Director, Talent Acquisition

Director, Talent Acquisition

Avathon is the leading Industrial AI autonomy platform, helping customers across heavy industries accelerate the journey toward autonomous operations. Our platform is built on a Computational Knowledge Graph foundation that contextualizes and connects operational data across siloed systems, bringing together time series, structured, unstructured, and machine vision data to power AI-driven applications in asset performance management, supply chain intelligence, visual AI, and global trade management. With capabilities spanning digital twins, normal behavior modeling, natural language processing, and computer vision, Avathon delivers real-time predictive intelligence and agentic decision-making at industrial scale.

Join a team at the forefront of AI, developing groundbreaking solutions that shape the future. Thrive in a fast-scaling startup where agility, collaboration, and rapid professional growth are the norm. Work on AI-driven projects that drive real change across industries and improve lives.

Avathon is seeking a strategic, high-impact Director of Talent Acquisition to lead and scale our global recruiting efforts, with a primary focus on driving commercial growth across Sales, Marketing, and GTM functions. This is a high-impact leadership role designed for a strategic talent acquisition professional who combines operational excellence with the ability to build scalable recruiting programs that fuel company growth.

Responsibilities include owning the end-to-end talent acquisition strategy for commercial functions, building scalable recruiting programs, leading a high-performing global Talent Acquisition team, partnering closely with executive leadership and hiring managers, optimizing the recruitment lifecycle, maximizing the effectiveness of Avathon's ATS, designing and executing employer branding initiatives, developing programs that encourage employees to serve as brand ambassadors and referral champions, building proactive talent pipelines, developing strategic sourcing strategies, implementing structured interviewing methodologies, establishing a comprehensive candidate experience program, developing and managing university recruiting partnerships and internship programs, owning and maintaining Avathon's job description library, building recruitment analytics frameworks, establishing long-term relationships with high-potential candidates and talent communities, and championing inclusive hiring practices.

Required experience includes 8+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, a proven track record in Sales & Marketing recruiting, experience managing or directing offshore recruiting teams, success developing and executing strategic recruiting initiatives at scale, experience hiring highly technical talent, strong understanding of workforce planning, employer branding, talent analytics, and recruiting operations, experience building and optimizing recruiting processes, systems, and interview frameworks, demonstrated ability to leverage recruiting metrics and market data to drive business outcomes, expertise with Applicant Tracking Systems, exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills, highly organized with strong project management and execution capabilities, passion for building inclusive, high-performance cultures, and strategic thinker who can balance long-term vision with hands-on execution.

At Avathon, our ability to transform industries with AI starts with our ability to attract and hire extraordinary talent. As Director of Talent Acquisition, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of the company by building the teams that drive innovation, customer success, and long-term growth. You will create the recruiting infrastructure, employer brand, and talent strategy necessary to support Avathon's continued expansion while ensuring every candidate interaction reflects our culture and values.

This is an opportunity to build a world-class talent acquisition function, influence company-wide growth strategy, and help define the next generation of talent that will power Avathon's mission.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future company sponsorship. Location: Candidates must be based in the Bay Area or Austin, Texas area.

Salary

The base salary range for this role is between $150,000 to $185,000 annually. Pay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits and Perks at Avathon

Our full-time employees and their loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Below are some highlights we offer to our U.S. full-time employees:

• Evolving culture with the opportunity to drive new ideas and technology
• Stock Option Grants
• Generous Time Off Programs
• Medical Coverage, and Parental Leave Plans
• Employer-Sponsored Lifestyle Spending Account
• 401k with Employer Match
• Monthly Technology Allowance
• Contract and temporary roles are not eligible for the above benefits.

Avathon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Avathon is committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us to discuss how we can assist you.