Manager, Talent Acquisition

Company Overview

Ohr is a chemistry company creating molecules for critical industries through biocatalysis and primordial chemistry. The Manager, Talent Acquisition will build and run Ohr’s recruiting engine, owning full-cycle hiring for scientific, engineering, and operational roles while establishing recruiting infrastructure, managing external partners, leading recruitment events, and developing the employer brand.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting: Lead sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and offer management for scientific, engineering, and operational roles. Partner with hiring managers on role scoping, structured interviews, and candidate evaluation
• Manage external recruiting partners: Direct our agency and contract recruiter relationships, including scope, performance, and pipeline management
• Build TA infrastructure: Design and implement our ATS, pipeline reporting, interview frameworks, and hiring processes from the ground up
• Lead recruitment events: Plan and represent Ohr at local and national career fairs, university partnerships, and industry events
• Build employer brand: Shape how Ohr shows up to prospective talent — from creative job postings and careers content to hackathons, university partnerships, and engagement across the Front Range STEM community — in partnership with the Head of People & Talent

Skills

• 5+ years in full-cycle recruiting, with meaningful time in technical or scientific hiring (life sciences, chemistry, engineering, advanced manufacturing, or similar)
• Experience building recruiting systems in an early-stage or hyper-growth environment
• You've managed agencies and know how to align external partners around a highly specific talent profile
• A bias for action; you challenge conventional approaches and know how to do hard things with accountability and integrity
• Highly organized and resourceful, comfortable running multiple high-quality searches at once with minimal oversight
• Strong communication across all channels; you can represent Ohr's story to candidates in a way that evangelizes our mission and vision
• Fluent with modern recruiting tools, and comfortable using AI and automation to work more effectively
• Based in the Greater Denver / Boulder area, or willing to commute
• Ability to work hybrid in the Greater Denver / Boulder area now, and regularly onsite at our Colorado headquarters once open
• Occasional travel for recruitment events
• Ability to travel locally using a personal vehicle as needed
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States
• Experience opening a new site or standing up a hiring function from zero
• Existing network in Colorado's Front Range life sciences or hard-tech community
• Experience with employer brand, university relations, or recruitment marketing

Benefits

• Equity on conversion
• Eligible for Ohr's benefits through our PEO, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), and paid time off, upon conversion to permanent employment, subject to plan eligibility and waiting periods.
• Hybrid work in the Greater Denver / Boulder area

Company Overview

Welcome to a new era of chemistry. No refining. No extracting. A new way to make what matters. It was founded in 2024, and is headquartered in San Diego, California, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.ohr.xyz/.