SchooLinks · 16 hours ago
Director of Talent & Performance
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$145K/yr - $165K/yr
5+ years expSchooLinks is transforming the future of student success through innovative college and career readiness solutions. The Director of Talent & Performance will work directly with the CEO to design and implement people strategies, focusing on talent acquisition and performance management.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Career PlanningEdTechEducationInformation ServicesInternetSaaSSocial Media
Responsibilities
The Director of Talent & Performance works directly with the CEO to design and implement people strategies in the following priority areas and has 1 direct report (HR operations manager)
Talent Acquisition -Rigorous hiring process to recruit A players
Performance Management - implement top grading framework (9 box talent grit) across the organization
The Director will also support and own these two functions
HR compliance & HR risk management
Day-to-day people operations
Qualification
Required
5+ years experience in leading people organizations, ideally in enterprise software and SaaS
Strong understanding of performance management and top grading philosophy
Strong sense of fiscal responsibility and understand budget management
Operator first, HR second
Coach up /manage out mindset
Strong understanding of KPIs across all departments
Have strong negotiation skills while maintaining diplomacy
Comfortable with conflict and direct feedback
Bias toward action and clarity
Respected for judgment, not just empathy
Energized by high standards and accountability
Operates with urgency
Experience implementing 9-box or similar talent frameworks
Background in high-growth, high-expectation environments
Track record of: Coaching leaders through tough people calls, Managing out underperformance effectively
Familiarity with Amp It Up or similar performance-driven philosophies
Preferred
Experience working with founders or executive teams
Has been part of a company that scaled rapidly
Has personally made and stood behind difficult people decisions
Benefits
100% health care coverage for Employee
401K with company matching
Dental & Vision
Parental Leave
Subsidized gym membership
Remote work stipend
Annual team offsite
Company
SchooLinks
SchooLinks is a career readiness platform that engages students in career education and college planning and application.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$90.62MKey Investors
Susquehanna Growth EquityLiveOak Ventures
2024-10-21Series B· $80M
2021-03-15Series A· $8.3M
2018-01-01Seed· $1M
Leadership Team
Katie Fang
Founder and CEO
Recent News
2025-09-19
2025-03-07
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