Talent Acquisition Associate

This role helps build the teams that move the organisation forward by delivering thoughtful, high-quality recruiting experiences. The role manages searches from intake through hire, partnering with hiring leaders and colleagues to understand their needs, engage strong talent and keep hiring moving. As the role holder grows, they deepen their understanding of the business, talent markets and recruiting insights while building the skills to strengthen how the organisation attracts and hires talent.

• Build understanding of the teams supported, including their priorities, talent needs and competitive landscape, and use that context to inform the recruiting approach.
• Manage searches from intake through hire, translating hiring needs into clear search plans, identifying and engaging talent and keeping stakeholders informed throughout the process.
• Build and maintain pipelines of qualified talent through proactive sourcing, research and relationship-building for current and future hiring needs.
• Use talent-market information, pipeline data and candidate feedback to identify trends and share relevant insights with hiring leaders and Talent Advisory & Delivery teammates.
• Create clear, responsive and thoughtful experiences for candidates and hiring teams through consistent communication, preparation and follow-through.
• Use AI and recruiting technology to support research, talent mapping, sourcing, communication and day-to-day workflows while recognising where human judgment and connection matter most.
• Partner with Talent Advisory & Delivery, People Teams and business teams to share information, solve challenges and keep hiring priorities moving forward.
• Maintain accurate recruiting data, monitor search and pipeline progress and identify opportunities to improve how work is organised and delivered.

• At least 2 years of recruiting experience in a high-growth, agency, consulting or similarly fast-moving environment.
• Experience supporting full-cycle searches, with exposure to proactive sourcing and talent pipeline development.
• Ability to understand hiring needs, organise a search approach and use business context, recruiting data and market information to inform work.
• Strong research and sourcing skills, with curiosity about talent markets, competitors and new ways to identify and engage prospective candidates.
• Ability to build productive relationships with hiring leaders and candidates through thoughtful questions, clear communication and consistent follow-through.
• Comfort using recruiting technology and applicant tracking systems, with an interest in learning and experimenting with AI-enabled recruiting tools.
• Strong organisation, curiosity and adaptability, with the ability to manage competing priorities, learn from feedback and deliver a thoughtful candidate and stakeholder experience.

• Bachelor's Degree is preferred.
• Experience supporting full-cycle searches for technology, technical or analytics roles.
• Workday experience is a plus.

• US base salary range for this full-time position: 59,800.00 USD - 74,700.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable.
• Ranges are determined by role, level, and location; the posted range reflects new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations.
• Individual pay within the range is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
• The recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how it was determined during the hiring process.

• Bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable.

DraftKings is a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. DraftKings is making AI an integral part of both its present and future, powering how work gets done, guiding smarter decisions, and sparking bold ideas. DraftKings is a regulated gaming company, so employees may be required to obtain a gaming licence issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment; DraftKings will guide them through the process if relevant.