Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (Contract)

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (Contract)

Duration: 6 month contract

Location: Hybrid in New York City (3 day in-office requirement)

Qualifications:

• 5-8+ years of experience as a Talent Acquisition Partner, ideally in-house at a fintech or payments technology company, is your foundation.
• Hiring across departments and levels, from individual contributors to senior leadership, is part of your track record.
• You love Sourcing, infusing dedicated structured blocks of time each week to proactively source and headhunt passive candidates through channels like LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, and networking, building strong pipelines independent of inbound applicant flow.
• Proven track record of managing multiple full-cycle searches simultaneously while maintaining a high-touch, responsive candidate experience at every stage of the process.
• Clear, persuasive communication helps you build trust quickly with candidates, hiring managers, and stakeholders alike.
• Structured and detail-oriented by nature, you follow processes while always looking for ways to improve it.
• A genuine drive to build diverse talent pipelines shapes how you think strategically about long-term team composition, not just filling seats.

Bonus points:

• Experience recruiting within a B2B payments company
• Experience partnering with and recruiting for a global team (especially across US and Israel time zones)
• Experience working with Greenhouse & Ashby.

A day in the life and how you’ll make an impact:

• As a strategic advisor to hiring managers, you'll shape role scope, competency frameworks, and interview plans before a requisition even opens.
• Full-cycle recruitment for complex, business-critical roles across Go-to-Market, Customer Experience, Operations, Risk, Payments, and Legal will be yours to own.
• Creative sourcing strategies, encompassing deep LinkedIn searches, social platforms, networking, and direct outreach to help you reach active and passive talent alike.
• Structured, rigorous candidate assessments are how you'll evaluate for both capability and values fit.
• From sourcing and screening through scheduling, interviews, offers, and close, you'll manage the full pipeline end-to-end with a relentless focus on candidate experience.
• You will keep candidates and hiring managers informed and engaged at every stage, with accurate, up-to-date records throughout the process.
• Cross-functional partnership is how you'll help build and refine recruiting strategy, process, and best practices that scale with the company.
• Clean, reliable data in Greenhouse and/or Ashby will be your responsibility, tracking KPIs and surfacing insights for leadership.
• As priorities and hiring needs shift, you'll flex with the business and help the team adapt without losing momentum.

About the team:

The people at Melio are what makes us successful, and are the heartbeat of our organization. We know that our talented team is what sets us apart from other companies, and we want to ensure that each employee has everything they need in order to do their best work every day. That’s why we’ve got a whole team, the People Team , working cross-functionally to provide the best working experience for our employees. This team focuses on everything from employee wellbeing and experience, recruiting top talent, DEI efforts, employee management, and people operations, all while using data to make smart decisions. The People Team defines what it means to be an exceptional employee within an exceptional organization.

About Melio USA:

• Competitive compensation packages: We strive to make each and every employee feel valued and appreciated. The expected base pay range for this position is $140,000 - $160,000. Pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate's starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision: We offer generous and highly competitive plans with up to 100% employer-paid coverage, FSA and HSA.
• 401K matching: Feel the investment of working at a high-growth company.
• Wellness: We take a holistic approach to wellness at Melio with a focus on providing financial, physical, emotional, social, and community support for our employees.
• Time Off: Time to rest and recharge is a priority for us. We offer competitive vacation time, sick days, holidays, parental leave and wedding days to allow you to take the time you need, when you need it.
• Food perks (in office personnel): Enjoy our fully stocked kitchens, along with a weekly Seamless stipend and plenty of catered meals each week.
• Office culture: Thrive in our collaborative offices in New York City or Denver, in a hybrid working environment. We are dog friendly as well!
• Growth and development: Lean on the diverse team to foster professional and personal growth through workshops, mentorship programs, and team building activities.

Melio builds business-to-business (B2B) payment tools so small business owners can spend less time in the back office and more time on their craft. As the fastest-growing B2B payment platform in the US, Melio is working hard to find new and better ways to help small businesses succeed in the ways that work best for them.

Melio's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts have always been a top priority within our team. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all of our employees encompass different strengths, experiences and backgrounds. DEI within Melio prioritizes race, gender, age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts that make up one's identity. Having a diverse team across all offices is key to our success, and inclusion is each #TeaMelio member's responsibility. Melio accepts job applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. If you are interested in applying for this job opportunity, please do so directly on our careers page (or if you’re here already, scroll down and apply now!). This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.