Director of Talent Acquisition
PEAK6 is a leading investment firm headquartered in Chicago. More than 20 years ago, we were one of the first firms to develop sophisticated proprietary technology in our trading business. Today, we leverage our technical ingenuity and operational ability across a number of investment areas, spanning early- to mid-stage growth capital, operational control, trading, and sports management, with an eye toward providing value to the customer. Over the years, we have built and operated several leading financial technology firms and today our team includes a digital wealth clearinghouse, an outsource provider of flood insurance, a Premier League soccer team, a value investment arm, an incubation lab, and more.
As a member of the HR team at PEAK6, you’ll have a big impact on the firm. You’ll work across all our different businesses and have genuine opportunities to shape the future of our HR efforts and reinforce a growing, thriving culture
You’ll be responsible for:
- Partnering closely with our leaders to help scale the recruiting function to drive progress & strategy
- Leading and developing a strong team of Recruiters, demonstrating excellent people management skills, and leadership behaviors and strong collaboration with leadership across the firm
- Defining & tracking consistent hiring metrics and goals that define success for Recruiting
- Bringing past industry and market knowledge but continue to research and understand local/non-local talent markets
- Proactively reviewing business needs and partner with leaders think about their long-term talent plans, help them forecast talent needs, gaps, etc based on historical data and future growth plans
You’ll gain loads of experience in this role but before you do, you should have:
- 10+ years of recruiting experience and a minimum of 5 years in a leadership position
- Demonstrated success in concurrently managing multiple staffing programs and systems, plus a history of leaving an organization stronger than it was before
- Proficiency in developing and managing business processes
- Thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
- A good knowledge of the technology industry
- Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems, LinkedIn Recruiter and other recruiting media
- Proficiency with Excel and Google Analytics
All of our HR team members have these traits. You should, too.
Motivation Collaboration Curiosity
Integrity Adaptability Ingenuity
Life at PEAK6
We want you to like coming to work so we work really hard to make your job fun and different from any other.
As a PEAK6 Director of Talent Acquisition, you can enjoy:
- Generous medical, vision and dental plans
- Matching 401(k) programs
- Adoption assistance & family leave
- Sabbatical program
- Speakers Series
- Massage days
- Poker tournament with a grand prize of a World Series of Poker buy in
- Sports leagues
- Cornhole tournaments
- Annual PEAK6 Party
- Yoga classes
- Tuition reimbursement
- Lasik eye discount
- Philanthropy events
- Annual wellness screens and flu shots
- Bagel Fridays/expiration lunches
- Birthday gifts
- Charitable matching gift program