As Marqeta's Senior Director, Talent Acquisition, you will play a critical, executive-level role in defining and executing the long-term talent strategy for Marqeta’s workforce. You'll directly influence the structure and growth trajectory of all departments and organizations and will operate as a strategic advisor to executive leadership, translating business strategy into an actionable, enterprise-wide talent acquisition roadmap that successfully recruits and retains the high-quality candidates needed to move the business forward.

We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely anywhere within the United States or from our Oakland office. We’d love for you to join us!

The Impact You’ll Have

• Executive Strategy: Define, develop, and drive the multi-year, enterprise-wide talent acquisition strategy, ensuring alignment with Marqeta's overall business objectives, global expansion, and market positioning.
• Team Leadership: Hire, coach, and lead a high-performing, global team of recruiting leaders and individual contributors, fostering a culture of operational excellence, innovation, and scalability across all recruiting processes.
• Vision & Influence: Communicate a compelling, long-term vision and sense of purpose for the Talent Acquisition function. Influence executive stakeholders on critical talent decisions, leveraging data and strategic insight.
• Talent Branding: Shape and activate Marqeta's talent brand to win top talent. Partner across teams to define our unique value proposition, then bring it to life through digital presence, content, candidate experience, and employee advocacy. Establish metrics that prove we're attracting the right people and gaining competitive advantage in key talent markets.
• System & Data Mastery: Own the strategy and architecture for recruiting systems to maximize efficiency, data integrity, and strategic reporting. Create executive-level reporting that provides predictive insights and measures the business impact of talent acquisition efforts.
• Executive Partnership: Partner directly with the Executive Leadership Team and department heads to forecast and manage complex, multi-year headcount plans and capacity planning across all business functions.
• Market Intelligence: Develop and maintain a deep, executive-level understanding of the competitive talent landscape, emerging industry trends, and the global market to position Marqeta as an employer of choice.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead and participate in strategic, cross-functional initiatives and projects that support the company's long-term corporate strategies and business objectives.

Who You Are

• 12+ years of progressive experience in Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, or Human Resources, with at least 8 years of experience leading high-performing, multi-location, or global teams within a hyper-growth environment at progressive companies.
• Demonstrated ability to operate at a strategic and tactical level, coaching, empowering, and developing senior talent. Deep-seated passion for building a diverse and inclusive global team.
• Superior communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation) to influence and articulate strategy to all levels, from individual contributors through the CEO and Board of Directors.
• Proven track record of initiating, innovating, and delivering complex, high-impact results across an enterprise.
• Exceptional analytical, program, and project management skills for large-scale initiatives.
• Extensive experience translating complex data and analytics into actionable executive insights to influence business strategy and measure organizational impact.
• Deep knowledge of the candidate lifecycle and a proven track record of designing, developing, and managing world-class recruiting processes that ensure a premium candidate experience globally.
• High capacity to learn quickly, effectively prioritize, manage extreme ambiguity, and drive organizational change in a dynamic environment.

Your Manager

• Crystal Sumner, Chief Administrative Officer

Typical Process

• Application Submission
• Recruiter video call
• Hiring manager video call
• Virtual “Onsite” consisting of 4-5, 45 min calls
• Finalist Interview
• Offer!

Compensation and Benefits

Marqeta is a Flex First company which allows you to choose your best working environment, whether that be from home or at a company office. To support Flex First, we calibrate pay to a competitive value according to working location. Compensation is aligned according to three tiers within the United States:

• National: A baseline tier that applies to most of the geographic territory of the United States.
• Premium: Slightly elevated from the National tier, and oriented toward a narrower set of higher cost-of-living areas, such as Los Angeles CA and Seattle WA
• Premium Plus: A tier for the most expensive working areas, like the San Francisco Bay area and New York City.

Visit this page or consult with a Recruiter to determine which tier would be applicable to you.

When determining salaries, we consider several factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior experience, and work location. The new-hire base salary range for this position is:

• National: $219,400 - $274,200
• Premium: $233,400 - $291,800
• Premium Plus: $247,400 - $309,300

We also believe in recognizing the contributions of our people. That's why we award annual bonuses to eligible employees, rewarding both individual performance and the success of the entire company.

Along with monetary compensation, Marqeta offers

• Multiple health insurance options
• Flexible time off – take what you need
• Retirement savings program with company contribution and after tax contributions
• Equity in a publicly-traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Family-forming benefits, fertility support, and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave
• Free therapy sessions, financial and professional coaching, and legal advice
• Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
• Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development
• Through Flex First, the freedom to live and work wherever you and your family thrive

About Marqeta

Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves. We’re one of the earliest enablers of embedded finance, a market opportunity sized up in the trillions. Our card issuing platform provides unprecedented flexibility and control for companies to issue cards, authorize transactions, and manage payment operations in real time. Marqeta is powering the most well known brands in the new economy (Block, Cash App, Affirm, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, Walmart, etc). You don’t need to be a Payments expert to join the Marqeta Team, let us help you with that. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to work with innovators around the world and unlock equitable financial access for all.

Marqeta’s Values

– Solve for the Customer: With a deep understanding of our customers' business and empathy for their needs, we deliver products and services that drive their success. Earning and keeping their trust guides everything we do.

– Do What's Right: Knowing businesses and livelihoods depend on us, we pursue solutions that disrupt responsibly and deliver high-quality results that our customers count on. We own our work from start to finish.

– Simplify and Innovate: We approach challenges with curiosity and take smart risks. Innovation comes from finding better, simpler ways to achieve extraordinary outcomes.

– Win as a Team: We succeed together by embracing diverse perspectives and pushing each other to raise the bar. We lead with humility and set aside hierarchy to work as a team.

– Make it Count: We drive forward with focus and agility. With a sense of urgency and purpose, we get the job done, and done right.

Equal Employment Opportunity, Accommodations and Privacy

Marqeta is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth, or related medical conditions), veteran status or uniformed service member status, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information (including testing or characteristics) or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Marqeta endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application, complete any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participate in the employee selection process

Personal data that is provided as part of the application and recruitment process is processed in accordance with the Applicant Privacy Notice.