Us Talent Acquisition Manager
Tokyo, Japan, Jp
SmartNews is a leading global information and news discovery app that uses machine learning technology and partnerships with over 3,000 global publishers to deliver quality information to millions of users worldwide.- Built and led the US Talent Acquisition function as an early employee (#25 in US) and first full-cycle recruiter in the US, supporting all divisions including Engineering, Product, Design, Data Science, Marketing, Sales, and Operations- Grew the first Talent Acquisition team consisting of 7 members at its peak, with 3 Recruiters, 2 Recruiting Coordinators, 1 Sourcer and 1 Program Manager, driving ~6x personnel growth across the US organization from 25 employees to ~145 employees- Coached and developed team members into high-performing staff, resulting in multiple promotions and achievement of quarterly Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), including hiring targets- Developed and executed strategy for all non-executive level hiring across divisions in the US organization- Created and maintained advanced pipeline reports with critical hiring metrics (offer acceptance rate, time-to-offer, time-to-hire, time-to-fill, cost per hire, etc) to identify bottlenecks and drive team performance, consistently reducing average time-to-hire each year