Principal Talent Acquisition Partner

at Smartcat

Job description

About Smartcat

Smartcat is building the future of work, where human expertise meets digital teammates to drive 10x to 1000x productivity gains for the world’s leading enterprises.

We’re on the frontier of an entirely new category: Agentic AI. We enable enterprises to build high-performing hybrid workforces made up of both humans and AI agents. These AI agents aren’t generic copilots. They’re fully trained digital teammates that learn from your best people, your content, and your business strategy—ready to get to work from day one.

Our platform combines generative AI, human-in-the-loop workflows, and a living Enterprise Skill Graph that continuously learns and improves. Whether you’re launching a product globally, onboarding new hires, translating learning content, or aligning legal teams across regions, Smartcat turns knowledge into action and action into scale.

Over 1,000 companies, including 20% of the Fortune 500, rely on Smartcat to bring their business to the world—instantly, accurately, and in every language. As a Series C company with 130% year-over-year growth, we’re scaling fast and investing in people who want to shape the future of work with us.

Join us in unlocking global potential, one human and agent team at a time.

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN OUR TEAM

At Smartcat, we stay at the cutting edge of what’s possible with AI. We are currently leading the charge within Agentic AI, and as part of the Talent Acquisition team, you’ll have the opportunity to hire best in class talent to help the organization continue to innovate. Apart from hiring, you’ll also play a pivotal role in helping the Talent Acquisition team continue to automate and be more efficient in our own processes.

MISSION

You will be responsible for recruiting top talent to Smartcat using an AI and data first approach. This role will have a focus on supporting hiring within our engineering function, but one should also have the flexibility to support other functions as needed such as G&A, Finance, Legal and more.

OUTCOMES

  • Achieve 12+ hires on a quarterly basis, independently managing roles from the individual contributor to Director level
  • Act as a trusted advisor within your business by providing valuable market intelligence, allowing hiring managers to make informed decisions
  • Uses AI to increase your productivity and efficiency throughout the entirety of the hiring process
  • You will take a data driven approach to your work, using key recruiting metrics and market insights to guide work your and influence others
  • Provides an exceptional candidate experience through timely and efficient communication skills
  • Actively contribute and knowledge share with the Talent Acquisition team on best practices and innovative approaches to recruiting

HOW YOU’LL RAMP

By Day 30:

  • Learn Smartcat’s current hiring process and recruiting tech stack
  • Have a strong understanding of Smartcat’s products and business model
  • Build relationships with hiring managers, and key business partners
  • Begin owning your own requisitions

By Day 60:

  • Actively managing at least 5 open roles
  • Have the ability to independently navigate Greenhouse (ATS) to complete basic tasks such as job creation, building scorecards, submitting offers, etc.
  • Test and adopt AI tools to boost your productivity

By Day 90:

  • Have at least 3 positions filled or at the offer stage
  • Be viewed as a strategic advisor to the business
  • Proactively anticipate challenges and problem solve

WHAT YOU’VE ACCOMPLISHED:

  • 5+ years of successful recruiting experience within an AI or SaaS startup environment
  • Experience hiring within engineering and software development
  • Proven experience adopting AI tools leading to greater productivity and efficiency in your process
  • Expertise in sourcing strategy and tools - takes a tailored approach to how and where you are sourcing based on market intelligence
  • Strong at using data to make informed decisions and influence others
  • Strong ability to manage stakeholders within the business, from manager to executive
  • Has a customer focused mindset - both when working with candidates and internal stakeholders
  • Comfortable working within an ambiguous environment
  • Readiness to work in a highly intense startup environment requiring extreme focus, a strong sense of ownership and a persistence to break through
  • Openness to constructive feedback and the options and ideas of others
  • Experience using a pre-employment assessment tool is a plus
  • Fluent in English: Written and Spoken
  • Experience using Greenhouse ATS

Why joining Smartcat might be your best move so far

  • Fully remote team

We are a global team of 200+ enthusiastic people spread across 30+ countries. We have been fully remote since 2020, with some locations populated with more Smartcaters than others, such as Boston, NYC, SF, the Bay Area, London, and Lisbon.

  • Innovating a $100 Billion industry

Smartcat’s innovative approach towards multilingual content, taps into a $100B industry. Our platform enables enterprise end users to stop using traditional outsourcing methods, and start enjoying an easy-to-use, AI-powered SaaS, that delivers immediate high-quality results, at a fraction of the cost.

  • High impact role enabling innovation and inclusion in organizations

You will enjoy building with us. You will drive changes in how an old-fashioned global language industry operates while improving how hundreds of thousands of people work and millions of people exchange knowledge and ideas worldwide.

  • Join the rocketship to scale-up 10x and beyond together

We are looking for someone to become an integral part of our team and play a crucial role in the most exciting part of our journey: transitioning from a post-Series C startup to a company exceeding $100M in ARR and $1B in valuation. Our journey isn’t for the faint of heart. We are growing at 130% YoY, thanks to our strong product-market fit and high-performing team, and plan to accelerate from here.

  • Smartcat Culture : Where Diversity Meets High Performance At Smartcat, we are committed to building a culture that highlights respect and appreciation for each individual’s unique background and perspective, while maintaining a strong focus on results and clear, honest and direct communication. We believe in welcoming everyone and fostering an inclusive environment where team members can be their authentic selves at work. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is steadfast, and we stand firmly against discrimination and harassment.
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