About Airtree Airtree is a venture capital firm backing Aussie and Kiwi founders, building the iconic technology companies of tomorrow.
We're powered by our network, dedicating extraordinary resources to help founders shortcut company-building firsts and accelerate their journey from idea to global household name.
As one of the largest and most active early-stage investors in Australia and New Zealand, Airtree's 110+ portfolio features the region's breakout tech companies, including Canva, Go1, Employment Hero, Pet Circle, Immutable and Linktree.
We're a down-to-earth team from diverse backgrounds but with the same passion: startups and technology.
We've written a lot about what we do at Airtree, check out our blog , 2023 year in review and team bios on our website.
We're committed to building a world-class VC platform for Australia and New Zealand startups with global ambitions.
This is a rare opportunity to help shape Airtree's approach to talent support and make a material impact on our region's tech ecosystem.
About the role Contributing to the wider startup community and enabling our portfolio companies are both key pillars of Airtree's mission.
As Talent Network Manager, you'll be running Airtree's flagship Talent programs, events, and networks to attract and connect top talent to our portfolio companies.
This isn't a typical recruitment role - we're looking for an innovative, ambitious thinker who can build talent networks in a creative and scalable fashion, while also providing best-in-class consultation to our portfolio companies on matters relating to talent.
Responsibilities At the heart of this role is creating a powerful talent network that aligns and connects top-tier talent with the hiring needs of Airtree's portfolio through talent attraction, matching and advisory.
Attract: You'll build communities of top-tier talent through at-scale events, community initiatives, and partnerships, as well as 1:1 relationships.
Match: Build great relationships with founders and their teams to understand each portfolio company's hiring plans, employer brand, culture and recruiting processes.
You'll then match candidates to portfolio opportunities through introductions and referrals.
Advisory: Provide portfolio companies with guidance and resources on best practice talent acquisition and employer branding strategies and processes.
Examples include: Help an early-stage portfolio company set up their first recruitment processes; Create practical and insightful content on best practice talent acquisition and employer branding strategies; Help our portfolio companies effectively manage external recruiters; Complete backdoor references for key candidates across the portfolio.
Startup Ecosystem: As a startup enthusiast, you'll advocate for top talent to join the startup ecosystem and proactively think of and execute new ways to help us connect talent with ANZ's startup community.
Analytics: Manage the Airtree talent platform and track candidate and portfolio engagement metrics as well as successful talent placements.
Salary Benchmarking: Ensure our portfolio companies have access to accurate total compensation benchmarks.
Requirements The person we're looking for: Has experience in talent acquisition, including demonstrated impact in recruitment, employer branding and TA process optimisation (preferably in a startup context).
Is energised by the prospect of making a material impact on the ANZ startup ecosystem through talent.
You should be able to demonstrate your passion for the space with ease.
Is a self-starter and a doer.
You're happy to work autonomously and with ambiguity, moving from strategy and innovation to rolling up your sleeves and executing.
Is a strong communicator and networker, able to express themselves clearly and concisely to external audiences, including at the executive level, and internal stakeholders.
In addition to talent acquisition, experience in any of the following will be highly looked upon: community building, project and product management, side hustles and startups.
Benefits Location, Flexibility & Support Airtree's office is based in Sydney, but our team enjoys a flexible (WFH days), supportive and family-friendly work environment.
We also offer: 5 weeks of leave: 4 weeks annual leave plus 1 bonus week of lifestyle and well-being leave 16 weeks paid parental leave A supportive return-to-work policy An annual budget for your training & self-development A range of health and wellness benefits including EAP, mental health first aid training, skin checks, flu vaccines and more… Diversity, Equity and Inclusion We celebrate and value diversity and are committed to being equitable and inclusive in the way we hire and in the way our team works together.
We strongly encourage you to apply even if you are not sure you fit all of the criteria we've mentioned above.
All our roles involve a range of skill sets and we recognise that everyone has different strengths and experiences that can add lots of value to our team.
How to Apply Please apply by 11 October 2024.
From the initial submissions we'll select a small group of candidates for an interview and a short take-home case study.
Finalists from that will be invited for in-person interviews with our team to talk through the case study.
