Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Who We Are & Why Join Us</span></strong></p> <p><strong>Avathon</strong> is the leading Industrial AI autonomy platform, helping customers across heavy industries -- energy, mining, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, and logistics -- accelerate the journey toward autonomous operations. Our platform is built on a Computational Knowledge Graph foundation that contextualizes and connects operational data across siloed systems, bringing together time series, structured, unstructured, and machine vision data to power AI-driven applications in asset performance management, supply chain intelligence, visual AI, and global trade management. With capabilities spanning digital twins, normal behavior modeling, natural language processing, and computer vision, Avathon delivers real-time predictive intelligence and agentic decision-making at industrial scale.</p> <p><strong>Cutting-Edge AI Innovation</strong> -- Join a team at the forefront of AI, developing groundbreaking solutions that shape the future. <strong>High-Growth Environment</strong> -- Thrive in a fast-scaling startup where agility, collaboration, and rapid professional growth are the norm. <strong>Meaningful Impact</strong> -- Work on AI-driven projects that drive real change across industries and improve lives.</p> <p>Learn more at: <span><a href="http://avathon.com" target="_blank">avathon.com</a></span></p> <div class="content-intro"> </div></div><h3 data-path-to-node="3"><strong data-path-to-node="3" data-index-in-node="0">About the Role</strong></h3> <p data-path-to-node="15">Avathon is seeking a hands-on, high-impact <strong>Senior Talent Acquisition Partne</strong>r to join our team in Pleasanton, CA. In this role, you will drive full-lifecycle recruiting across both technical and commercial GTM organizations, while serving as the primary architect for our local university recruitment and early-career talent programs.</p> <h3 data-path-to-node="17"><strong data-path-to-node="17" data-index-in-node="0">Key Responsibilities</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Lead and scale our Bay Area campus recruiting initiatives. Build, maintain, and expand strategic partnerships with top universities (e.g., UC Berkeley, Stanford) to pipeline early-career PhD, MBA, and technical master's talent.</li> <li>Own full-lifecycle recruiting across technical (AI/ML, Data Engineering, Software Architecture, Product) and GTM/commercial roles (AEs, SDRs, Field Marketing, Demand Gen, Revenue Operations).</li> <li>Develop creative, proactive multi-channel sourcing strategies to pipeline diverse, high-caliber passive talent across hyper-competitive tech markets.</li> <li>Partner closely with and provide clear guidance, candidate calibration, and process direction to our recruiting team in India to ensure global alignment and delivery execution.</li> <li>Act as a trusted talent advisor to executive leadership and hiring managers, offering market intelligence, candidate compensation guidance, and realistic timeline expectations.</li> <li>Implement structured interviewing practices, standardized scorecards, and interviewer calibration sessions to improve decision quality and candidate experience.</li> <li>Maximize Greenhouse to manage pipelines, maintain high data hygiene standards, track funnels, and generate real-time reporting metrics for leadership.</li> <li>Leverage external agency resources strategically when needed, managing vendor delivery and performance to fill niche or high-urgency roles.</li> <li>Deliver a high-touch, consistent candidate experience from initial outreach through