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Salary: USD 130,000 - 150,000 / annual
Wayve is building embodied AI for autonomous driving, pioneering an end-to-end AI approach that enables vehicles to learn from real-world experience. The company is seeking an Associate Talent Partner to join the Sunnyvale team and support the growth of Fleet Operations teams across North America and beyond.
In this role, you will manage end-to-end recruitment across high-volume frontline, technical, specialist, and manager-level Fleet Operations positions. Your responsibilities include intake and market mapping, candidate assessment, offer management, and closing. You will build representative candidate pipelines through direct sourcing and multiple attraction channels, with a focus on scalable strategies for Vehicle Safety Operators and other operational roles.
You will develop trusted partnerships with hiring managers and Directors, providing consultative guidance on role definition, assessment, market conditions, candidate quality, and closing strategies. You will deliver an inclusive, transparent, and well-managed candidate experience, supporting teams with structured interviewing, timely feedback, and consistent decision-making.
Using recruitment data and market intelligence, you will monitor progress, identify risks and bottlenecks, and shape effective hiring strategies. You will collaborate with colleagues across Talent Acquisition, People, Finance, and Fleet Operations on workforce planning, employer branding, and improvements to hiring processes.
Key focus areas include driving high-impact hiring for Fleet Operations teams including specialized and leadership roles across multiple sites, innovating scalable sourcing and direct outreach approaches tailored for operational and technical profiles, and shaping hiring processes that are both candidate-centric and aligned with evolving business priorities. You will provide actionable insights based on recruitment data and market intelligence to optimize team building and hiring success, and contribute to workforce planning, talent programs, and recruitment marketing to strengthen Wayve's employer brand.
Wayve operates a hybrid working policy with a minimum of two days per week in the office, with the balance flexible for remote work. The company's main hubs are in London, Sunnyvale, Yokohama, Herzliya, Vancouver, and Leonberg.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Demonstrated success independently delivering full-cycle recruitment within a fast-paced or scaling organization
- Experience recruiting across a broad range of roles, including high-volume, professional, or manager-level positions
- Confidence and judgment to advise senior stakeholders, challenge assumptions, and translate business needs into effective hiring strategies
- Strong direct-sourcing skills and experience using multiple attraction channels
- Hands-on, adaptable, highly organized, and able to balance competing priorities with strong attention to detail
- Comfortable using applicant tracking systems, recruitment data, and market insights to inform decisions and communicate progress
DESIRABLE:
- Experience recruiting within fleet operations, automotive, logistics, manufacturing, field operations, mobility, customer operations, or another high-volume operational environment
- Experience supporting hiring across multiple locations, working with globally distributed stakeholders, or familiarity with Ashby or similar ATS
- Experience designing or improving volume-hiring campaigns, recruitment events, or structured assessment processes
- Thrives in a startup environment where priorities and processes continue to evolve
