Recruiter - HQ

Role & Responsibilities

• Build the team to end traffic accidents.
• Source candidates who are passionate about our Mission, have a demonstrated interest and desire to advance it, who align with our Principles, and who contribute positively to the growth and evolution of our Culture.
• Own and manage the candidate journey.
• Partner with teams to develop job descriptions, build the interview process and panels, coordinate schedules and logistics, maintain accurate records and systems, and anything else that makes for an efficient and high-leverage candidate process.
• Advance recruiting strategy and operational success.
• Help build a scalable recruiting function necessary for LENS to achieve its mission - a function that not only hires the right people at the right time, but continually raises the bar for talent quality across the company and helps the team to meet that bar.

Mindset, Principles, And Skills & Experience

• Your mindset is grounded in: Every hire raises the ceiling. You believe a company's long-term potential is bounded by the caliber and conviction of the people who join - so every hire is a high-leverage decision, not a transaction to close. You break norms and playbooks, finding creative solutions to compile the team necessary to achieve our mission.
• You are the tip of the spear for one of the most high-leverage, trajectory-moving outcomes for LENS, and you are extremely motivated by the outsized impact your work will have.

• Your principles include: Begin with the end in mind. Before sourcing a single candidate, you partner with hiring managers to define the role, the ideal profile, and what success looks like — then work backwards to the sourcing strategy and interview process that gets there. Invest the most time where it makes the most progress. You evaluate every recruiting activity by its impact on the highest-priority roles, rather than spreading effort evenly across every open req. Investing in Team is always one of the most impactful ways to advance the mission.
• You are comfortable navigating ambiguity and adapting quickly in a fast-moving startup environment.

• The skills and experience you have include: 10+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including significant contributions within mission-driven organizations. Demonstrated ability to attract and hire top talent while supporting rapid company growth and organizational scaling. Experience establishing and optimizing recruiting operations, processes, and systems in startup settings. Success identifying, engaging, and hiring high-caliber technical talent, including software engineers, in highly competitive labor markets. Trusted advisor to hiring managers and senior leaders, providing strategic guidance throughout the hiring process. Outstanding communication, organization, and project management skills. Ability to balance long-term talent strategy with hands-on execution. Expertise with applicant tracking systems and recruiting tools, particularly Ashby and Rippling. Familiarity with structured interviewing frameworks and interviewer enablement best practices.

The Time to Accept Traffic Accidents is Ending

This belief is becoming more of an inevitable reality every day. The number of people public agencies and departments are helping with LENS keeps growing faster and faster. If you are energized by knowing that you are creating the team that will end traffic accidents, this role is for you.