Senior/Lead Talent Partner (San Diego)

Senior/Lead Talent Partner

Employment Type: Full-time / Exempt

myTOD is a Talent Acquisition company on a mission to reinvent traditional hiring by placing people on purpose via an innovative monthly subscription model. We offer our recruiters the opportunity to establish purposeful partnerships with clients, allowing you to act as a genuine advisor and strategist – a Talent Partner. Our approach is rooted in unwavering commitment and excellent customer service, rather than commission based incentives that often leave you playing the odds in hopes of getting lucky with candidates. Our focus is on meticulous understanding of client needs and those of the talent, disrupting the hiring process in a meaningful way.

We believe in embedding our people among customers to truly understand their values. Only by living and breathing their culture can we then be qualified to hire talents fit for that culture.

When it comes to our internal culture, we take an active role in hiring and onboarding our people, so that we can lay the foundations for success for all. We treat resumes as only the beginning of a relationship, a window to a candidate’s skills. We believe that there is even more value in employing a human approach to understanding your ambitions and values. We prioritize your long-term personal and professional development, providing benefits like monthly flex mental health days, dedicating 5% of our work week to development, and offering non-traditional career opportunities in a startup environment.

Not to mention, we are committed to supporting one disadvantaged teenager for every candidate we hire into a client. We believe that every person has a talent but know that some individuals do not have the start in life to maximize on this talent. For that reason, we invest in the communities in which we serve to fuel our business communities’ future success.

Don’t settle! Work with an organization committed to empowering people to maximize their potential in business and beyond.

What You’ll Do

As a Senior/Lead Talent Partner , you will act as a strategic advisor and embedded partner to your clients, owning the full recruitment lifecycle while influencing hiring decisions at the highest levels.

• Act as a strategic partner to clients, designing and executing end-to-end recruitment strategies aligned with business goals
• Build and manage strong relationships with hiring managers through deep cultural and operational immersion
• Provide strategic guidance across the hiring lifecycle, including sourcing strategies, assessment design, compensation alignment, and timelines
• Deliver market intelligence (salary benchmarking, talent supply/demand, hiring trends) to support decision-making
• Identify, engage, and secure top-tier talent across senior-level roles within Life Sciences, Consumer Goods, FinTech, and Technology/Autonomous sectors
• Manage multiple active requisitions across different stages of the hiring lifecycle
• Develop and execute talent pipeline and talent pooling strategies
• Conduct candidate interviews (virtual and in-person)
• Lead intake sessions, probing beyond job descriptions to define success profiles, required skills, and cultural fit
• Influence client growth by effectively positioning additional partnership opportunities and contract extensions
• Build and maintain long-term networks with high-quality, passive candidates
• Coach and mentor Talent Partners and Sourcers supporting your accounts
• Consistently demonstrate resilience, drive, motivation, influence, and a strong desire to learn

What It Takes

• 5-8 years of recruiting experience with exposure to both recruitment delivery and account/client management
• Proven success managing senior-level positions, Director to C-level stakeholders, from onboarding through relationship expansion
• Strong track record of building trusted partnerships and acting as a talent advisor and coach
• Experience mentoring or developing junior team members
• High proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Working knowledge of recruiting technologies, tools, and social platforms
• Strong understanding of recruiting metrics, with the ability to use data to support hiring strategies and projections

Who You Are

• You operate with a “do what it takes” mindset —no task is beneath you, and you step in where needed
• You challenge mediocrity and bring a solutions-oriented, creative approach
• You communicate clearly, professionally, and with impact—both written and verbal
• You are highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities
• You build strong, meaningful relationships across clients, candidates, and internal teams
• You thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments and adapt quickly to change
• You are collaborative, process-oriented, and team-driven
• You are self-motivated, composed under pressure, and able to lead through uncertainty
• You possess exceptional interpersonal skills that attract and engage top talent while representing the business with credibility

Compensation Range: $75,000 - $100,000 a year (depending on experience)

We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, or any other protected class.