Senior Recruiting Manager / Recruiting Lead

Job Summary

We are seeking a hands-on Senior Recruiting Manager / Recruiting Lead to build and scale the recruiting function for a rapidly growing technology company. Reporting directly to executive leadership, this individual will own full-cycle recruiting across Engineering, AI, Product, Sales, and Operations while establishing the processes, hiring standards, and recruiting infrastructure required to support significant organizational growth.

This role is ideal for a startup recruiter who thrives in high-growth environments and enjoys building recruiting operations from the ground up.

Key Responsibilities

Full-Cycle Recruiting

• Own sourcing, screening, interviewing, closing, and onboarding activities.
• Recruit across Engineering, AI, Product, Sales, GTM, and Operations functions.
• Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines through proactive sourcing and networking.
• Ensure a high-quality candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
• Drive hiring outcomes while maintaining a strong focus on talent quality.

Hiring Strategy & Talent Calibration

• Partner with executive leadership to define hiring standards and evaluation criteria.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to align recruiting efforts with business goals.
• Utilize market intelligence, compensation data, and talent insights to support hiring decisions.
• Ensure consistency and quality across all recruiting processes.

Recruiting Infrastructure & Scale

• Build recruiting processes, workflows, and best practices to support organizational growth.
• Implement recruiting tools, dashboards, reporting, and operational frameworks.
• Develop scalable hiring methodologies and documentation.
• Establish recruiting metrics and reporting processes to drive continuous improvement.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner closely with leadership and department heads across multiple business functions.
• Provide guidance on talent acquisition strategies and workforce planning.
• Act as a trusted advisor throughout the hiring lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 4+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience within a high-growth startup environment.
• Strong experience recruiting technical talent, including Engineering and AI professionals.
• Proven success hiring across multiple functions such as Engineering, AI, Product, Sales, GTM, and Operations.
• Experience building recruiting processes, frameworks, and infrastructure from scratch.
• Demonstrated ability to personally source, screen, and close candidates.
• Comfortable operating as a sole recruiter and owning the entire recruiting lifecycle.

Additional Requirements

• Must be willing to work onsite in New York City or Austin, TX.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive partnership skills.
• Experience supporting rapid organizational growth and scaling hiring operations.

Candidate Disqualifiers

• Requires current or future visa sponsorship.
• Remote-only candidates.
• Recruiting leaders who primarily manage teams but do not perform hands-on recruiting.
• Recruiters with only agency or large-enterprise recruiting experience and no startup background.
• High-volume recruiters without demonstrated focus on hiring quality.
• Recruiters with experience limited to a single functional area (e.g., only Sales recruiting).