Lead Technical Recruiter

Key Responsibilities

• Manage your own requisition load end-to-end, from sourcing through offer, holding every hire to a high bar.
• Partner with hiring managers and leadership to discuss headcount, prioritize requisitions, and shape hiring strategy for critical technical roles.
• Act as a true business partner to directors, VPs, and CTOs, advising on market trends, salary benchmarks, and best practices in technical and AI talent recruiting.
• Bring an AI-native mindset to every part of the role: use AI tools (Claude Code, Codex, and similar) to source candidates, calibrate evaluation, streamline workflows, and continuously raise the quality and speed of our process.
• Stay genuinely obsessed with AI and technology, tracking where the field is moving so we know exactly who the best people are and how to reach and win them.
• Have a perspective on and interest in developing employer branding strategies that position Formation Bio as the place builders come to solve the hardest problems in drug development.
• Act as a thought leader in the technical talent market: identify and participate in events, partnerships, and non-obvious channels to find candidates others miss.
• Use data and recruiting metrics to identify where our process can improve, and drive those improvements yourself rather than waiting to be asked.
• Organize and participate in events relevant to our target candidate pools to build a pipeline of exceptional technical talent.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of technical recruiting experience, with at least 3 in-house at a tech startup, with bonus points for life sciences, health technology, or AI-focused companies.
• A demonstrated obsession with AI and technology, not just as a nice-to-have but as a lens you bring to how you source, evaluate, and think about talent.
• Fluency using AI tools (Claude Code, Codex, or similar) to make recruiting materially faster and more effective, with real examples of how you've done this.
• Experience filling roles across levels, from senior engineers to management, with a track record of hiring people who had outsized impact after joining.
• Experience as a genuine strategic partner to directors, VPs, and CTOs.
• Strong project management skills and a track record of delivering process improvements that measurably raised the bar for hiring quality.
• Demonstrated expertise in non-standard, creative sourcing strategies for hard-to-find technical talent.
• Strong alignment with how we work: curiosity, high ownership, and a bias toward efficiency and impact.
• Ability to build trust quickly with both hiring managers and candidates, and to operate with little direction while staying closely connected to the team.

Compensation

Total Compensation Range: $154,500 - $202,000. Individual compensation is determined by several factors, including role scope, geographic location, and skills & experience. In addition to base salary, we offer equity, comprehensive benefits, and generous perks.