Manager, Talent Operations

StackAdapt is the leading technology company that empowers marketers to reach, engage, and convert audiences with precision. With 465 billion automated optimizations per second, the AI-powered StackAdapt Marketing Platform seamlessly connects brand and performance marketing to drive measurable results across the entire customer journey. The most forward-thinking marketers choose StackAdapt to orchestrate high-impact campaigns across programmatic advertising and marketing channels.

We’re looking for a Talent Operations Manager to join our People & Culture team. This role is ideal for a hands-on recruitment leader who thrives on building scalable processes, implementing tools end-to-end, and optimizing how Talent Acquisition operates. You’ll work closely with recruiters, hiring managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure our systems, workflows, and reporting infrastructure enable efficient, data-driven hiring decisions.

If you’re passionate about process improvement and love turning complexity into clarity, this role is for you!

StackAdapt is a remote first company. We will be prioritizing candidates located in Canada (Toronto preferred) for this role. 

What you’ll be doing

• Own and improve Talent Acquisition processes across the full recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing to coordinating to onboarding transition.
• Lead the implementation, optimization, and adoption of recruitment tools (ATS, sourcing platforms, candidate experience tech) from evaluation to roll-out.
• Negotiate our contracts with existing partners, optimizing the Talent Acquisition tech stack.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and hiring managers to identify pain points, then design scalable solutions to improve efficiency and candidate experience.
• Build reporting frameworks and dashboards that provide actionable insights into hiring performance and pipeline health, driving the team to a continuous improvement model.
• Ensure compliance and consistency in recruitment operations globally, including documentation, audits, and training.
• Stay on top of industry best practices and proactively introduce innovative approaches to Talent Acquisition keep candidate and hiring manager experience at the forefront.
  
  

What you’ll bring to the table

• 5+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, with at least 3 years in a recruitment operations or process improvement direct team leadership role.
• Direct management experience, overseeing Recruiters and Coordinators
• Proven technical experience with a record of implementing new TA systems or tools (e.g., ATS migrations, sourcing platforms, CRM, scheduling tools).
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to drive decisions and measure outcomes.
• Strong coaching and enablement ability to explain complex data or technical concepts to non-technical profiles. 
• Excellent project management abilities; able to manage multiple stakeholders and timelines while prioritizing across several projects.
• Strong communication and change management skills with the ability to influence across teams generating buy in and adoption of new processes and tools.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, scaling environment.