--- title: 'Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition at Sila' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-manager-talent-acquisition-sila-alameda-0jzpfx5w2h8w' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-13' --- # Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition at Sila - **Company:** Sila - **Location:** Alameda, CA - **Posted:** 2026-09-28 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/silananotechnologies/jobs/8237820 ## Job description ## About Us We are Sila, a next-generation battery materials company. Our mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy. To create this future, our team is building a better lithium-ion battery from the inside out today. We engineer and manufacture ground-breaking battery materials that significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight. The result? Smaller more powerful batteries that can unlock innovation in consumer devices and accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels. We're tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time every day, and together we're redefining what's possible. Are you ready to be a part of a team committed to changing the world? ## Who You Are The Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the recruitment process at Sila. Lead talent acquisition strategy, workforce planning, and recruiting priorities aligned with business objectives, organizational values, and hiring outcomes. Own the end-to-end recruitment process from job requisition to onboarding, ensuring compliance and efficiency at every stage. This role is a “player coach” who will be responsible for sourcing and hiring within various business units. The Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition  works closely with the People & Culture team and other senior leaders to understand talent and create effective strategies to meet those needs. ## Responsibilities - Lead, mentor, and develop a team of talent acquisition professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture across HR and the business to deliver timely, high-quality talent solutions. - Deliver against hiring targets, building scalable recruiting processes, and ensuring consistent execution across hiring initiatives. - Partner with hiring managers to understand talent needs, create effective job descriptions and selection criteria, and provide training on interview techniques and candidate assessment. - Advise leaders on talent market trends, workforce risks, recruiting effectiveness, and strategies to meet current and future talent needs. - Raise the hiring bar through strong intake discipline, calibrated scorecards, structured interview practices, talent market insight, and decisive close strategies. - Design and continuously improve recruiting policies, processes, service delivery, and governance to ensure a consistent, compliant, and candidate-centered hiring experience. - Develop and drive the long-term talent acquisition roadmap for Sila, ensuring the organization can attract, hire, and retain the talent necessary to meet operational, growth, workforce planning, and customer service objectives. - Develop employer branding, sourcing strategies that strengthen the organization’s market presence and attract diverse talent pipelines. - Leverage data, analytics, and market intelligence to identify trends, optimize performance, improve recruiting effectiveness, and influence enterprise workforce decisions. - Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on recruiting speed, scalability, process simplification, candidate experience, and operational efficiency. - Use data to identify bottlenecks, forecast risk, challenge hiring plans, and guide executive level decisions. - Drive AI and automation adoption across the recruiting lifecycle, including sourcing, workflow optimization, reporting, interviewer enablement, candidate engagement, and operational efficiency. - Partner with HRBPs and FP&A to assist with headcount planning and management. - Manage recruiting training programs, ensuring all participants are appropriately trained before participating in the hiring process. Education and Experience - Minimum of 10 years of talent acquisition experience with 5 years of leading high performing teams. Start-up experience preferred. - Thorough understanding of recruiting methods and best practices, as well as applicable policies and federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations. - Excellent ability to define problems and create efficient solutions in a fast paced startup environment. - Understanding of manufacturing, research and development, and technology including the skills, knowledge, and abilities associated with those roles is preferred. - Scaling high growth organization through continuous improvement, talent mapping, talent development, competitive analysis. - Experience with Greenhouse preferred. Physical Demands and Working Conditions - Move long distances (such as from building to building) and be stationary for extended periods of time - Operate a computer and other office equipment, such as a laptop, copier/printer, etc in a fixed location The starting base pay for this role is between $152,000 and $193,000 at the time of posting. The actual base pay depends on many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. Base pay is only one part of Sila’s competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, and equity.  The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. ## #LI-ONSITE ## #LI-CL1 Working at Sila We believe that building a diverse team at Sila helps us amplify our individual talents. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment where good ideas are free to come from anyone. We are proud to celebrate diversity and all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, national origin, or any other status protected by law. ## About Sila ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Sila develops and manufactures next-generation silicon anode materials that dramatically improve the energy density and fast-charge capability of lithium-ion batteries. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series G – $375M raised in close of Series G round) - **Headquarters**: Alameda, California, USA - **Founded**: 2011 - **Founders**: Gene Berdichevsky (CEO), Gleb Yushin (CTO), Alex Jacobs (VP, Engineering) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Battery materials / Advanced manufacturing / Clean energy - **Target customers**: B2B – automotive OEMs (Mercedes-Benz, BMW), consumer electronics makers (WHOOP), and cell manufacturers - **Mission / purpose**: “Power the world’s transition to clean energy” by delivering high-performance battery materials that require less mining, produce less CO₂, and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. ## Products & Services - **Titan Silicon® Anode**: A drop-in silicon anode material that provides exceptional energy density and fast-charge improvements for any lithium-ion battery application. Already shipping in millions of devices (e.g., WHOOP 4.0). - **Battery Engineering Services**: A collaborative service that works with OEMs and cell suppliers to define and deliver optimized cell performance using Sila’s materials. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding exceeds $1B (including a $600M Series F in 2021, a $375M Series G close, and a $100M U.S. Department of Energy grant) - **Notable Investors / Partners**: BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Panasonic Energy, REC Silicon (long-term supply agreement), and the U.S. DOE (ARPA‑E) - **Growth Signals**: - Commenced operations at a 600,000+ sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Moses Lake, Washington – the first and largest silicon anode plant in the western world. - Over 250 patents filed and pending worldwide. - Headcount of ~410 employees (LinkedIn, 2026), with 80% in the U.S. and strong technical hiring (40 active job postings, +25% quarterly growth). - Already powering millions of devices in the market (WHOOP). ## Competitive Advantages - **Foundational IP**: Invented by co‑founder and CTO Prof. Gleb Yushin (Georgia Tech), with a deep patent portfolio covering the low‑swell silicon anode chemistry and cell recipes. - **Proven at scale**: Only advanced battery materials company with both GWh‑scale production and millions of products in the field. - **Strategic partnerships**: Long‑term agreements with top automotive and consumer electronics brands, de‑risking future adoption. - **U.S. supply chain focus**: Moses Lake plant strengthens domestic battery manufacturing, reducing reliance on foreign supply. ## Strategic Focus - **Scale production**: Continue building out the Moses Lake facility and prepare for global deployment of Titan Silicon. - **Deepen OEM integration**: Work closely with partners like Mercedes‑Benz (EQG will be the first car powered by Sila material) to enable product‑level differentiation. - **Expand applications**: Move beyond automotive and wearable into grid storage, power tools, and other lithium‑ion‑powered devices. - **Sustainability**: Reduce mining and CO₂ emissions across the battery value chain. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: “Do great work with good people” – a collaborative, humble, and ambitious environment focused on solving hard technical challenges. - **Diversity & Inclusion**: Equal opportunity employer with active Employee Resource Groups; DEI seen as a force multiplier for innovation. - **Benefits**: Comprehensive medical/dental/vision, 401k with partial match up to $5,000, employee stock options (ISOs), generous parental leave, subsidized lunch, well‑stocked kitchen, charitable giving, and a pet‑friendly office (“Pups” program). - **Work environment**: Primarily on‑site at the Alameda HQ or Moses Lake manufacturing plant; engineering culture emphasizes cross‑disciplinary teamwork in chemistry, materials science, and manufacturing. - **Impact**: Contribute directly to the clean energy transition by commercializing breakthrough battery materials. ## Sources 1. [silanano.com](https://www.silanano.com/) 2. [silanano.com/about-us](https://www.silanano.com/about-us) 3. [silanano.com/careers](https://www.silanano.com/careers) 4. [silanano.com/culture](https://www.silanano.com/culture) 5. 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