Knak Is a Mission-driven Company

Why? Because our time is limited, our competition is fierce, and our margin for error is small. To have the biggest impact on the world, we stay focused on our core mission, which is...

Knak Is a Mission-driven Company

Why? Because our time is limited, our competition is fierce, and our margin for error is small. To have the biggest impact on the world, we stay focused on our core mission, which is...

Empowering marketers to be creative

That’s why Knak exists.

In a world where AI has made everyone a creator, Knak helps marketers turn ideas into on-brand, high-performing campaigns at scale. The world's most AI-forward companies, including Meta, OpenAI, NVIDIA, Vercel, Notion and Stripe, use Knak as their agentic marketing production layer.

Here’s what they and our investor Insight Partners figured out: creation got easy, but that’s making production harder. Every new idea and brief still has to be built, versioned, checked, approved, and shipped across every channel, and that work runs on handoffs, review cycles, and a lot of copy-paste. That middle stretch of the marketing stack has no system, no standard, and no owner.

Knak is the flexible factory for that work. Our customers set the brand rules, choose the tools that feed in and the platforms that send, and decide where AI does the work and where people do. We handle the repeatable parts, so marketers get their time back for the parts that aren't.

We’re built by marketers, for marketers. We started with email because it’s the hardest channel to get right and where many campaigns win or lose. Now we’re bringing that same production discipline to every channel our customers use.

The Opportunity

Knak has ambitious growth plans,



and building exceptional teams is central to achieving them.

Manager, Talent Acquisition

We’re looking for an experienced Manager, Talent Acquisition to lead our recruiting function and build a scalable, high‑performing talent acquisition practice. This is a hands‑on leadership role for someone who combines strong recruiting expertise, business judgement and a passion for improving how things work. You’ll work closely with senior leadership, lead complex and executive‑level searches, develop our recruiting team, and introduce smarter processes and AI‑powered workflows that make hiring more effective.

You’ll have the autonomy to shape our recruiting strategy, influence important business decisions and make a meaningful impact on Knak’s next stage of growth.

What You’ll Do

- Lead Talent Acquisition: Own the recruiting function, translating business priorities and workforce plans into an effective hiring strategy while coaching and developing our recruiting team.
- Drive Executive Hiring: Lead complex Director, VP and executive-level searches, building strong talent pipelines and advising senior leaders on hiring strategy and talent decisions.
- Build Scalable Operations: Design and optimize recruiting processes, systems and reporting to improve hiring quality, efficiency and predictability.
- Champion AI & Innovation: Identify and implement AI-powered tools,



automation and workflows that improve recruiting productivity and create a competitive advantage.
- Elevate Hiring Managers: Partner with and coach leaders to strengthen candidate assessment, interviewing practices and hiring accountability.
- Drive Business Results: Use recruiting data and business insights to anticipate hiring needs, identify opportunities and deliver practical solutions that support Knak’s growth.

What You’ll Bring

- 10+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, including senior leadership and executive recruiting.
- Experience leading recruiting teams or functions within a scaling technology or B2B SaaS business.
- A proven ability to balance hands‑on recruiting with strategic planning, operational leadership and team development.
- Robust executive presence and the confidence to advise, influence and challenge senior business leaders.
- Demonstrated success improving and scaling recruiting processes, systems and hiring outcomes.
- Expertise in structured interviewing, talent assessment, recruiting analytics and hiring manager partnerships.
- Experience leveraging AI, automation and recruiting technology to improve efficiency and productivity.
- Strong business acumen, independent judgement and a proactive approach to problem‑solving.
- Excellent communication, relationship‑building and stakeholder management skills.

Why Knak?

This is an opportunity to shape a critical business function, work directly with senior leadership and influence the people and capabilities that will drive our next stage of growth.

We’re looking for someone who loves building exceptional teams, improving how

📌 Manager, Talent Acquisition (Toronto)
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📍 Toronto