oWOW · 4 days ago
Director of Talent
Oakland, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$110K/yr - $200K/yroWOW is on a mission to accelerate housing abundance and unlock human potential. The Director of Talent is responsible for building and operating a high-performance talent system, ensuring the right people are placed in the right roles to enable the company to scale effectively.
Building MaterialReal Estate
No H1B
Responsibilities
Deliver priority hires on time, meeting agreed time-to-fill targets by role category
Run end-to-end recruiting for critical roles (from role definition through offer acceptance)
Ensure every role has a clear scorecard defining outcomes, competencies, and success metrics before hiring begins
Partner with leaders to translate business needs into well-scoped, outcome-driven roles
Maintain a predictable recruiting funnel that produces qualified candidates weekly
Standardize & continuously improve hiring processes, interview structures, and decision criteria across teams
Train interviewers and hiring managers to ensure high-quality, unbiased, and consistent hiring decisions
Partner with department leaders to forecast workforce needs tied to project pipelines and growth plans
Proactively staff upcoming projects rather than reacting to urgent gaps
Improve first-year retention and performance outcomes for new hires across all departments
Identify patterns, risks, and opportunities to improve hiring quality and onboarding outcomes
Continuously raise the bar for talent quality across the organization
Create comp philosophy and implement it at oWOW
Qualification
Required
Experience in building and operating a high-performance talent system
Strong talent judgment
Ability to build systems that scale
Experience in end-to-end recruiting for critical roles
Ability to maintain role clarity and outcome scorecards
Experience in designing scalable talent systems
Ability to forecast workforce needs tied to project pipelines and growth plans
Experience in improving first-year retention and performance outcomes for new hires
Ability to identify patterns, risks, and opportunities to improve hiring quality and onboarding outcomes
Experience in creating a compensation philosophy and implementing it
Benefits
Project equity
Bonuses based on performance
401K (no employer match)
Paid time off, sick leave, and holidays
Medical, dental and vision coverage
Dog-friendly office
Company
oWOW
Trying to solve the housing crisis and destroy loneliness
Founded in 2017
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Danny Haber
Co-Founder, CEO
Alon Gutman
Co-Founder
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