Manager, Talent Acquisition, AMER
At a glance
Manager-level Recruiting & Talent Acquisition role at Flywire. Boston · full-time · $117,000–$146,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Run end-to-end hiring across the Americas for technical, corporate and leadership roles
- Work with senior business leaders to turn priorities into hiring plans and coach managers on inclusive interviews
- Build talent pools through proactive outreach and market mapping, then use recruiting data to spot trends and guide decisions
- Improve hiring workflows and candidate experience with recruiting technology, AI tools and process changes
- Guide recruiters and coordinators, coordinate with HR and other partners, and support executive searches when needed
What you bring
- At least seven years in talent acquisition, with increasing responsibility over time
- Two or more years leading recruiting work, mentoring recruiters or managing recruiting teams
- Hiring experience in multiple Americas countries, including technical and business roles
- A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus confidence using recruiting metrics to inform decisions
Who this fits
This manager-level role suits someone who can lead recruiting while staying hands-on, advise senior leaders and support recruiters. The position is based in Boston with a hybrid schedule.
From the employer
Are you ready to trade your job for a journey? Become a FlyMate!
Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world.
What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you!
Who we are:
Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded more than a decade ago to solve high-stakes, high-value payments in higher education. We’ve since scaled into new regions and industry verticals and expanded our product offerings to deliver meaningful value to our clients around the world.
Today we support more than 5,300 clients across the global education, healthcare, travel & B2B industries, with diverse payment methods across 240 countries & territories and more than 140 currencies.
With over 1,400 global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 15 offices world-wide, we’re looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.
The Opportunity
At Flywire, Talent Acquisition is a strategic business partner that directly influences our company's growth and success. We are looking for a Manager, Talent Acquisition, AMER to lead recruiting across the Americas region while partnering closely with senior business leaders to attract exceptional talent in a competitive global market.
This role combines strategic workforce planning, executive partnership, operational excellence, data-driven decision making, and hands-on recruiting leadership. You'll serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers while helping shape how Flywire leverages AI and technology to deliver an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.
You'll collaborate with recruiting teams across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas to ensure consistency in our hiring practices while adapting to the unique needs of each AMER market.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead full-cycle recruiting across AMER for technical, corporate, and leadership hiring.
- Develop trusted partnerships with senior leaders to build hiring strategies aligned with business priorities.
- Coach hiring managers on interviewing best practices, inclusive hiring, and market intelligence.
- Drive recruiting projects focused on process improvement, operational excellence, and candidate experience.
- Partner with HR, Compensation, Finance, Immigration, Procurement, and Legal throughout the hiring lifecycle.
- Build diverse talent pipelines through proactive sourcing and market mapping.
- Use recruiting analytics and dashboards to identify trends, improve hiring performance, and influence business decisions.
- Leverage AI-powered recruiting tools to improve recruiter productivity, sourcing effectiveness, interview preparation, and hiring insights.
- Ensure recruiting processes comply with local employment regulations across AMER.
- Mentor recruiters and recruiting coordinators while helping elevate team performance and capability.
- Support executive hiring and confidential searches when required.
- Champion a high-quality candidate experience that reflects Flywire's values and employer brand.
- Continuously identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve recruiting workflows.
Here's What We're Looking For
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of Talent Acquisition experience with progressive responsibility.
- 2+ years leading recruiting initiatives, mentoring recruiters, or managing recruiting teams.
- Experience recruiting across multiple AMER countries.
- Strong experience hiring technical and business professionals.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and executives.
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
- Strong analytical mindset with experience using recruiting metrics to drive decisions.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth global organization.
- Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and execution.
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience recruiting within SaaS, FinTech, Payments, or high-growth technology companies.
- Experience supporting global organizations across multiple regions.
- Experience leading recruiting transformation initiatives.
- Experience with executive search.
- Experience implementing or working within Workday Recruiting.
- Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter, Greenhouse, SmartRecruiters, GoodTime, Gem, Ashby, or similar ATS and recruiting technologies.
- Knowledge of labor markets across Australia, India, China, Japan, and other AMER markets.
- AI Native Expectations
- We believe AI is transforming Talent Acquisition. Successful candidates should demonstrate AI fluency and curiosity.
Examples include:
- Regular use of AI tools to improve recruiting quality and efficiency.
- Experience using generative AI for sourcing, interview preparation, research, writing, or recruiting operations.
- Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated outputs while maintaining sound recruiting judgment.
- Passion for experimenting with emerging AI technologies and sharing best practices with teammates.
- Growth mindset toward continuous learning in AI-enabled recruiting.
Technologies We Use
- Workday Recruiting (preferred)
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- GoodTime
- CodeSignal
- HireRight
- Google Workspace
- AI productivity tools including Google Gemini, or equivalent platforms
Success in Your First Year
Within your first 12 months you will:
- Become a trusted advisor to AMER business leaders.
- Deliver strong hiring outcomes while maintaining an exceptional candidate experience.
- Improve recruiting efficiency through AI adoption and process optimization.
- Build scalable recruiting processes supporting Flywire's continued growth.
- Develop high-performing partnerships across HR, Finance, Compensation, and business leadership.
- Contribute to global Talent Acquisition initiatives that elevate recruiting across the company.
Submit today and get started!
We are excited to get to know you! Throughout our process you can expect to meet different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager and other Flymates. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through the steps and be your “go-to” person for questions.
Flywire is an equal opportunity employer and follows a policy of administering all employment decisions and personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, genetic disposition or carrier status, veteran status, or any other category protected under applicable national, federal, state or local law.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $117,000-$146,000 and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, position level, and location. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and several other factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education and training.