Talent Manager, Technology (Remote)
Job Overview
Job title: Talent Manager, Technology (Remote)
Job description: We’re Ada, a brand interaction platform that empowers brands to live up to their promises and have more-and more valuable-interactions with the people who love them. Our AI-powered platform has automated over 1 billion brand interactions for the world’s fastest growing enterprises, including Zoom, Facebook, and Shopify. We recently raised Series C funding of $130M by Spark Capital (early investors of Twitter, Slack, Snapchat), and we’re officially a Canadian unicorn with a $1.2B valuation!
The passion of our people and dedication to their craft continues to drive our dramatic global growth.
Our work is rooted in authenticity, courage, empathy, and simplicity. We use these values to create a culture that encourages groundbreaking results, career progression, and community investment. You can learn more about the founding of our company .
We are inspired every day by the opportunity to pioneer a new industry, and welcome those who want to join us.
As the Talent Manager, Technology, you will support your team on building and accomplishing their best work. You will highlight and advocate for your team’s career growth, and building on their abilities and confidence.
You will support the recruitment efforts of your team and jump in when needed. You will focus more on team training and improvements versus individual work. This role is about putting your team in front of you, fostering collaboration, and understanding the team needs as we scale.
About You
- You possess a coaching mindset. You can recognize talent and know when to nurture it in others. You encourage others to be their best.
- You do not just solve the problem — you take the time to understand why it’s happening and fix the root of it.
- You create an environment that welcomes new ideas. You encourage others to share their thoughts, both in 1 on 1’s and in team meetings.
- You believe in continuous improvement.
- You can adapt to others’ working styles and understand the way you learn may not be how they learn.
- You encourage a healthy work-life balance for yourself and your team.
- You’re aware of your strengths and weaknesses, and want to improve them.
- You ask ‘why?’. You are an investigator and an improver of the overall process at scale.
Outcomes
- Manage a team of 2 to 5 Talent Professionals.
- Support the team in prioritizing, planning, and managing upcoming work and roles.
- Oversee the projects of your team and ensure your team is hitting their goals.
- Provide direction and guidance to team members when needed.
- Identify and unblock issues impeding the team.
- Build a culture of learning through role retros and individual coaching.
- Insist on observability and data-driven decision making.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and positivity.
- Allow your team to lead projects, to encourage emergent leadership.
- At Ada, we believe it is crucial to have diverse perspectives on each of our teams. You and your team must be 100% dedicated to building a continuous pipeline of diverse talent.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and generous stock option plan
- Unlimited vacation
- Wellness account
- Extended health coverage
- Dental/optical/travel insurance
- Life insurance
- Employee and family assistance plan
Perks
- Flexible work schedule
- Digital first, fully remote with WFH budget
- In-house social worker
- Paid parental leave for Canadian and U.S. residents
- Development opportunities
About Us
Ada is a rapidly growing digital first company in a thriving AI ecosystem. We optimize our communication, collaboration, and work ethic for the digital world instead of in-person. We are building the workplace of the future to build the customer experience of the future. With flexible working hours, together we’ll determine a schedule that fits your style and the requirements of your role.
We are backed by world-class investors, including Spark, Accel, FirstMark, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Version One. We provide our employees with competitive compensation, great health benefits, and ownership in our company.
With the health and safety of Ada’s employees, clients and communities top of mind, effective December 1st, 2021, Ada will be requiring anyone who is traveling for work and attending Ada events to be fully vaccinated at least 2 weeks prior to travel.
Ada is an equal opportunity employer. In fact, diversity is what drives our success-it’s at the core of how we hire, communicate, and work. Like our platform, we are inclusive to all, and combine our diverse backgrounds, skill sets and thinking to build the best experiences for our clients and their customers.
Company: Ada
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Location: Canada
Job date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 01:05:27 GMT
Job Source: Careerjet.ca