Talent Acquisition & People Specialist
2 - 5 years
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Full-time
Onsite
1 month ago
About the role
Talent Acquisition & People Specialist
Yumwoof is looking for a highly organized, proactive, and relationship-driven Talent Acquisition & People Operations Specialist to help us build the team behind our next phase of growth.
This role is primarily focused on recruiting and talent acquisition, while also supporting onboarding and core people operations processes that help our team scale efficiently. We’re looking for someone who can confidently own hiring execution from sourcing through onboarding, improve recruiting systems and workflows, and create an exceptional candidate and employee experience along the way.
If you thrive in fast-paced startup environments, know how to identify high-quality talent, communicate with professionalism and urgency, and genuinely enjoy building teams and processes, we’d love to meet you.
Role Overview
This is a part-time contract position (~15–20 hours/week) ideal for someone who excels in recruiting execution while also supporting operational HR and people functions. You’ll lead full-cycle hiring across multiple departments — including sourcing candidates, managing pipelines, coordinating interviews, and supporting onboarding — while helping create organized, scalable recruiting and people operations systems as Yumwoof continues to grow.
You’ll work closely with leadership and hiring managers to ensure hiring moves quickly, candidates have a thoughtful experience, and new hires are set up for success from day one.
What You’ll Do
● Manage full-cycle recruiting across multiple roles, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer support, and onboarding logistics
● Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines through LinkedIn, referrals, networking, outbound sourcing, and recruiting platforms
● Partner with leadership and hiring managers to create accurate, engaging, and high-performing job descriptions
● Coordinate communication between candidates and internal stakeholders to ensure an organized, efficient, and positive hiring experience
● Maintain recruiting systems, hiring workflows, candidate tracking, and onboarding documentation with strong attention to detail
● Help improve recruiting, onboarding, and people operations processes to support scalable company growth
● Track hiring activity, pipeline movement, and recruiting metrics to improve hiring efficiency
● Support onboarding and employee setup processes to ensure smooth transitions for new hires
Required Experience & Skills
● 3–5+ years of experience in recruiting, talent acquisition, recruiting operations, or people operations roles
● Proven success managing full-cycle recruiting across multiple roles simultaneously in fast-paced environments
● Strong sourcing and outreach experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, referrals, and professional networks
● Excellent communication, organization, and follow-through skills with exceptional attention to detail
● Ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and adapt quickly as business needs evolve
● Experience within startups, e-commerce, DTC, consumer brands, wellness, pet, or CPG companies strongly preferred
● Experience using ATS platforms such as Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, or similar tools
● Familiarity with HRIS or people operations platforms such as Gusto, Rippling, or BambooHR
● Strong sense of ownership, urgency, professionalism, and accountability
Why Join Us
At Yumwoof, we’re redefining pet wellness with science-backed, anti-inflammatory dog food made from real ingredients — and the people behind the brand are what make it all possible.
This isn’t a traditional corporate recruiting role. You’ll join a fast-moving, entrepreneurial team where your work directly impacts the growth of the company and the people helping build it.
We’re looking for someone who genuinely enjoys connecting great people with meaningful opportunities, improving systems and processes, and helping build a strong, high-performing culture as we scale.
Lead with Impact
Your ability to identify and attract top talent will directly shape Yumwoof’s next phase of growth.
Grow with Purpose
Join a collaborative, mission-driven company where your work has visibility, your ideas matter, and the systems you build will have lasting impact.
Yumwoof is looking for a highly organized, proactive, and relationship-driven Talent Acquisition & People Operations Specialist to help us build the team behind our next phase of growth.
This role is primarily focused on recruiting and talent acquisition, while also supporting onboarding and core people operations processes that help our team scale efficiently. We’re looking for someone who can confidently own hiring execution from sourcing through onboarding, improve recruiting systems and workflows, and create an exceptional candidate and employee experience along the way.
If you thrive in fast-paced startup environments, know how to identify high-quality talent, communicate with professionalism and urgency, and genuinely enjoy building teams and processes, we’d love to meet you.
Role Overview
This is a part-time contract position (~15–20 hours/week) ideal for someone who excels in recruiting execution while also supporting operational HR and people functions. You’ll lead full-cycle hiring across multiple departments — including sourcing candidates, managing pipelines, coordinating interviews, and supporting onboarding — while helping create organized, scalable recruiting and people operations systems as Yumwoof continues to grow.
You’ll work closely with leadership and hiring managers to ensure hiring moves quickly, candidates have a thoughtful experience, and new hires are set up for success from day one.
What You’ll Do
● Manage full-cycle recruiting across multiple roles, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer support, and onboarding logistics
● Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines through LinkedIn, referrals, networking, outbound sourcing, and recruiting platforms
● Partner with leadership and hiring managers to create accurate, engaging, and high-performing job descriptions
● Coordinate communication between candidates and internal stakeholders to ensure an organized, efficient, and positive hiring experience
● Maintain recruiting systems, hiring workflows, candidate tracking, and onboarding documentation with strong attention to detail
● Help improve recruiting, onboarding, and people operations processes to support scalable company growth
● Track hiring activity, pipeline movement, and recruiting metrics to improve hiring efficiency
● Support onboarding and employee setup processes to ensure smooth transitions for new hires
Required Experience & Skills
● 3–5+ years of experience in recruiting, talent acquisition, recruiting operations, or people operations roles
● Proven success managing full-cycle recruiting across multiple roles simultaneously in fast-paced environments
● Strong sourcing and outreach experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, referrals, and professional networks
● Excellent communication, organization, and follow-through skills with exceptional attention to detail
● Ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and adapt quickly as business needs evolve
● Experience within startups, e-commerce, DTC, consumer brands, wellness, pet, or CPG companies strongly preferred
● Experience using ATS platforms such as Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, or similar tools
● Familiarity with HRIS or people operations platforms such as Gusto, Rippling, or BambooHR
● Strong sense of ownership, urgency, professionalism, and accountability
Why Join Us
At Yumwoof, we’re redefining pet wellness with science-backed, anti-inflammatory dog food made from real ingredients — and the people behind the brand are what make it all possible.
This isn’t a traditional corporate recruiting role. You’ll join a fast-moving, entrepreneurial team where your work directly impacts the growth of the company and the people helping build it.
We’re looking for someone who genuinely enjoys connecting great people with meaningful opportunities, improving systems and processes, and helping build a strong, high-performing culture as we scale.
Lead with Impact
Your ability to identify and attract top talent will directly shape Yumwoof’s next phase of growth.
Grow with Purpose
Join a collaborative, mission-driven company where your work has visibility, your ideas matter, and the systems you build will have lasting impact.
Skills
RetailHuman Resources