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# Manager, Talent Acquisition - 1055 at Lightcast

- **Company:** Lightcast
- **Location:** Moscow, ID
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-06-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/economicmodeling/725f4f5b-fd9c-4cba-a970-13b815676128

## Job description

Lightcast is seeking a strategic, hands-on Manager of Talent Acquisition to lead and scale our global recruiting function. This leader will drive full-cycle talent acquisition efforts across multiple functions and geographies, ensuring we attract, engage, and hire exceptional talent aligned with Lightcast's mission and growth objectives. The ideal candidate combines strong recruiting expertise with operational excellence, data-driven decision-making, and a passion for delivering an outstanding experience for candidates and hiring managers. As a trusted partner to business leaders, the Manager of Talent Acquisition will develop innovative sourcing strategies, optimize recruiting processes, and lead a high-performing recruiting team. This role requires a balance of strategic planning and hands-on execution in a fast-paced, evolving environment. THIS POSITION IS LOCATED ON-SITE IN MOSCOW, ID, AND ONLY CANDIDATES WHO ARE LOCAL OR ARE WILLING TO RELOCATE WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME.

Major Responsibilities:

- Lead and develop the Talent Acquisition team, fostering a high-performance, candidate-centric recruiting culture.
- Design and execute talent acquisition strategies that support Lightcast's growth, workforce planning, and business objectives.
- Partner closely with executive leadership, hiring managers, and People Operations to understand talent needs and develop proactive hiring plans.
- Own and manage full-cycle recruiting for key and strategic roles across multiple functions and regions.
- Build and execute innovative sourcing strategies to identify and engage top passive and active talent. Develop and maintain strong talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill positions.
- Drive continuous improvement of recruiting processes, systems, tools, and reporting to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
- Establish recruiting metrics and dashboards to monitor performance, identify trends, and inform hiring decisions.
- Ensure a consistent, positive, and inclusive candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
- Partner with the marketing and People teams to strengthen Lightcast's employer brand and talent-attraction efforts.
- Manage relationships with external recruiting agencies, job boards, and talent partners as needed.
- Ensure recruiting practices comply with applicable employment laws and hiring regulations across multiple countries.
- Support diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives through equitable recruiting practices and sourcing strategies.
- Train and coach hiring managers on interviewing best practices, candidate assessment, and selection processes.
- Stay current on talent acquisition trends, market intelligence, and competitive hiring practices.

Education and Experience:

- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field; equivalent experience considered.
- 5+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including leadership responsibility.
- Demonstrated experience managing and developing recruiting teams across multiple geographic regions.
- Significant experience sourcing and recruiting passive candidates for technical, professional, and leadership-level roles.
- Proven success building creative sourcing strategies utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter, talent communities, networking, referrals, and other direct sourcing channels.
- Experience supporting hiring across multiple functions including technology, product, sales, marketing, customer success, and corporate roles.
- Strong knowledge of talent acquisition best practices, recruiting operations, and candidate assessment methodologies.
- Experience leveraging ATS platforms, recruiting technologies, CRM systems, and recruiting analytics.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and build trusted partnerships with senior leaders and hiring managers.
- Experience developing recruiting metrics and using data to drive hiring decisions and process improvements.
- Strong project management, organizational, and prioritization skills.
- Excellent communication, coaching, and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Experience recruiting in remote and distributed workforce environments is preferred.
- Familiarity with international employment markets and global hiring practices preferred.

Lightcast is a global leader in labor market insights, with headquarters in Moscow, ID (US) and offices in the United Kingdom, Europe, and India.  We work with partners across six continents to help drive economic prosperity and mobility by providing the insights needed to build and develop our people, our institutions and companies, and our communities.

Lightcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and does not discriminate on the basis of federally protected statuses. Lightcast has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity of thought and unique perspectives. We seek dynamic professionals from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their authentic, original, and best selves to work.

## About Lightcast

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Lightcast (formerly Emsi Burning Glass) provides the world’s most comprehensive labor market intelligence by transforming job postings, professional profiles, and government data into actionable insights for businesses, educators, and governments.
- **Entity Type**: Private (growth stage, no recent funding disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Moscow, Idaho, United States
- **Founded**: 2000
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (company was originally Emsi; merged with Burning Glass Technologies)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Labor Market Analytics, Workforce Intelligence, HR Technology, Economic Development
- **Target customers**: B2B – enterprises, government agencies, educational institutions, workforce boards, and economic development organizations
- **Mission/Purpose**: “Drive economic prosperity and mobility by providing the insights needed to build and develop our people, institutions, companies, and communities.” (source: [lightcast.io](https://lightcast.io))

## Products & Services
- **Lightcast Data Platform**: SaaS platform offering interactive maps, graphs, and dashboards to explore labor market trends, skills demand, and workforce gaps.
- **APIs & Data Feeds**: Programmatic access to the world’s largest labor market database covering 165+ countries, 3B+ job postings, and 1.2B career profiles.
- **Consulting Services**: Custom research projects and strategic advisory from a team of data scientists and economists.
- **Beyond The Buzz (AI Skills Disruption Matrix™)**: Proprietary tool and research framework to analyze AI’s impact on skills and workforce strategy.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: 521 employees (+12.8% YoY growth), 42,653 LinkedIn followers, recognized in TIME’s 2026 America’s Top WorkTech Companies
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Not publicly listed; clients include top universities, Fortune 500 firms, and government agencies; cited regularly in NY Times, WSJ, Forbes, CNBC
- **Growth Signals**: 17 active job postings (up 325% YoY); acquired Gazelle (2023) to expand data capabilities; expanding into new geographies (10 countries, including India, UK, Italy, Canada)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unmatched data breadth**: Over 3 billion job postings, 1.2 billion career profiles, and 100+ government sources across 165 countries.
- **Proprietary AI & taxonomies**: Advanced natural language processing and human-expert refinement to structure and standardize labor market data.
- **25+ years of experience**: Pioneer in collecting and analyzing labor market information at scale.
- **Trusted authority**: Regularly featured in top-tier media and used by policymakers and institutions worldwide.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI & Skills Transformation**: Leading research on how AI is reshaping skills demand, with tools like the AI Skills Disruption Matrix.
- **Education & Workforce Alignment**: Deepening partnerships with universities, governments, and workforce organizations to improve talent pipelines.
- **Global Expansion**: Strengthening presence in Europe, India, and other key markets.
- **Product Innovation**: Investing in data-driven decision-making tools for both corporate and public sector clients.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven environment focused on impact, innovation, and meaningful work. Emphasizes intellectual rigor and collaboration.
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Many roles are remote (US and global); offices in Moscow (ID), UK, Europe, and India. Distributed team across 10 countries.
- **Diverse Hiring Areas**: Actively recruiting for Sales, Product & Engineering, Data Science & Analytics, Corporate Functions, and Leadership roles.
- **Growth Opportunity**: 12.8% headcount growth; employees are given autonomy to own research agendas and drive cross-functional projects.
- **Notable Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the company uses AI to support hiring (transparent about it); offers continuous learning through cutting-edge labor market research.

## Sources
1. [lightcast.io](https://lightcast.io/)
2. [lightcast.io – About](https://lightcast.io/en)
3. [LinkedIn – Lightcast](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lightcastdata)
4. [Careers – Future Opportunities](https://jobs.lever.co/economicmodeling/69c5168b-6802-4936-963a-99615957c412)
5. [Careers – Principal Economist](https://jobs.lever.co/economicmodeling/383e7c18-24e8-4b5e-a1e5-05fc150bfd65)

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