US Recruiting Manager

About the role

1840 & Company is seeking an experienced U.S. Recruitment Manager to lead recruiting delivery for high-volume and professional hiring initiatives across the United States. This strategic leadership role will oversee a team of U.S. recruiters while managing the full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing through hiring. The position requires a hands-on recruiting leader who can balance team management with direct recruiting activities to meet aggressive client hiring requirements.

The U.S. Recruitment Manager will be responsible for leading recruiting strategy, team performance, and delivery excellence across multiple concurrent hiring initiatives. This role will partner closely with centralized recruiting resources in Latin America to optimize sourcing, screening, and scheduling support, while maintaining accountability for end-to-end recruitment outcomes. The ideal candidate combines strong leadership capabilities with deep recruiting expertise and can drive results in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

Success in this role requires someone who can build and scale recruiting operations, develop talent pipelines, optimize recruiting processes, and deliver measurable results. The U.S. Recruitment Manager will work closely with client-facing leaders and the Managing Director to understand workforce requirements and translate them into effective recruiting plans. This position offers the opportunity to shape recruiting strategy and build a high-performing team while directly impacting organizational growth through talent acquisition excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and manage the U.S. recruiting team, including workload allocation, performance management, productivity optimization, and accountability for hiring results
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle including sourcing, screening, interviewing, candidate qualification, client submission, selection, offer management, and hiring across multiple U.S. markets
• Personally source, screen, and interview candidates when required by hiring volume, specialized positions, or urgent client needs to ensure delivery commitments are met
• Partner with LATAM recruiting resources to establish sourcing strategies, screening criteria, candidate requirements, and delivery expectations while maintaining quality standards
• Develop and execute recruiting strategies for multiple concurrent high-volume hiring initiatives, building and maintaining qualified candidate pipelines for current and anticipated needs
• Monitor recruiting funnels and proactively address sourcing shortages, conversion issues, recruiter capacity constraints, and delivery risks to ensure hiring targets are achieved
• Own and drive recruiting KPIs including sourcing activity, qualified candidates, time-to-fill, interview-to-submittal ratios, submittal-to-hire conversion, offer acceptance rates, recruiter productivity, and retention metrics
• Drive continuous improvement through ATS optimization, recruiting automation, AI-enabled recruiting tools, process improvement initiatives, and ensuring a professional and consistent candidate experience

Requirements

• 5+ years of U.S. recruiting experience, including at least 2–3 years managing recruiters or recruiting teams
• Demonstrated experience leading high-volume recruiting programs with aggressive hiring deadlines
• Strong hands-on experience with candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, and selection
• Proven ability to manage multiple simultaneous hiring projects across different U.S. markets
• Experience developing sourcing strategies and building candidate pipelines from the ground up
• Experience recruiting across multiple job categories, preferably including technology, AI/data, professional, customer service, operations, or high-volume roles
• Strong understanding of recruiting funnels, conversion metrics, capacity planning, and recruiter productivity
• Experience working with centralized or offshore recruiting teams preferred
• Strong proficiency with ATS platforms, LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, sourcing tools, and recruiting analytics
• Must be located in or able to work from the Kansas City metropolitan area

Skills

• Soft Skills: Attention to Detail, Communication, Analytical Thinking, Leadership, Team Management
• Technical Skills: Full-cycle recruiting

Benefits

• Paid 30-minute break

Additional Information

• Tech Requirements: Windows
• Language: English
• Employment Type: Full-Time Employee
• Department: Recruiting / Talent Acquisition
• Job Level: Manager
• Experience: 5 Years
• Business Model: B2B (Business-to-Business)
• Education: Bachelor’s degree

About the Company

1840 & Company is a global organization focused on delivering innovative business solutions that help companies grow, scale, and succeed. Operating in over 150 countries, we support organizations through a range of workforce, operational, and business services designed to drive efficiency and long-term success.