VP, Talent

CLEAR is building THE secure identity company of the future. Our mission is to make experiences safer and easier—physically and digitally. With more than 38 million Members and a growing network of partners across the world, CLEAR's secure identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether it’s at the airport, stadium, or throughout your everyday life, CLEAR unlocks the magic of frictionless experiences.

The VP, Talent will lead CLEAR's hiring strategy and execution, ensuring we attract, hire, and retain exceptional talent at scale. This role will partner closely with business and People leaders to drive organizational design, workforce planning, and hiring quality – building a talent acquisition function that scales with CLEAR's growth and sets the standard for candidate and hiring manager experience.

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What you'll do:

• Lead and develop a high-performing Talent Acquisition team, driving accountability, operational excellence, and consistent delivery of top talent across the organization
• Partner with People and business leaders to design and evolve organizational structures, define role architecture, and ensure headcount plans reflect strategic priorities
• Proactively anticipate hiring needs, workforce plans, and align recruiting strategies to business priorities
• Build and scale data-driven recruiting operations, leveraging metrics to drive prioritization, optimize performance, and continuously improve hiring processes
• Develop and execute strategies to strengthen CLEAR’s talent pipeline, including internal mobility, referrals, campus programs, and experienced hiring across technical and non-technical roles
• Own and evolve CLEAR’s talent brand, ensuring consistent, compelling messaging across all candidate touchpoints and sourcing channels

How you'll measure success:

• Time to fill, offer acceptance rate, and candidate experience scores
• Quality of hire and long-term performance of new team members
• Operational efficiency across recruiting processes and resource allocation
• Growth in internal mobility, referral hiring, and pipeline strength

What you're great at:

• Leading and scaling talent acquisition teams in high-growth, fast-paced environments, including hiring for competitive technical roles
• Using data and analytics to drive decisions, influence stakeholders, and improve outcomes
• Building trusted relationships at the C-suite level and influencing hiring and organizational strategy across a matrixed organization
• Communicating clearly and effectively across technical and non-technical audiences
• Challenging the status quo, driving innovation, and executing against a clear roadmap for change

How You'll be Rewarded:

At CLEAR, we help YOU move forward - because when you’re at your best, we’re at our best. You’ll work with talented team members motivated by our mission of making experiences safer and easier. Located in New York City, our Headquarters offers close collaboration with and access to a hands-on senior leadership team, a bright and energetic space with an open concept, and plenty of conference rooms and casual co-working spaces. We also offer catered lunches every day and have fully stocked kitchens. Outside of the office, we invest in your well-being and learning & development with stipends and reimbursement programs.

We offer holistic total rewards, including comprehensive healthcare plans, family-building benefits (fertility and adoption/surrogacy support), flexible time off, annual wellness stipend, free OneMedical memberships for you and your dependents, a CLEAR Plus membership, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match. The base salary range for this role is $250,000.00 - $315,000.00, depending on levels of skills and experience.

The base salary range represents the low and high end of CLEAR’s salary range for this position. Salaries will vary depending on various factors which include, but are not limited to location, education, skills, experience and performance. The range listed is just one component of CLEAR’s total compensation package for employees and other rewards may include annual bonuses, commission, Restricted Stock Units.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

CLEAR provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or protected needs. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include, but are not limited to, time off, extra breaks, making a change to the application process or work procedures, policy exceptions, providing documents in an alternative format, live captioning or using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

We are committed to a transparent and secure hiring process. All communications related to this role will come directly from a CLEAR employee through valid CLEAR channels (e.g., a valid @clearme.com email address or verified CLEAR LinkedIn profile). We encourage candidates to remain alert to job scams and to report any suspicious activity.

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