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Senior Talent Partner, Operations

Vay - Las Vegas, NV, United States - In-office - posted 2026-09-28

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Vay is a remote-driving autonomous vehicle company operating in Las Vegas and expanding across the US and Europe. The company has deployed the second-largest commercial driverless fleet in the Western World and recently secured up to $410 million in strategic investment from Grab. You will own end-to-end, high-volume hiring across Vay's Operations organization, with primary focus on Remote Drivers, Safety Drivers, Field Support Agents, and Remote Truck Drivers. This is a fast-paced role where hiring demand moves quickly and your ability to build strong pipelines directly impacts the company's scaling velocity. Key responsibilities include: **High-Volume Operations Hiring** - Own end-to-end recruitment across Operations, building and managing high-volume candidate pipelines while maintaining quality, speed, and candidate experience standards - Partner closely with Operations leaders to translate workforce requirements into clear hiring plans - Develop sourcing strategies to access talent as the Las Vegas operation and future markets scale - Use recruiting data to analyze funnel performance, identify bottlenecks, and continuously improve conversion rates, quality, and hiring velocity **Building Smarter Hiring Processes** - Integrate AI and automation into daily work to remove repetitive tasks and increase team effectiveness - Continuously improve sourcing, screening, assessment, scheduling, and hiring processes at scale - Identify problems, understand root causes, and bring solutions rather than simply highlighting issues - Experiment with new tools and approaches, scaling what works across the wider Talent team - Create necessary structure while remaining comfortable in a fast-moving environment with changing priorities **Talent Partnership** - Build trusted relationships with Operations leaders, becoming a trusted advisor for both hiring execution and strategic guidance - Bring data, market insight, and recommendations to hiring conversations - Demonstrate team-first mentality, sharing best practices and supporting colleagues - Represent Vay as a culture ambassador in all candidate and internal interactions The role requires on-site presence in Las Vegas to stay close to the Operations teams you support. **Requirements** - Strong experience owning high-volume, frontline Operations or similarly fast-paced hiring - Proven track record delivering significant hiring volumes without sacrificing candidate quality or experience - Solution-oriented mindset with demonstrated ability to move from problem identification to implementation - Strong evidence of using AI and automation to make work faster, smarter, or more effective (focus on actual implementation, not just tool familiarity) - Bias toward action and ability to move forward without perfect information or processes - Strong analytical instincts and ability to use recruiting data to identify priorities - Team-first, positive mentality with willingness to support colleagues across functions - Strong stakeholder-management skills and confidence to challenge constructively - Willingness to work on-site in Las Vegas

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