Empowering marketers to be creative In a world where AI has made everyone a creator, Knak helps marketers turn ideas into on-brand, high-performing campaigns at scale. 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. 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. Now we’re bringing that same production discipline to every channel our customers use.

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 solid 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.

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.

Drive Business Results: Use recruiting data and business insights to anticipate hiring needs, identify opportunities and deliver practical solutions that support Knak’s growth.

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.

Strong 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.

Excellent communication, relationship‑building and stakeholder management skills.

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 things work and turning great ideas into meaningful results.

Final compensation will be determined based on factors including relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. Culture, customers, product and growth. Culture is our number one pillar because we know that is at the core of building a strong company that can build amazing products and delight our customers.

We show our investment in our people through our competitive salaries, great benefits, paid vacation, Life leave days (because life happens), team lunches and off-sites, and most importantly our commitment to YOUR career growth.

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📌 Manager, Talent Acquisition (Winnipeg)
🏢 knak
📍 Winnipeg