Associate Talent Partner - Fleet Operations

The posting, as Wayve wrote it

Before the detail, here's the challenge you'd help us solve.

We build the embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely, and the ecosystem a billion machines will run on in the future. Very few people in AI can say this. Every role here, whatever the team, plugs into that.

Here’s what this particular role covers.

🛠️ About our Fleet Operations Talent Team

Wayve is pioneering Embodied AI for autonomous driving. We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Associate to join our Sunnyvale team and support the continued growth of our real-world testing and operations. Our talent team plays a crucial role in building the high-performing Fleet Operations teams that enable us to scale safely and efficiently across North America and beyond.

🧠 Your day-to-day

• Manage end-to-end recruitment across high-volume frontline, technical, specialist, and manager-level Fleet Operations roles, including intake, market mapping, assessment, offer, and close.
• Build representative candidate pipelines through direct sourcing and a range of attraction channels, focusing on scalable strategies for Vehicle Safety Operators and other operational roles.
• Develop trusted partnerships with hiring managers and Directors, providing consultative guidance on role definition, assessment, market conditions, candidate quality, and closing strategies.
• Deliver an inclusive, transparent, and well-managed candidate experience, supporting teams with structured interviewing, timely feedback, and consistent decision-making.
• Use recruitment data and market intelligence to monitor progress, identify risks and bottlenecks, and shape effective hiring strategies.
• Collaborate with colleagues across Talent Acquisition, People, Finance, and Fleet Operations on workforce planning, employer branding, and improvements to hiring processes.

🧩 What you’ll be working on

• Driving high-impact hiring for Fleet Operations teams, including specialized and leadership roles across multiple sites.
• Innovating scalable sourcing and direct outreach approaches tailored for operational and technical profiles.
• Shaping hiring processes and partnerships that are both candidate-centric and aligned with evolving business priorities.
• Providing actionable insights based on recruitment data and market intelligence to optimize team building and hiring success.
• Contributing to workforce planning, talent programs, and recruitment marketing to strengthen Wayve’s employer brand.

🙌 You should apply if

• You have demonstrated success independently delivering full-cycle recruitment within a fast-paced or scaling organization.
• You have experience recruiting across a broad range of roles, including high-volume, professional, or manager-level positions.
• You have the confidence and judgment to advise senior stakeholders, challenge assumptions, and translate business needs into effective hiring strategies.
• You have strong direct-sourcing ski

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📈 Meaningful equity, sharing in the ownership and long term success of Wayve
✈️ Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable
✅ Hybrid working, core hours and the chance to work hands on in vehicle workshops and labs
📚 Learning and development budgets with support for training, conferences and growth
🩺 Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, dental, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, retirement or pension where applicable, access to therapists, wellbeing partnerships, team socials and more

A quick, honest note before you apply.

Wayve is not a mature, fully-structured place with the playbook already written. Much of how we work is still being written, and if you join, you’ll help write it. That suits people who want real ownership more than people who need a settled structure from day one.

If that sounds like the kind of problem you want to spend your time on, we’d really like to hear from you.

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