Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Ready to embark on the quest of joining Hack The Box?

At the end of this thrilling journey, you'll become a proud member of Hack The Box, with the ultimate mission to help redefine cybersecurity expertise. Get ready for an exciting adventure into the world of cybersecurity! 🚀🔒💻

✨The core mission of the Senior TA Specialist

Own and drive end-to-end Talent Acquisition across the US, with a primary focus on Revenue and Commercial hiring, within a fast-growing cybersecurity organization. As the dedicated TA partner for the Revenue organization, you will work closely with the CRO, Commercial People Partner, and Revenue VPs and Directors to understand business priorities, translate hiring needs into effective recruitment strategies, and attract top commercial talent.

Your hiring scope will span across Account Executives (AEs), Business Development Representatives (BDRs), Customer Success, Solutions Engineers, Channel and Marketing roles. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role where you will have the opportunity to shape how we attract, assess, and hire talent, while directly contributing to the growth and success of our US organization.

As part of a small and agile team, you'll have significant ownership, visibility, and the opportunity to make a tangible impact on how we scale our talent acquisition capabilities.

While your primary focus will be Revenue and Commercial recruitment, you'll also have the opportunity to support technical hiring on an occasional basis, depending on team capacity and business priorities.

Key Metrics:

• Expected annual hiring volume: 30–40 hires, based on recruitment volumes over the past two years. This is an indicative target and may vary depending on business needs and hiring priorities.
• Hiring manager satisfaction, candidate experience, quality of hire, first-year turnover, filled roles per Q / annually, offer acceptance rate, time to hire, % of sourced hires.

🏢 Location & Work Mode:

• Full-time role
• Remote role
• East Coast

🍺 The fellowship you’ll be joining:

You'll be joining a lean, collaborative Talent Acquisition team of three:

• You – Senior TA Specialist, Revenue: Owning US Revenue and Commercial recruitment.
• Senior TA Specialist, Tech: Leading recruitment across our technical functions.
• Head of Talent Acquisition: Leading the overall TA strategy, operations, and team.

Your key day-to-day partners will be the CRO, Commercial People Partner, and Revenue VPs and Directors.

⚔️ Technology tools & weapons you’ll be using:

Workable, LinkedIn Recruiter

🚀 The adventures that await you after becoming a Senior TA Specialist at Hack The Box:

• Own the full recruitment lifecycle: Drive recruitment from initial intake and hiring strategy through sourcing, assessment, negotiation, and offer management.
• Act as a trusted business partner: Work closely with hiring managers to understand business objectives, challenge assumptions where needed, define hiring criteria, and develop effective recruitment plans.
• Drive proactive talent sourcing: Identify, engage, and attract high-quality active and passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, talent mapping, market research, referrals, and other sourcing channels.
• Recruit across Revenue functions: Build strong market knowledge and talent pipelines across Account Executives, BDRs, Customer Success, Solutions Engineering, and Channel.
• Champion compliant and fair hiring: Ensure recruitment practices align with applicable US employment and equal opportunity requirements, helping minimize bias and promote objective hiring decisions.
• Use data to drive performance: Monitor recruitment metrics, identify bottlenecks, and continuously optimize sourcing strategies and hiring processes.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience: Ensure candidates receive timely communication, constructive feedback, and a consistent, engaging experience throughout the recruitment journey.
• Contribute to employer branding: Identify and implement initiatives that strengthen our employer brand and position the company as an attractive destination for top talent.

🏆 Skills, knowledge, and experience points required to unlock the role of the Senior TA Specialist at Hack The Box:

• 5+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, with at least 2–3 years recruiting within the technology industry.
• Proven experience recruiting Revenue and Commercial profiles in the US market. International recruitment experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated success hiring across commercial functions, ideally including Account Executives, BDRs, Customer Success, Solutions Engineering, and Channel.
• Strong full-cycle recruitment experience, from intake and sourcing through candidate assessment, negotiation, and closing.
• Hands-on experience with proactive sourcing techniques, talent mapping, and engaging passive candidates.
• Confidence partnering with senior stakeholders, managing expectations, and constructively challenging hiring requirements.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships with candidates and business leaders.
• Genuine curiosity about how different business functions operate, combined with strong business acumen and an understanding of revenue-driven organizations.
• A data-driven mindset, with the ability to use recruitment metrics to evaluate performance and improve hiring outcomes.
• A proactive, adaptable, and ownership-driven approach, comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

