Director of Business Recruiting

About the role

We are seeking a confident, data-first Director of Business Recruiting to lead, mature, and scale our recruiting function supporting Sales, Account Management, Growth Marketing, Partnerships, Supply, GTM Operations, Operations, Automation, Finance, and People.

You will build and execute hiring strategies that deliver high-quality talent, strengthen our employer brand in competitive markets, and optimize the candidate experience from first touch through candidate start.

As the talent advisor for these functions, you will partner closely with senior leaders across the business to drive increased talent density, predictable hiring outcomes, and strong organizational health.

What You’ll Do

• Strategic Leadership and Partnership
• Lead the design and implementation of comprehensive talent acquisition strategies across Sales, Account Management, Growth Marketing, Partnerships, Supply, GTM Operations, Operations, Automation, Finance, and People
• Provide data-driven insights and reporting that inspire decision-making and behavior change to improve hiring outcomes
• Partner with business and functional leaders on workforce planning, capacity models, role prioritization, and hiring roadmaps aligned with company goals
• Advise leaders and hiring managers on market trends, compensation structures, candidate expectations, and recruiting practices across business functions
• Process, Metrics, and Optimization
• Own and evolve full-cycle recruiting processes from sourcing through onboarding, with an emphasis on speed, quality, and candidate experience
• Define, track, and report hiring metrics such as time to fill, pipeline health, source effectiveness, diversity goals, and hiring efficiency to senior leadership
• Continuously refine recruiting workflows, tools, and systems to support scale and complexity across business teams
• Team Leadership and Development
• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of recruiters supporting GTM and business functions
• Provide coaching, training, and development to improve recruiting effectiveness, assessment quality, and candidate engagement
• Partner with cross-functional leaders in People, Finance, Operations, and Business Operations to drive consistency, collaboration, and scalable talent practices
• Employer Brand and Candidate Experience
• Elevate Engine’s employer brand across sales, growth, operations, finance, and people talent communities
• Ensure a world-class candidate experience through clear communication, structured feedback, and efficient hiring processes
• Represent the company at industry events, conferences, and business-focused talent initiatives
• AI-Enabled Recruiting and Innovation
• Lead the thoughtful integration of AI and automation into daily recruiting workflows to increase efficiency, accuracy, and hiring quality
• Evaluate and implement AI-powered tools across sourcing, screening, scheduling, candidate assessment, and pipeline management while maintaining a human-centered hiring experience
• Train and enable recruiting teams to effectively adopt AI tools, using data and experimentation to continuously improve outcomes
• Measure the impact of AI-driven solutions on time to fill, quality of hire, candidate experience, recruiter productivity, and business impact

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in talent acquisition with progressive leadership responsibility, business and GTM recruiting experience strongly preferred
• Deep understanding of hiring across Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, People, and business operations functions
• Proven track record of building and scaling recruiting teams in high-growth environments
• Strong data-driven mindset with experience using recruiting metrics and analytics to inform decisions
• Excellent coaching, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience with modern ATS and recruiting technologies such as Ashby, Greenhouse, Metaview, Brighthire, Covey, and Gem