Talent Acquisition Manager

Talent Acquisition Manager | Emergence | Remote | Full-Time

Who We Are

Emergence is a thematic holding company backed by the Pritzker Organization focused exclusively on acquiring and scaling category-defining software businesses. We invest in focused portfolios and specialized operating groups with deep domain expertise and proven playbooks. We combine operational rigor with a growth equity mindset to drive sustainable growth and industry-leading customer outcomes.

The Mission

Build scalable recruiting systems that maintain healthy candidate pipelines across portfolio company hiring needs.

What You'll Do

• Establish candidate pipelines for open requisitions with 15+ qualified applicants always in the pipeline, through consistent sourcing.
• Configure Ashby ATS workflows to reduce time-to-first-screen and standardize job posting across portfolio companies.
• Translate vague hiring requirements into Boolean search strings by identifying 3-5 key role differentiators.
• Audit recruiting effectiveness quarterly by tracking time-to-hire, quality-of-hire, and offer acceptance rates.
• Build replicable sourcing playbooks for common role families that other hiring managers can execute independently.

What We're Looking For

Must-haves

• 3+ years of talent acquisition experience with demonstrated Boolean search proficiency.
• Hands-on experience with at least one outbound sourcing tool like SeekOut, hireEZ, or LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Proficiency with ATS software, preferably Ashby.
• 2+ years sourcing financial services, fintech, or PE-backed roles requiring domain expertise translation.

Nice-to-haves

• Recruiting experience at Series A-C stage startups.
• Data literacy with sourcing channel ROI and pipeline conversion rate metrics.
• Background building recruiting infrastructure for high-growth or multi-entity organizations.

Who you are

You identify recruiting bottlenecks independently and propose specific tool or process changes without waiting for leadership. You run sourcing experiments to measure impact on speed and quality before scaling. You build playbooks that function when you're unavailable and can be replicated across teams. You credit sourcing partners by name when placements succeed. You seek feedback from newly hired employees and adjust processes based on what you learn. You define specific evaluation criteria before sourcing and reject candidates lacking critical domain knowledge, even under pressure.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to lead hiring vertical for a B2B SaaS holding company from ground up
• Competitive Salary based on experience.
• Fully remote role.
• Opportunity to build recruiting infrastructure that directly impacts how we scale portfolio companies.