Senior Director, Talent

📋 Description

• Lead and develop a team of four across talent acquisition and talent relations
• Set coverage and assignments across Core, Marquee, certificates, cohorts, podcast, and events
• Arbitrate load across the team and protect capacity; escalate early when demand outpaces it
• Build the development path this function has not had, including a promotion track into director
• Run postmortems on closed deals and launched classes to compound what the team learns
• Personally book instructors for cohort-based programs, podcast, and live programming, plus overflow

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years minimum professional experience in talent booking, talent relations, or representation at
• Demonstrated record closing high-profile talent and negotiating directly with their representation
• Experience leading a team, or a strong player-coach track record where you led while still carrying
• Adept at managing multiple projects, juggling competing tasks, and self-directing in a dynamic
• Fluency in deal structure, fee benchmarking, and contract terms in partnership with Business Affairs
• Experience with enterprise or brand partners who expect white-glove handling

🎁 Benefits

• Equity
• Comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• Flexible PTO