Lead Talent Partner

Skylo is helping redefine how the world stays connected. At Skylo, our mission is to extend reliable connectivity to people, vehicles, and devices wherever they operate, even in the most remote and hard-to-reach places.Skylo is a global connectivity company serving customers and partners worldwide. We enable satellite-based connectivity for everyday devices, helping smartphones, vehicles, and machines stay connected beyond traditional cellular coverage. Today, Skylo’s services are live on millions of devices across five continents, supporting use cases across consumer devices, automotive, and industrial sectors.

This role is based in our Mountain View, CA office and requires being onsite 3 days per week 

We’re looking for a Lead Talent Partner in Mountain View to own the full 360 cycle for our highest-impact engineering teams. You won’t just be filling roles; you’ll act as a true strategic partner to our leadership, navigating complex stakeholder environments to build the teams defining the future of Skylo.   Drive the evolution of our technical employer brand to ensure Skylo is recognized as the premier destination for elite niche talent in the NTN space.

We’re looking for a Lead Talent Partner in Mountain View to own the full 360 cycle for our highest-impact engineering teams. You won’t just be filling roles; you’ll act as a true strategic partner to our leadership, navigating complex stakeholder environments to build the teams defining the future of Skylo.   Drive the evolution of our technical employer brand to ensure Skylo is recognized as the premier destination for elite niche talent in the NTN space.

• Solve the critical challenge of scaling a world-class engineering team across software, hardware, and satellite domains to support a live global network.
• Drive the full 360-degree recruitment lifecycle to ensure Skylo meets aggressive growth targets and KPIs across Engineering, Space, Cloud and more
• Navigate a fast-paced environment to identify, source and close elite talent.
• Improve how the organization makes hiring decisions by providing data-driven insights and maintaining a high bar for candidate quality 
• Partner deeply with department leaders to clarify role definitions and surface the critical trade-offs between specific technical skills and long-term organizational needs.
• Lead organization-wide initiatives to refine the interview and evaluation process, ensuring a focus on predictive accuracy and the reduction of bias.
• Diagnose and resolve structural bottlenecks in the hiring lifecycle by providing data-driven market insights to internal leadership.

• Experience managing the full 360-degree recruitment lifecycle within high-growth technical environments.
• Proven ability to partner with department leaders to define role requirements and build intentional interview loops.
• History of delivering high-quality hires while meeting tight KPIs related to pipeline velocity and offer acceptance rates.
• Ability to navigate a fast-paced environment by proactively managing competing priorities and shifting technical roadmaps.
• Commitment to a premium candidate journey that reflects Skylo’s brand through transparent communication and timely feedback.
• Skill in identifying niche technical talent across software, hardware, and satellite communications domains.
• Capability to act as a talent advisor to internal stakeholders by providing market insights and data-driven recruiting updates.
• Experience closing complex offers by effectively communicating the value of Skylo’s mission and equity program.
• Proficiency within AI tooling and ATS (Ashby, Metaview and Claude CoWork)

We’re not just building connectivity -  we’re creating the foundation for a more connected world, where communication works wherever life and work take place. The challenges we solve are complex, real-world, and high-impact, and our work is already making a difference at global scale. At Skylo, your work won’t stay on a whiteboard. You’ll contribute to live services used around the world, collaborate with talented teams across functions, and grow your skills while tackling problems that truly matter. If you’re excited by meaningful challenges, continuous learning, and building something that extends far beyond borders, Skylo is the place to do it.

The compensation range for this position is: $130,000 - $160,000 plus equity. This range reflects the low and high end of the range Skylo reasonably and generally expects to pay the hired candidate in this role.

EEO Statement
Skylo is an equal-opportunity employer and we celebrate diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, parent or caregiver status, political affiliation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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