, MA locations, which includes (but may not be limited to):
• Leading the end-to-end recruitment process for both technical and non-technical positions
• Championing an exceptional candidate experience
• Conducting and designing tailored sourcing efforts and initiatives to attract top talent
• Partnering with hiring teams to identify needs, provide support throughout the recruitment process, coordinate interviews, and propose opportunities for process improvement
• Identify and take ownership of creative recruitment strategies and opportunities that fit with VIA’s culture, and hiring needs
• Support equitable recruitment practices at VIA through the promotion of DE&I talent initiatives
• Collaborate with the POps team to drive the ongoing management and development of new hire onboarding processes

Employer Branding:

• Proactively partner with our marketing and product teams to develop and improve our employer brand strategy in targeted hiring markets
• Research, lead, and coordinate relevant recruitment and team-related public relations opportunities for VIA
• Champion opportunities for VIA to engage with local community initiatives and candidate groups

Requirements

What you will bring to this role: 

• Fluency in English; French is a strong asset
• Minimum of 3 years of recruitment experience in a fast-paced technical environment
• Robust knowledge of recruitment best practices
• Expertise in recruitment and onboarding processes
• Experience leading and attending virtual and in-person recruitment events
• Experience recruiting internally in a scale-up environment is a strong asset
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills
• Experience working with an HRIS or ATS
• Knowledge of the Somerville market in terms of recruitment, sources of talent, benefits, and total compensation
• Outstanding communication and relationship-building skills 
• Ability to multi-task with strong organizational, planning, and time management skills
• Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter, BambooHR, and Workable a strong asset
• A sense of humor and passion for growing high-performance teams!

To have a high impact at VIA, you will:

• Be a critical thinker with a passion for solving complex problems alongside teammates
• Have a desire to learn and lead in a high-energy environment
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Be comfortable with ambiguity, and able to apply a learning mindset to develop top processes and programs
• Be part of a team that will transform the energy industry using groundbreaking technology and innovative solutions
• Enjoy sharing your passions with fellow VIAneers, (and, having a good GIF game doesn’t hurt either!)

Benefits

What you will find at VIA :

A competitive, total rewards package including equity, an environment that cares about your learning and development, flexible working arrangements, and a culture of celebrating our collective diversity, are just a few of the things that make every day rewarding!

If you’re passionate about leading Talent Acquisition strategy, owning processes end-to-end, leading DE&I recruitment efforts, and helping to build a great work culture, you’ll thrive in this role! 

Read about our perks and benefits here.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.