Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (8-month contract)

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package. We’re also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution, KAYAK for Business.

As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others. From start-up to industry leader, innovation is in our DNA and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

KAYAK is looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to join our global and collaborative People & Culture team on an 8-month fixed-term contract - a meaningful opportunity to make a real impact on how we grow KAYAK. You'll be a trusted partner to hiring teams across the business, owning the full recruitment cycle and helping us bring in talented, diverse people across Product, Design, Commercial, Marketing, and Engineering.

This role will be required to work from our Cambridge, Massachusetts office 3 days per week. This contract will start in August 2026 and continue through April 2027.

In this role, you will:

Manage full-cycle recruitment from initial intake through offer, with a focus on hiring for Product, Design, Commercial (Sales, Partnerships), Marketing, and Engineering roles - including backfills and incremental headcount

Build strong working relationships with hiring managers and senior leaders to understand their team's needs and develop recruitment plans that support them

Serve as a knowledgeable resource on market trends, talent availability, and sourcing strategies - sharing what you know to help teams make informed decisions

Design structured, role-specific interview plans and scorecards; champion inclusive hiring practices and ensure consistent, equitable evaluation across interview panels

Build and maintain proactive candidate pipelines for near-term and future hiring needs

Represent KAYAK authentically to candidates, delivering an outstanding experience at every stage of the process

Collaborate closely with your TA teammates across time zones, contributing to a team culture built on trust, flexibility, and shared success

Please apply if you have:

5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including meaningful in-house or client-embedded experience in a global or multi-site environment

Proficiency in Ashby (our ATS) & LinkedIn Recruiter

A solid understanding of sourcing strategies and how to run an equitable, structured hiring process

The ability to manage your own workload and adapt when priorities shift - you're comfortable working independently without a lot of direction

Clear, thoughtful communication with both candidates and internal teams; you're at ease working across time zones and with distributed colleagues

Comfort using data to track your work, spot patterns, and improve processes over time

Benefits and Perks:

Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday

Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)

Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings

Travel Discounts

Employee Resource Groups

Free lunch 2 days per week

Monthly social events, Thursday happy hours

There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts-based role is $50-57.00/hour.

Inclusion

At KAYAK, we want everyone to have the space to grow, share ideas, and do great work. That’s why we’re focused on hiring the best talent from all walks of life and experiences, supporting them well, and making sure no one feels like they have to fit a mold to belong here.

Need any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.

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