Talent Acquisition Lead, Performance Marketing

Launch Potato

. Own senior and hard-to-fill searches from intake through close .

Posted 10/7/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in full-cycle talent acquisition for affiliate and performance marketing, with a focus on building scalable recruiting systems and improving processes. Proficient in developing recruiting playbooks and providing strategic hiring assessments to senior leadership.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Full-Cycle Talent AcquisitionAffiliate Marketing KnowledgePerformance Marketing ExperienceSourcing Tools and AutomationRecruiting Process Improvement

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Hard Skills

Talent Pipeline DevelopmentRecruiting Playbook CreationHiring Strategy AdvisingSearch ReportingInterview DesignData Science MetricsCRO KnowledgePaid Media UnderstandingYield ManagementRecruiting Assessments

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationLeadership SupportCollaboration with Hiring ManagersCoaching Ability

Tools & Technologies

Sourcing ToolsAutomation Software

Industry Keywords

Affiliate MarketingPerformance MarketingROASMarginEBITDAInbound SourcingOutbound SourcingPassive Candidates

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own senior and hard-to-fill searches from intake through close
Run the full talent acquisition function for an affiliate and performance marketing business
Build talent pipelines ahead of demand
Develop the recruiting playbook, including scorecard floors, pre-screen rubrics, and interview design
Provide direction and growth support for the Recruiting Ops Manager
Build the reporting layer leadership uses to monitor search status and forecast stalls
Partner with hiring managers as an extension of talent
Advise the business on hiring strategy and leave behind scalable recruiting systems
Improve recruiting processes and ensure searches align with business needs

Requirements

What you’ll need

Success hiring for an affiliate/performance marketing business OR experience building performance marketing teams
Intimate knowledge of affiliate or performance marketing, including paid media, yield, CRO, and data science focused on ROAS, margin, EBITDA, or similar metrics
Experience running full-cycle searches from first touch to close, solo, across concurrent searches
Ability to provide clear and concise hiring assessments to senior leaders
Experience building an inbound and outbound sourcing engine, including passive candidates
Experience using sourcing tools and automation
Ability to measure outreach volume and speed on hard searches
Ability to make and defend recruiting assessments
Nice to have: search reporting, scorecards, pre-screen rubrics, interview loops, technical recruiting, and coaching an operations or coordinator teammate

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote-first work arrangement
Remote, US (ET hours)
Opportunity to own outcomes and the full talent acquisition function
Recruiting Ops Manager support for backend recruiting operations
Modern, AI-forward stack including Claude and sourcing tools
Opportunity to grow into people management
Diverse and inclusive team and culture
Equal Employment Opportunity company