Principal Talent Acquisition Partner - Leadership Hiring

MaintainX is the world's leading Asset and Work Intelligence platform for industrial and frontline environments. We are a modern IoT-enabled cloud-based tool for reliability, safety, and operations on physical equipment and facilities. MaintainX powers operational excellence for 10,000+ businesses including Duracell, Univar Solutions Inc., Titan America, McDonald's, Brenntag, Cintas, Xylem, and Shell.

We've raised $104 million in venture capital following a recent Series C funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Ventures, August Capital, Amity Ventures, Ridge Ventures as wellas CEO’s from GE, Twilio, Coupa, Toast and PagerDuty.

We are looking for a highly skilled Principal Talent Partner to focus on leadership hiring across our organization. This role is critical to building and scaling our leadership teams, with a particular focus on Director, Sr Director and VP hires. 

As a Principal Talent Partner, you will lead full-cycle recruitment for key leadership roles. In some cases, you’ll own the process end-to-end in-house; in others, you’ll act as the primary liaison partnering closely with external retained search firms (C-Level roles). You’ll work hand-in-hand with internal leaders, providing strategic hiring support and helping guide workforce planning initiatives.

What You’ll Do:

• Drive full-cycle leadership and critical/high priority roles included but not limited to: Director, Sr Director, VP, and partnering with retained search firms for C-suite roles.


• Build strong, trusted partnerships with internal leadership across multiple functions.


• Strategically leverage and grow your network to identify and engage top leadership talent in San Francisco and other hubs. 


• Represent our company with professionalism and executive presence.


• Serve as an important advocate and spokesperson for MaintainX.


• Partner with external search firms when needed, ensuring they represent MaintainX with excellence.


• Deliver a high-touch, white-glove candidate experience throughout the entire hiring process.


• Guide and support workforce planning initiatives alongside our People and Leadership teams.


• Operate with a balance of strategic advisory and hands-on execution from sourcing to closing.


• Create and deliver compelling content to promote awareness of current open roles.


• Collaborate closely with marketing, product, and sales teams to ensure a deep understanding of the business.

About You:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.


• 7+ years in talent acquisition, 3+ years of deep experience recruiting for senior leadership roles, in tech SaaS high-growth environments.


• Well-connected within the San Francisco talent market and networks. 


• Excellent communicator with strong executive presence, able to represent the company and leadership brand exceptionally well.


• Comfortable rolling up your sleeves and doing the "grind work"  from sourcing to scheduling to closing.
  Skilled at building trusted relationships with senior leaders and providing strategic hiring guidance.


• Highly organized, proactive, and capable of managing multiple complex searches simultaneously.


• Experience partnering with retained search firms is a plus.


• Background in workforce planning or organizational design support is an advantage.

What’s in it for you:

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity opportunities.


• Healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.


• 401(k) / RRSP enrolment program.


• Take what you need PTO.


• A Work Culture where:




• You’ll work alongside folks across the globe that reflect the MaintainX values, Smart Humble Optimist.


• We believe in meritocracy, where ideas and effort are publicly celebrated.

About us:

Our mission is to make the life of blue-collar workers easier worldwide by creating software that meets their needs and realities. Our product is truly life-changing for 80% of the workforce that doesn’t work behind a desk and needs enterprise-grade software at their fingertips.

MaintainX is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.