Talent Acquisition Partner

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package. We’re also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution, KAYAK for Business.

As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others. From start-up to industry leader, innovation is in our DNA and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

KAYAK is looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner to join their small but global and dynamic team. This role will function as a key advisor to Commercial, Finance and Marketing teams, responsible for managing the end-to-end talent acquisition process, developing recruitment strategies, and ensuring a positive candidate experience. Your strategic impact will not only drive company success but also transform lives by connecting individuals with career opportunities that match their aspirations!

This role will be required to work from our London office at least 2 days per week.

In this role, you will:

• Manage full-cycle recruitment responsibilities from initial intake meetings and sourcing candidates, to offer extension and partnering with onboarding.
• Establish strong relationships with hiring managers and senior leadership to understand their needs and align recruitment strategies with business objectives.
• Act as a subject matter expert, providing guidance on market trends, talent availability, compensation insights, and best practices
• Develop and implement role-specific recruitment strategies, using both traditional and innovative sourcing methods
• Schedule interviews and manage general candidate communication
• Work to ensure diverse, inclusive, and equitable hiring practices
• Represent as a brand ambassador by building and maintaining employment brands
• Continually build positive relationships with employees across the business and functions
• Manage a pipeline of talent for future roles
• Craft and maintain tracking metrics for recruiting

Please apply if you have:

• 5+ years of proven recruiting experience in a fast-paced global recruitment environment, at least 3 years of in-house experience
• Demonstrable track record as a trusted adviser to hiring managers
• A strong ability to use data to track processes and identify areas for improvement
• Strong understanding of recruitment process, sourcing techniques, and industry best practices
• The ability to work autonomously in an innovative environment with flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances
• Excellent communication skills with  internal clients and external candidates
• Great team collaboration skills: adaptable and flexible to work within a distributed team
• A creative and innovative, passionate about building positive relationships
• Proficiency in an Applicant Tracking System (Greenhouse is a plus)

Are you a driven self-starter who is deeply passionate about diversity, candidate experience and strives to be a key resource for the business? Then join us and play an important role in shaping the future of KAYAK!

Benefits and Perks

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• Focus on mental health and well-being:
  • Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth & HeadSpace Subscription
  • Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
  • No meeting Fridays
• Paid parental leave
• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
• Paid volunteer time
• Focus on your career growth:
  • Development Dollars
  • Leadership Development
  • Access to thousand of on-demand e-learnings
• Travel Discounts
• 5 weeks paid vacation
• Private health & dental insurance
• Income protection and life assurance
• Employee Assistance Program - including 24/7 GP & free legal advice
• Pension plan contributions
• Discounted gym membership
• Bike2Work
• Season ticket loan
• Social events & Thursday happy hours
• Free lunch 2 days per week

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At KAYAK, we aspire to be a workplace that fosters inclusion and reflects the diverse communities we serve. Hiring people with different backgrounds and perspectives is critical to innovation and to how we deliver great experiences for our users, partners, and teams. We strive to be an open and welcoming environment so that no matter who you are, you can be yourself.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform job responsibilities, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation(s).