Head of Talent
Canary Technologies
People & HR
New York, NY, USA
Posted on Aug 11, 2025
About Us
Canary Technologies is changing the game for hotels with modern software powered by Canary's hospitality-specific AI platform.
Canary is utilized by 20,000+ hoteliers in 100+ countries to equip hoteliers with the technology they need to work smarter and wow their guests. Major hotel brands such as Wyndham, Marriott, IHG, Four Seasons, Rosewood, and Best Western trust Canary to deliver results.
Canary was named a 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ company, a Most Innovative Company by Fast Company and a HotelTechReport Best Place to Work — and is backed by top Silicon Valley investors like Y Combinator, F-Prime, Brighton Park Capital and Insight Partners.
Join us in shaping the future of hospitality!
Mission of the Role
We’re seeking a strategic, hands-on Head of Talent who will lead all aspects of our hiring strategy. In this role, you will own the full recruiting. You partner closely with department leadership and our executive team to forecast talent needs, craft an exceptional candidate experience, and build a recruiting function that supports Canary’s rapid growth.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the executive and functional leads to understand current and future hiring needs across all departments.
- Create scalable processes for prioritizing open roles, setting quarterly hiring goals, and defining SLAs.
- Hire, mentor, and lead a recruiting team
- Establish training programs and recruiting toolkits for hiring managers and interviewers.
- Lead sourcing, screening, interviewing, and closing candidates for roles across all levels—from junior hires to senior leadership.
- Drive recruiting pipeline metrics (time to hire, cost per hire, offer acceptance rate) and ensure timely reporting
- Partner with marketing and leadership to develop and execute on employer branding campaigns.
- Drive top-of-funnel awareness through social media, events, partnerships, and content.
- Optimize recruiting workflows, interview processes, and internal communications.
- Own decisions on technology to enhance our recruiting engine
Qualifications
- 10+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with 1-3 years in a leadership role
- Proven success scaling teams at a high-growth tech startup or venture-backed company
- Strong understanding and experience recruiting both technical and non-technical roles
- Data-driven mindset with experience using recruiting analytics and technologies
- Exceptional communication, collaboration, and project management skills
We also work hard to ensure Canary is a fun and exciting place to work! Here are some of the additional benefits:
Canary Days: As a company we want to ensure that the team has time to recharge. Each month we provide company wide days off to ensure there is at least one extended weekend or day off.
Self Improvement Club: We meet each month and share our personal goals for the month. Each individual is provided a budget towards any purchases that help us achieve these goals.
Professional Development Chats: We provide budget to help drive cross functional professional development conversations across the organization.
Travel Reimbursement: Team members are able to visit our offices across New York, San Francisco or Dallas when they choose, and are provided a travel stipend for doing so. Spend time working with the team in their office, and use the rest of your time exploring a new city!
Personal Travel Reimbursement: If you stay at a hotel that Canary works with, we provide a credit towards your stay.
Canary Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote talent regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other protected characteristic.