Senior Talent Manager

Slang AI is redefining customer engagement through conversational AI, making every interaction seamless and efficient. Our mission is to transform the restaurant industry by providing the ultimate voice AI solution for consistently outstanding customer experiences.

At Slang AI, we believe how we build matters just as much as what we build. We foster a culture rooted in hospitality, ownership, and clarity, where every “Slangsta” feels valued, supported, and connected to the broader impact of our work in the AI-powered future of restaurants.

What your experience will be:

You will sit at the intersection of talent acquisition and employee experience, shaping how people enter Slang.ai and how they experience growth, belonging, and momentum once they’re here.

This role lives within the People Operations team, partnering closely with Hiring Managers, Leadership, and cross-functional teams. You will report to the Head of People, a builder who has scaled People functions through multiple growth stages and believes deeply in People Programs as business infrastructure—not support functions.

This role does not manage direct reports. It is a hybrid, adaptive role designed to flex with hiring volume:

• During periods of high hiring, your focus will lean heavily into recruiting execution and hiring excellence.
• During slower hiring cycles, you will shift your center of gravity toward employee experience, onboarding, engagement programs, and manager enablement.

This role is based in a hybrid environment, using collaborative tools such as Slack, Google Workspace, ATS systems, and People platforms to stay tightly aligned and move with speed.

Why you belong here and how you will grow:

You will join a People team that values thoughtful design, direct communication, and continuous learning. Belonging here means being trusted to own your work, influence outcomes, and help shape how Slang.ai grows.

You’ll be supported through:

• Strong benefits and well-being programs that respect life outside of work
• Exposure to executive decision-making and company-wide initiatives
• Opportunities to build durable People programs that scale with the business

As a human, you’ll grow through real responsibility, real feedback, and real impact. This role strengthens your identity as both a talent partner and an experience designer—expanding your ability to think systemically about how work shapes people and how people shape outcomes.

What success looks like:

When Hiring Volume Is High

• Own full-cycle recruiting for assigned roles, from intake through close
• Partner with Hiring Managers to design thoughtful, structured interview plans
• Ensure a high-quality, human candidate experience aligned with Slang.ai’s values
• Maintain clean pipelines, clear communication, and strong offer-close rates
• Act as a trusted advisor to managers on hiring decisions and talent trade-offs
• Represent the employer brand with the highest representation and commitment to our Slang’s values

When Hiring Volume Is Lower

• Lead or support onboarding programs that accelerate connection and clarity
• Improve employee experience touch-points across the lifecycle (new hire → growth)
• Support engagement initiatives, feedback loops, and manager enablement efforts
• Partner with People Ops on performance cycles, rituals, and culture programs
• Identify friction points in the employee experience and help design solutions

At all times, success means building trust, clarity, and momentum—for candidates, employees, and leaders alike.

What you will bring:

• 3–6 years of experience in recruiting, People Operations, or a hybrid People role
• Experience owning full-cycle recruiting in a fast-moving environment
• Strong judgment, organization, and follow-through
• Comfort flexing between execution and programmatic thinking
• High emotional intelligence and the ability to navigate nuanced conversations
• A hospitality mindset: you care deeply about how people experience moments that matter
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a bias toward action

How work affects my life:

This role is designed to support both professional fulfillment and personal well-being. You’ll be compensated fairly, supported holistically, and trusted to manage your time and energy responsibly.

Beyond outputs, this role shapes how you see work itself—reinforcing that work can be human, ambitious, and aligned with personal values. Slang.ai reflects your worth by investing in your growth, listening to your perspective, and giving you the space to do meaningful work that lasts.

Compensation & Location

Compensation for this role is location-based and benchmarked against local market data aligned to the employee’s primary work location. Total compensation includes a mix of cash and equity and may vary by location, role level, and experience. Our range is therefore wide and not meant as a negotiation range.

Our Vision

Calling a business shouldn’t feel like a robot-hostage situation, where you’re forced to listen to horrible music and can't reach a human, while enduring a soulless voice uttering "I'm sorry I didn't quite get that" on repeat for eternity. (shudder) That’s why we started Slang AI We use the latest AI and audio wizardry to make transacting via voice so enjoyable it’s more human than human. By 2030, we will save businesses and consumers 1 billion minutes of precious time while transforming voice channels into the preferred mode of communication (it's faster and easier than text).

We have backgrounds building product at companies like Spotify, Buzzfeed, the New York Times, and OpenTable —shipping experiences that have reached hundreds of millions of users. Now, we’re using our backgrounds to start a new culture, one that puts product and human-centered design above all else while fostering constant learning and growth. Sound like something you’d like to be part of? Get on board.

Our Values

Overachiever Fever. We’re overachievers (we don’t know any other way)

Learner Fervor. We take every opportunity to learn (especially when it’s hard)

Humility Ability. We approach each other with curiosity and openness (know-it-alls not welcome!)

SMB MVP. We’re an expert member of our customers’ teams (we earn their trust)