Lead Recruiter

What You'll Do

• Own full-cycle recruiting for critical and/or high-priority roles
• Source, engage, and close top-tier talent in competitive markets
• Partner directly with executives and hiring managers on key searches
• Maintain strong candidate experience from outreach through close
• Personally carry a meaningful requisition load at all times

Team Leadership

• Guide and support a team of recruiters
• Set expectations for quality, consistency, and speed
• Review recruiting output (candidate comms, process execution, pipelines)
• Coach recruiters through real-time feedback and pattern recognition
• Ensure the team does not rely on you for every decision

Recruiting System Ownership

• Drive consistency in interview processes, evaluation standards, and execution quality
• Improve how the team operates, not just individual performance
• Ensure recruiting output is scalable as the company grows
• Define and enforce consistent recruiting processes across highly technical, detail-sensitive roles
• Maintain rigor in candidate communication and process execution given the complexity of roles being hired for

Judgment, Quality, and Trust

• Act as a final layer of judgment for recruiting execution quality
• Ensure accuracy and professionalism in all candidate-facing communication
• Catch and prevent avoidable errors before they reach candidates or stakeholders
• Escalate selectively, but otherwise operate with strong independence

Required Qualifications

• 6–10+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in high-growth, technical environments
• Strong IC performance track record
• Prior experience mentoring or leading recruiters (formal or informal)
• Strong judgment, attention to detail, and consistency under pressure
• Able to manage workload across both IC execution and team oversight
• High ownership mindset and comfort operating without close supervision
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills