Skillz is a publicly traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide. The Skillz platform is revolutionizing the gaming industry by fostering social competition within games. It helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.
Skillz brings together builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs who are driven by impact, product excellence, innovation, and growth. The company operates with a startup-like culture where employees are encouraged to collaborate, take ownership, provide feedback, and contribute to improving products and business operations.
Why Skillz
Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we create value, obsess over our product, and make a difference in the world.
Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with a comprehensive benefits package, which includes 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision expenses for both employees and their dependents. Additionally, employees can take advantage of 401K matching, pre-tax benefit options, and more.
Wellness Support: Enhance well-being with wellness initiatives including meditation and mental health resources, physical fitness coaching and classes, family planning assistance, health and parenting guidance, virtual therapy sessions, and more.
Time Off: Skillz offers competitive paid time off and company holidays to help employees recharge and pursue their passions.
Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the number one fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, among other recognitions.
Development Opportunities: Skillz holds employees to high standards while providing professional growth opportunities. The company operates like a startup and encourages employees to collaborate and voice feedback about products and ways to improve the business. Skillz believes in continuous improvement and employee growth.
Responsibilities
Run end-to-end executive searches including calibration, market mapping, slate development, and closing candidates while managing high stakeholder complexity.
Build proactive and evergreen talent pipelines that reduce future time-to-fill.
Improve candidate slate quality through stronger targeting and qualification.
Increase offer acceptance through early alignment on compensation, candidate motivations, and decision velocity.
Reduce reliance on external search partners by developing strong internal recruiting capabilities and search expertise.
Key Competencies
Technical Acumen: Strong understanding of executive roles, technologies, and skills required to effectively assess candidate qualifications.
Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop and execute data-driven and strategic recruiting plans aligned with company growth objectives and hiring needs.
Problem-Solving: Ability to identify challenges in the recruiting process and implement creative solutions to overcome them, ensuring a smooth and efficient hiring process.
Adaptability: Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities, market conditions, and business needs while maintaining a high level of performance and professionalism.
Negotiation Skills: Proficiency in negotiating job offers, compensation packages, and other employment terms to secure top talent while adhering to budgetary constraints.
Relationship Building: Skill in building and nurturing relationships with candidates, hiring managers, and cross-functional partners to facilitate successful hiring outcomes.
Experience
At least 5+ years, ideally 7+ years, of technical recruiting experience with demonstrated expertise in sourcing, assessing, and hiring engineering talent. Candidates should have in-depth knowledge and understanding of technical roles, technologies, and skills required in engineering positions.
Experience in Full-cycle Recruiting: Hands-on experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing and screening candidates to coordinating interviews, booking travel, conducting reference checks, participating in hiring committee debriefs, negotiating offers, closing deals, and onboarding new hires while ensuring a seamless and positive candidate experience.
Passion for Gaming: Genuine enthusiasm for gaming and the gaming industry, with a deep understanding of gaming culture, trends, and technologies.
Startup or Turnaround Experience: Proven ability to thrive in a startup-like environment with a proactive mindset, strong initiative, and a track record of taking ownership of recruitment processes and driving results.
Healthy Tenure: Demonstrated stability and commitment in previous roles, with a track record of staying in positions for 2 or more years. Internal promotions within organizations are highly valued as they indicate strong career progression and contributions to company success.
Bangalore Local or Willingness to Relocate: Preference for candidates who are currently located in Bangalore or willing to relocate, demonstrating a commitment to joining the Skillz team in its Bangalore office.
Location: Table Space Towers, 4th Cross Rd, Kaveri Nagar, Krishnarajapuram, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560048.
Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of its commitment to diversifying its workforce, Skillz does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and operates in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Industry is Mobile Gaming, eSports, Technology, and Digital Entertainment. Employee Size is not provided.