Talent Partner

About Kooth

Kooth is dedicated to providing accessible, personalized digital mental health support to young people aged 10-25, fostering resilience and timely assistance through an early intervention approach. Our core values—Alongside You, Flexible, Compassionate, Committed, and Safe—guide our interactions, collaborations, and solutions. We operate Soluna, a pioneering digital behavioral health service in California for youth aged 13-25, designed to eliminate barriers to care through coaching, care navigation, and self-help tools, in partnership with state and local organizations.

Role Overview

The Talent Partner is tasked with managing inclusive and structured recruitment across specific teams, exceeding traditional recruiting by acting as a strategic partner to hiring managers. This role involves defining desired outcomes, facilitating evidence-based hiring, and guiding managers through the hiring process to ensure confident decision-making. Responsibilities include overseeing the entire hiring cycle from workforce planning to offer negotiation, while balancing business objectives with candidate experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with hiring managers to identify organizational needs, future skill requirements, and workforce plans.
• Conduct recruitment kickoffs to establish clear expectations, hiring criteria, and timelines among stakeholders.
• Provide market insights, evidence-based hiring recommendations, and constructive feedback.
• Coordinate the complete recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, interviewing, assessment, and offer management.
• Create standardized hiring materials such as interview plans, scorecards, and assessment tools to ensure consistency and inclusivity.
• Lead evidence-based candidate evaluations, challenge biases, and maintain compliant applicant tracking system records.
• Develop proactive sourcing strategies that build diverse candidate pipelines utilizing professional networks, referrals, and inclusive outreach methods.
• Enhance candidate experience by ensuring clear communication, respectful engagement, and transparent process updates.
• Analyze recruitment data to adjust strategies, report on metrics, and improve overall hiring effectiveness.
• Support smooth new hire transitions through collaboration with onboarding teams and identification of process gaps.
• Contribute to Talent team's initiatives including recruitment practice development, employer branding, and technology adoption with responsible AI usage.

Candidate Profile

• Minimum of 3 years managing end-to-end recruitment, preferably within internal Talent Acquisition teams.
• Experienced in sourcing, screening, interviewing, and assessing candidates across diverse roles and seniority levels.
• Proven ability to build proactive talent pipelines using networking platforms and referral systems.
• Skilled in partnering with hiring managers to clarify role requirements and implement hiring strategies based on data-driven decision-making.
• Adept at managing offer processes and facilitating professional negotiations.
• Committed to delivering equitable, inclusive, and engaging recruitment experiences.
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems, notably Workable, and strong record-keeping proficiency.
• Knowledgeable about employment law, fair hiring practices, and compliance standards.
• Excellent organizational and multitasking capabilities to juggle multiple simultaneous recruitments.
• Strong communication skills for engaging and influencing hiring managers and candidates.
• A collaborative mindset capable of offering strategic insights and challenges constructively.
• Experience within healthcare, health tech, SaaS, digital products, or mission-driven fast-growing organizations is advantageous.

Compensation and Benefits

The annual base salary offered for this position can reach up to $80,000, with final pay determined by education, experience, skills, and alignment with role requirements. Kooth provides comprehensive benefits including premium Medical, Dental, Vision plans, a 401(K) plan with company match, ample paid time off, full remote work flexibility, paid parental leave, professional development opportunities, and recognized holidays including two half-day holidays during Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

Equal Opportunity and Accommodations

Kooth promotes an inclusive work environment, prohibiting discrimination based on any protected characteristics. All employment choices hinge on merit and organizational needs. Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities or religious needs during application or interview phases upon request.

Join the Team

If you seek to contribute meaningfully to digital mental health innovations within a values-driven company, consider applying to help shape the future of youth mental health support.