🕹️ What your Hack The Box adventure will have in store:

• 🎯You'll have the exhilarating opportunity to contribute to a product that is highly appreciated by users and the cybersecurity community at large.
• 🎯 You'll experience a highly supportive and caring environment, fostering growth, flexibility, and autonomy.
• 🎯 You'll embark on an exciting journey of continuous learning and problem-solving, leveling up as our organization grows.
• 🎯 Most importantly, you'll have a blast at HTB 🥳 because fun is an essential ingredient in our recipe for success! Just wait until you see our global meet-ups!

💰We also have other benefits that will keep you happy:

• Compensation: USD 100,000-140,000 Gross Annual +10% bonus
• Medical, Dental & Vision (employee coverage 100% paid for by Hack The Box)
• 401K w/ employer match
• Employer-paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA
• Paid paternity & maternity leave
• 25 annual leave days
• Home Office Allowance
• Dedicated budget for training and professional development, participation in conferences
• State-of-the-art equipment
• Full access to the Hack The Box lab offerings; so you can learn how to hack 😉

🗺️ The Quest of Becoming Hack The Box’s Senior TA Specialist at HTB:

• Level 1 — Apply: Submit your application.
• Level 2 — Talent Screen: A conversation with our Talent Acquisition team to explore your background and ambitions.
• Level 3 — Deep conversation with Igor about your talent acquisition experience.
• Level 4 — Meet key Revenue stakeholders.
• Level 5 — Congratulations! Not many reach this level 💪. Level’s objective: have a constructive, final conversation with senior leadership COO, VP People Team) to explore the role and your future at HTB.
• Level 6 — You've officially received an offer from HTB! To complete the last level and the Quest, all you need to do is accept the offer.
• Quest complete. Congratulations, you’re officially one of us 🥳🎉🎇Your next quest: complete the onboarding.

Hack Your Career, Today. Join us in this epic adventure of cybersecurity at Hack The Box! 🚀🔒💻

At Hack The Box, we are on a quest to find the most exceptional and enthusiastic talent to join our team. Whether or not you consider yourself a gamer, we value what makes you unique and want to know more about you. This job post provides just a glimpse of the incredible gamified experience our business and consumer customers enjoy through our platforms. So, if you're ready to embark on a journey of disruption, growth, and adventure, we can't wait to meet you!

ABOUT HACK THE BOX

Hack The Box is the leading cyber readiness platform for the agentic era, battle-testing and upskilling both humans and AI agents to enhance organizational cyber resilience. Trusted by the Fortune 500, government agencies, and MSSPs, the platform delivers threat-informed learning paths consisting of real-world scenarios in gamified labs and live-fire simulations that build and validate offensive and defensive cyber capabilities. With a loyal community of more than 4 million members and 800+ enterprise customers, Hack The Box empowers teams and intelligent systems alike to strengthen cyber defenses and reduce breach risk effectively.

Rapidly growing its international footprint and reach, Hack The Box is headquartered in the UK, with additional offices in the US, Australia, and Greece.

🚨 News & Resources:

• We’re incredibly proud to share that our headquarters in the UK, along with our entities in Greece and the US, have been certified as a Great Place to Work for 4 consecutive years (2023 - 2026).
• In addition, our Greek entity has been recognized among the Best Workplaces in Greece (4th, 2nd, 3rd, 1st) and Europe (7th, 10th, 73rd) during this period — a testament to our strong culture and commitment to creating an exceptional employee experience!

Take a sneak peek at how it is to be part of HTB . Get more insights about our HTB culture and employee experience by visiting the “ about us ” section of our site, our career site , and Glassdoor .

At Hack The Box, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We believe that diversity enriches our performance, services, and the communities we serve. As such, we ensure that all job applications are considered solely based on merit, skills, and qualifications. We do not discriminate on grounds of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We are dedicated to providing a fair and respectful work environment that reflects our values.

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