Senior Talent Partner, Growth & Creative

About the role

Hinge Health is looking for a strategic, high-judgment Senior Talent Partner to lead hiring as part of our PGX organization, Product, Growth, Design. This role demands an advisor who operates with equal parts strategy and execution, translating complex business priorities into precise talent strategies that attract and secure exceptional candidates. You will own end-to-end recruitment, acting as a true thought partner to leaders across the product organization and ensuring that hiring needs are anticipated and met with precision. This is a role for someone who moves confidently through ambiguity, uses data to challenge assumptions, and builds durable trust with demanding stakeholders who expect excellence. You will be responsible for delivering exceptional hiring outcomes in a high-bar environment where the quality of decisions directly impacts the business trajectory. The position requires a partner who balances speed with care, ensuring that both process and people feel respected throughout every stage of the journey. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the product organization by influencing not only who joins today, but how the team thinks about talent for tomorrow.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Own full-cycle recruiting from intake and calibration through offer close and handoff, ensuring a seamless and accountable process.
• Partner with leaders to define role scope, level, and search strategy based on business needs and market reality, aligning talent plans with organizational objectives.
• Build and manage high-quality pipelines, including proactive passive candidate outreach in competitive markets where top talent is scarce.
• Use recruiting data and funnel insights to diagnose bottlenecks, improve hiring efficiency, and drive better decision-making with stakeholders through clear, evidence-based recommendations.
• Lead thoughtful calibration conversations when hiring teams need to reassess expectations around level, compensation, or candidate profile, guiding them toward informed and consistent decisions.
• Create an excellent candidate experience by ensuring clear communication, strong process management, and a high-touch, respectful approach throughout the interview journey from first touch to final decision.
• Influence longer-term headcount planning by bringing talent market insights and hiring data into workforce planning conversations, helping leaders anticipate needs and risks.
• Help improve hiring quality by refining job descriptions, interview process design, and stakeholder alignment where needed to reduce mis-hires and strengthen team fit.
• Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders across the product organization, translating complex hiring constraints and opportunities into actionable strategies.
• Partner with People Operations and Compensation to ensure offer structures, negotiation strategies, and closing tactics are optimized for speed and competitiveness.
• Monitor and report on key recruiting metrics, including time-to-fill, source quality, and offer acceptance, to continuously refine approaches and demonstrate impact.
• Collaborate with DEI and People teams to ensure hiring practices support inclusive outcomes and that diverse perspectives are considered throughout the evaluation process.
• Evaluate emerging tools and methodologies in talent acquisition, testing new approaches that could improve accuracy, efficiency, and candidate engagement.
• Provide coaching to hiring managers on best practices in interviewing, feedback, and decision-making to elevate the standard of talent decisions across the organization.
• Maintain a deep understanding of the competitive landscape for Product Management talent, enabling the team to position Hinge Health as an employer of choice.
• Support special projects related to talent strategy, including succession planning, bench strength identification, and critical role prioritization.
• Ensure compliance with hiring policies and legal requirements throughout the full-cycle process, safeguarding both the candidate and the company.
• Contribute to the development of playbooks and templates that standardize and scale high-quality hiring practices across the Product, Growth, Design, and Creative functions.

Requirements

• You are a strong strategic partner, not an order-taker. You know how to influence senior stakeholders, push on assumptions, and guide teams toward better hiring decisions.
• You are highly data-driven. You use funnel metrics, market signals, and process data to identify issues and improve outcomes, relying on evidence rather than intuition.
• You care deeply about candidate experience and know that high standards and high humanity should go together, treating every interaction with professionalism and empathy.
• You are agile, organized, and comfortable juggling multiple priorities without losing quality or momentum, even when demands are intense and shifting.
• You are energized by high-bar environments and know how to operate well with senior, discerning hiring teams who expect rigor and clarity.
• You have 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting or talent partnership experience, with meaningful experience supporting Product, Design, Creative, Growth or other closely related product and technical functions.
• You have a track record of partnering with senior hiring managers and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver against complex hiring goals, often under tight timelines.
• You have demonstrated success hiring passive talent in competitive markets, using creative sourcing strategies and strong networking techniques.
• You have strong experience using recruiting data to influence decisions, improve processes, and solve hiring challenges, interpreting metrics to guide action.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build credibility quickly and handle challenging stakeholder dynamics with sound judgment and professionalism.

Nice to have

• Experience recruiting for Product Management in a fast-paced, high-growth, or mission-driven environment where speed and accuracy are essential.
• Experience supporting leaders through org design, workforce planning, or talent mapping conversations to help shape future team structures.
• Experience improving interview process design, calibration, and candidate experience at the function level, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Familiarity with healthcare, digital health, or other complex, regulated product environments where compliance and user impact add layers of complexity.

Practical notes

This role is based in the San Francisco office on a full-time basis. The successful candidate must be able to work from the headquarters location. No specific working hours are outlined, but the position requires availability to collaborate with senior stakeholders across time zones as needed. There may be occasions requiring international travel or extended hours to support critical hiring windows or global initiatives. Candidates must be authorized to work in the country where the position is based without sponsorship at this time.