About This Role
The Recruitment Manager leads the Talent Acquisition function during a period of rapid growth, developing and executing recruiting strategies while leading a team of recruiters across various functions. This role serves as a strategic business partner to both U.S. and China-based leadership, requiring effective communication in English and Mandarin to support hiring initiatives and cross-functional collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of recruiters and recruiting coordinators to achieve hiring goals across multiple business functions
- Establish recruiting priorities, hiring strategies, and performance expectations
- Drive continuous improvement within the Talent Acquisition organization
- Partner with U.S. and China-based executives, HR leaders, and hiring managers to forecast workforce needs and develop strategic recruiting plans
- Support organizational growth by aligning recruiting strategies with business objectives
- Oversee full-cycle recruiting for engineering, manufacturing, operations, finance, supply chain, IT, quality, and leadership positions
- Personally recruit for executive, highly technical, and confidential positions when needed
- Develop innovative sourcing strategies using LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, industry associations, universities, military recruiting, referrals, and passive candidate outreach
- Build long-term talent pipelines for critical and difficult-to-fill positions
- Optimize recruiting workflows, ATS processes (Greenhouse preferred), interview processes, and reporting
- Ensure a consistent, high-quality candidate experience
- Monitor recruiting KPIs including: Time-to-Fill, Time-to-Hire, Offer Acceptance Rate, Cost-per-Hire, Recruiter Productivity, Diversity Metrics
- Present recruiting performance and hiring forecasts to executive leadership
- Partner with HR and Marketing to strengthen Gotion's employer brand
- Represent Gotion at universities, career fairs, professional organizations, and industry events
- Ensure recruiting practices comply with federal, state, and local employment laws and company policies
- Maintain consistent hiring documentation and process compliance
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Bilingual proficiency in English and Mandarin (speaking, reading, and writing) is required
- 7+ years of progressive recruiting experience, including technical, manufacturing, engineering, and corporate recruiting
- 3+ years of recruiting leadership or Talent Acquisition management experience
- Experience leading recruiting teams in a high-growth manufacturing, automotive, battery, industrial, or technology environment
