Talent Acquisition Specialist

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Ready to accelerate your career?</strong></p>

<p>Cardata is where driven people make an outsized impact. We’re a small but mighty team transforming how businesses manage vehicle reimbursement — replacing outdated programs with smart, automated solutions.</p>

<p>Our vision is bold: to provide the most comprehensive, intelligent, and automated software and services for creating ideal vehicle programs. And we’re building toward that vision every single day.</p>

<p>Join us and you’ll find challenge, growth, and the chance to deliver real impact — helping hundreds of companies and thousands of drivers across North America focus on the work that matters most to them.</p></div><p>We’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our People team and help scale hiring across the organization.</p>

<p>This is a hands-on, full-cycle recruiting role for someone who can independently own searches from intake through accepted offer, build strong relationships with hiring managers, and create an excellent candidate experience.</p>

<p>You’ll manage the day-to-day execution of hiring across functions including Go-to-Market, Customer Success, Operations, Product, and Engineering. You’ll work in partnership with our People & Talent Partner on broader talent strategy, recruiting analytics, process improvement, workforce planning, and select senior or complex searches.</p>

<p>This role is ideal for someone who enjoys both the relationship and operational sides of recruiting: understanding what makes someone successful in a role, finding great candidates, keeping searches moving, and using data and market insights to improve hiring outcomes.</p>

<p><strong>What you'll do:</strong></p>

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<li>Independently manage a portfolio of full-cycle searches from kickoff through accepted offer.</li>

<li>Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, success profiles, competencies, and interview criteria.</li>

<li>Build qualified pipelines through proactive sourcing, referrals, inbound applicants, networking, and creative sourcing strategies.</li>

<li>Conduct recruiter screens and assess candidates against clearly defined role requirements.</li>

<li>Keep hiring processes moving by proactively managing candidates, interviewers, feedback, and next steps.</li>

<li>Serve as the day-to-day recruiting partner to hiring managers, providing pipeline updates, market insights, and recommendations when searches need to adjust.</li>

<li>Identify hiring risks and bottlenecks early and recommend solutions.</li>

<li>Manage offer coordination and candidate closing in partnership with the People team.</li>

<li>Build proactive talent pipelines for recurring and difficult-to-fill roles.</li>

<li>Conduct talent mapping and share insights on candidate availability, compensation expectations, and hiring trends.</li>

<li>Maintain accurate candidate and requisition data within our ATS and support disciplined interview and scorecard practices.</li>

<li>Partner with the People team to ensure a smooth handoff from accepted offer through onboarding.</li>

<li>Help improve recruiting workflows, candidate experience, sourcing approaches, systems, and automation.</li>

<li>Partner with our People & Talent Partner to monitor recruiting metrics such as pipeline health, conversion, source effectiveness, time in stage, and time-to-fill.</li>

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<p><strong>What You Bring</strong></p>

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<li>3–5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in a technology, SaaS, or high-growth environment.</li>

<li>Experience independently managing multiple searches across different functions.</li>

<li>Strong proactive sourcing skills and experience engaging passive candidates.</li>

<li>Confidence conducting recruiter screens and assessing candidates beyond resume-level qualifications.</li>

<li>Strong hiring manager partnership skills, including the ability to provide recommendations, manage expectations, and respectfully challenge assumptions.</li>

<li>Excellent candidate communication and a strong instinct for candidate experience.</li>

<li>The ability to stay organized and drive processes forward while managing competing priorities.</li>

<li>Comfort operating in an environment where priorities can shift and not every process is fully defined.</li>

<li>Exposure to recruiting metrics and using pipeline data to identify potential issues or opportunities.</li>

<li>Experience with an ATS such as Greenhouse or a comparable platform.</li>

<li>Curiosity about recruiting technology, automation, and AI-enabled recruiting tools.</li>

<li>Experience recruiting across GTM, Customer Success, Product, Engineering, Finance, or Operations is an asset.</li>

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<p><strong>What Success Looks Like</strong></p>

<p>Within your first 6–12 months, you will:</p>

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<li>Independently own the majority of your assigned searches from intake through accepted offer.</li>

<li>Build trusted relationships with hiring managers who view you as a strong recruiting partner.</li>

<li>Maintain healthy pipelines and proactively identify risk before searches stall.</li>

<li>Deliver a thoughtful, organized, and high-quality candidate experience.</li>

<li>Maintain strong ATS and recruiting data practices.</li>

<li>Help improve hiring velocity without compromising candidate quality.</li>

<li>Build proactive pipelines for recurring and hard-to-fill roles.</li>

<li>Contribute ideas that make our recruiting processes smarter, faster, and more scalable.</li>

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<p><strong>Compensation:</strong></p>

<p>In line with Ontario’s Pay Transparency legislation, the expected base compensation for this role is $75–$90,000 CAD annually, with actual earnings dependent on experience, skills, and performance.This is a <strong data-start="1625" data-end="1644">vacant position</strong>, and we are hiring with intention and seeking someone who will bring new perspective, contribute meaningfully to the team, and grow with the organization.</p>

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<p> </p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>Why you’ll love working at Cardata:</strong></p>

<p>We’ll be honest — Cardata isn’t for everyone. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, take extreme ownership, and constantly push yourself (and your work) to be the best, you’ll fit right in.</p>

<p>You’ll be surrounded by driven teammates who genuinely care — about the work, about our customers, and about helping each other succeed. Together, we take on ambitious goals and celebrate the wins along the way.</p>

<p>What we offer in return for you bringing your best:</p>

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<li>Remote work and flexible working hours</li>

<li>Mentorship and development opportunities (to help you achieve your career goals!)</li>

<li>Extended medical & dental benefits</li>

<li>Healthcare spending account</li>

<li>$3,000 annual Health and Wellness Spending Account to support your overall wellbeing</li>

<li>Employee assistance program (EAP)</li>

<li>Flexible (Unlimited) Time Off: No annual cap on vacation, supported by a trust-based, flexible approach to time away.</li>

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<p><em>Cardata is an equal opportunity employer. All candidates will be equally considered without regard to race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, language, citizenship, creed, religion, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, physical and/or mental handicap or financial ability. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to bring their authentic selves to work.</em></p>

<p><em>If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know.</em></p></div>