About Away

At Away, we design for the reality of travel so you can embrace the journey in full. Launched in 2016 with one thoughtfully designed carry-on, we now offer luggage, accessories, and travel essentials through ecommerce, our retail stores, and wholesale partners. The magic of travel is mirrored in the work we do to bring Away to life, and we invite you to be part of crafting what’s next.

Join The Crew

We’re hiring a Recruiting & Onboarding Associate Manager to join our People & Culture team. Reporting to the Associate Director, Talent Strategy & Employee Engagement, you’ll drive full-cycle recruiting and bring our corporate onboarding programming to life, creating an engaging, on-brand experience from a candidate’s very first conversation through their first day.

This is a hands-on role for a Recruiter who loves building people-centric experiences that enable exceptional talent to do their best work. You’ll manage day-to-day recruiting and help new hires feel prepared, connected, and ready to contribute to Away’s goals. In time, you’ll have opportunities to take on strategic projects across Talent Strategy, Recruiting Operations, and Onboarding Programming.

What you’ll do as the Recruiting & Onboarding Associate Manager

Recruiting

You’ll serve as a full-cycle recruiter for a variety of corporate positions, from sourcing through offer, connecting each team with excellent candidates who will take Away further

You’ll partner with hiring managers and P&C leadership to define role requirements, build interview plans, and lead debriefs that drive consistent and equitable hiring decisions

You’ll proactively source and engage talent, building diverse pipelines through creative outreach and ongoing candidate nurturing

You’ll champion Away’s candidate experience through thoughtful relationship building, clear communication, and seamless interview coordination, gathering candidate feedback to continuously refine our recruitment process.

You’ll manage day-to-day operations in Ashby, maintaining data integrity and using reporting to identify bottlenecks and propose workflow updates.

You’ll identify workflow improvements in recruiting operations, partnering with the broader team to test process enhancements and contribute to broader talent initiatives over time

Onboarding

You’ll own the day-to-day, tactical delivery of our HQ onboarding program, helping new hires feel prepared, welcomed, and connected from pre-boarding to day one

You’ll lead the first-day experience and coordinate pre-boarding communications, schedules, and materials so new hires know what to expect

You’ll partner with hiring managers, IT, Workplace, and the People team to coordinate setup, systems access, and onboarding logistics

You’ll support hiring managers to execute role-specific onboarding plans and 30/60/90-day milestones so new hires have clear priorities and expectations

You’ll maintain onboarding resources and learning materials, incorporating participant feedback to execute updates to onboarding SOPs and improve program delivery

Who you are

You have a minimum of 3 years of full-cycle corporate recruiting experience, ideally in a fast-paced retail brand and/or consumer goods environment

You’re relentless in your search for great talent, bringing creativity and persistence to finding and engaging the right people for Away

You have experience using an ATS to manage pipelines, maintain accurate records, and use recruiting data to identify bottlenecks and guide next steps. Experience with Ashby beneficial, but not required

You’re excited to create thoughtful candidate and new hire experiences, and are comfortable leading orientations, facilitating conversations, and presenting to groups

You’re a thoughtful brand ambassador, bringing Away’s values and personality to life in every candidate and new hire interaction

You’re comfortable with Google Workspace, Slack, and Zoom, and curious about how emerging technologies can improve how you work

You’re a clear, thoughtful communicator who builds trust with candidates, new hires, and partners across the business