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CrusoeCrusoeSan Francisco, CA

Manager, Technical Recruiting

Lead and scale Crusoe's technical recruiting team as a player-coach. Manage recruiters, partner with engineering/AI/executive leadership on high-volume technical hiring, optimize processes and metrics, and drive strategy for rapid company growth in AI infrastructure.

150k – 200k
On-site7+ YOERecruiting

About the role

What You’ll Be Working On

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of technical recruiters and sourcers, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous development.
  • Own recruiting execution across multiple technical organizations, ensuring hiring goals are met while maintaining an exceptionally high talent bar.
  • Partner closely with Engineering, Infrastructure, AI, Product, and executive leadership to understand hiring priorities, workforce planning, and long-term organizational needs.
  • Collaborate with Recruiting Operations to design, implement, and continuously optimize recruiting processes, systems, reporting, and tooling that enable scale.
  • Drive full-cycle recruiting strategies that align with Crusoe's aggressive growth plans.
  • Establish and monitor recruiting KPIs, pipeline health, forecast accuracy, interviewer utilization, and recruiter productivity to identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Coach recruiters on sourcing strategies, candidate assessment, stakeholder management, and closing techniques.
  • Partner with Talent Intelligence and Recruiting Operations to leverage market data, competitive insights, and talent mapping to inform hiring strategy.
  • Stay current on market trends, compensation benchmarks, and technical talent movement.
  • Continuously improve sourcing strategies, interview processes, hiring manager partnerships, and candidate experience.
  • Champion inclusive hiring practices and structured interviewing to ensure consistent, high-quality hiring decisions.
  • Identify opportunities to leverage automation, AI, and recruiting technologies to improve recruiter efficiency and scalability.

What You’ll Bring to the Team

  • 7+ years of technical recruiting experience, including experience leading recruiting teams in a high-growth technology company.
  • Proven success managing technical recruiters and/or sourcers while consistently delivering against ambitious hiring goals.
  • Experience partnering directly with Engineering and executive leadership on complex technical hiring initiatives.
  • Hands-on expertise with applicant tracking systems, recruiting technologies, and sourcing platforms.
  • Strong understanding of recruiting metrics and experience using data to drive operational improvements and business decisions.
  • Excellent coaching, leadership, and performance management skills with a track record of developing high-performing recruiting teams.
  • Ability to build trusted relationships across technical organizations and influence stakeholders at all levels.
  • Demonstrated success improving recruiting operations, processes, and organizational scalability.
  • Exceptional project management, prioritization, and organizational skills in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
  • Strong communication and executive presence with the ability to confidently present recruiting insights and hiring strategies to senior leadership.

Bonus Points

  • Experience scaling recruiting organizations through hypergrowth, IPO preparation, or other periods of significant organizational expansion.
  • Deep knowledge of recruiting technologies, AI-enabled recruiting tools, and automation platforms.
  • Experience partnering closely with Recruiting Operations, Talent Intelligence, or People Analytics teams.
  • Experience recruiting for infrastructure, cloud computing, AI/ML, hardware, manufacturing, or data center organizations.
  • Experience building recruiter enablement programs, interview training, or recruiting playbooks that improve quality and consistency across teams.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity packages
  • Restricted Stock Units
  • Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
  • Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
  • Employer contributions to HSA account
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
  • Professional development & tuition reimbursement
  • Mental health & wellness support
  • Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
  • Cell phone stipend
  • 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
  • Volunteer time off
  • Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
  • Daily meals allowance
  • Additional perks & programs specific to location

Compensation Range Compensation will be paid in the range of $150,000 - $200,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Skills

Technical RecruitingRecruiting StrategyTalent AcquisitionWorkforce PlanningRecruiting MetricsApplicant Tracking SystemsSourcing StrategiesStakeholder ManagementTalent IntelligenceAi-Enabled Recruiting Tools

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