Manager, Talent Acquisition

At PitchBook, a Morningstar company, we are always looking forward. We continue to innovate, evolve, and invest in ourselves to bring out the best in everyone. We’re deeply collaborative and thrive on the excitement, energy, and fun that reverberates throughout the company. 

Our extensive learning programs and mentorship opportunities help us create a culture of curiosity that pushes us to always find new solutions and better ways of doing things. The combination of a rapidly evolving industry and our high ambitions means there’s going to be some ambiguity along the way, but we excel when we challenge ourselves. We’re willing to take risks, fail fast, and do it all over again in the pursuit of excellence.

If you have a good attitude and are willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done, PitchBook is the place for you. 

 

About the Role:

At PitchBook we believe our people are what set us apart, and as a member of the People team your contributions will directly impact the success of our employees and the company.  PitchBook is a values-driven company. Our team embodies these values in everything we do, and we take pride in setting a positive example for our colleagues at all levels.

The People team fosters a culture of collaboration, and we hold ourselves to a high bar to consistently deliver an exceptional employee experience. We create a positive environment where employees are supported and empowered to do their best work. We push ourselves to continuously learn while leveraging diverse skill sets and perspectives to create employee-centric programs that are as impactful as they are fun. If you are driven to do great work and are committed to doing your job with passion, you have found the right team!

The Manager, Talent Acquisition plays a pivotal role in driving PitchBook’s ability to attract, engage, and hire top talent. This role is responsible for managing day-to-day recruitment operations, optimizing processes, and ensuring a seamless experience for candidates, hiring managers, and recruiters alike. You will lead a team of recruiters and coordinators in multiple geographies, partner closely with business leaders, and implement scalable recruiting strategies that align with company goals. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is passionate about operational excellence, and enjoys mentoring and developing recruiting talent.

You’ll be hands-on in managing recruitment workflows, reporting key metrics, and ensuring our employment brand is consistently represented across all candidate touchpoints. You’ll also collaborate cross-functionally to improve tools, systems, and processes that support our hiring efforts.

 

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Lead, grow, and mentor a team of global recruiters and coordinators ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality results
• Drive recruiting process throughout all business units, ensuring that we are executing consistent, fair, and equitable hiring practices
• Implement the recruiting strategy at the operational level, including building and fine-tuning recruiting processes and infrastructure to drive effectiveness and efficiency across recruiting operations
• Stay on top of industry trends, making suggestions on how we evolve our talent acquisition strategy
• Lead with a sense of urgency and innovation so that PitchBook hires the right talent at the right time
• Use data to effectively communicate recruiting metrics to stakeholders across the organization
• Use data and analytics to set, monitor, and determine success for individual recruiters, the team, and the recruiting function
• Guide senior stakeholders and hiring teams through effective recruiting and hiring decision practices that tie to the strategic goals of departments and the organization
• Serve as a talent acquisition subject matter expert on cross-departmental projects
• Implement training and development opportunities for recruiters, managers, and coordinators
• Support the vision, values, and expected behaviors of the company and the People Team through role-modeling appropriate behaviors and creating programs and processes that support desired outcomes
• Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested

 

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 6+ years of a combination of corporate progressive recruiting experience including sourcing and full life cycle recruiting on technical and non-technical roles
• 4+ years of experience in a progressively responsible recruiting leadership role with direct management of Recruiters, Sr. Recruiters, and Coordinators
• Experience with Greenhouse and Workday preferred
• Proven success in sourcing, screening, and selection of top talent
• Demonstrated ability to execute recruiting strategy, including employer promotion in the marketplace, candidate management, interview process management, sourcing tools, and applicant tracking systems
• Demonstrated credibility with business leaders with the ability to work in a team environment, as a team leader and member
• Proven use of innovation and process improvement to increase recruiting and retention results
• Strong analytical skills with ability to create, measure, and scale recruiting processes
• In-depth knowledge of legal compliance requirements and employment laws
• Proven ability to act at both the strategic and tactical levels in a fast-paced environment; must be extremely organized, detail oriented, flexible, and able to multi-task
• Strong skills in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel and the ability to learn additional programs as needed. Previous experience with applicant tracking systems required
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills. Must be able to work with all levels in the organization

 

Benefits + Compensation at PitchBook:

Physical Health            

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Additional medical wellness incentives 
• STD, LTD, AD&D, and life insurance

 

Emotional Health 

• Paid sabbatical program after four years
• Paid family and paternity leave 
• Annual educational stipend
• Ability to apply for tuition reimbursement
• CFA exam stipend 
• Robust training programs on industry and soft skills 
• Employee assistance program
• Generous allotment of vacation days, sick days, and volunteer days 

 

Social Health 

• Matching gifts program
• Employee resource groups
• Subsidized emergency childcare  
• Dependent Care FSA
• Company-wide events
• Employee referral bonus program  
• Quarterly team building events

 

Financial Health 

• 401k match
• Shared ownership employee stock program 
• Monthly transportation stipend  

 

*Please be aware the above PitchBook benefit and perk offerings are subject to corresponding plan and policy documents and may change during the course of your employment.

 

Compensation

• Annual base salary: $140,000-$170,000
• Target annual bonus percentage: 15%

 

Working Conditions:

At the heart of our company is a belief in the power of in-person collaboration. Being together in the office fuels our creativity, strengthens our connections, and drives the innovation that sets us apart. Our culture is built on spontaneous moments—those hallway conversations, whiteboard brainstorms, and shared celebrations in each of our global offices—that simply can’t be replicated remotely. This role is expected to be in the office 5 days a week.

The job conditions for this position are in a standard office setting. Employees in this position use PC and phone on an on-going basis throughout the day. Limited corporate travel may be required to remote offices or other business meetings and events.

 

Life At PB:

We are consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work and our culture is at the heart of our success. It’s our fundamental belief that people do and create great things and that people are the cornerstone of prosperity. We believe that proactively seeking out different points of view, listening to others, learning, and reflecting on what we’ve heard creates a sense of belonging within PitchBook and strengthens the PitchBook community.

 

We are excited to get to know you and your background. Concerned that you might not meet every requirement? We encourage you to still apply as you might be the right candidate for the role or other roles at PitchBook.

 

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