# Lead Technical Recruiter

**Company:** [Formation Bio](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/formation-bio)
**Location:** New York, NY, Boston, MA
**Role:** Recruiting
**Salary:** $155k – $202k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Technical Recruiting, AI Tools, Sourcing, talent evaluation, employer branding, Recruiting Metrics, Project Management, creative sourcing
**Posted:** 2026-07-24

> Lead technical recruiting for data science, engineering, and product teams at an AI-native pharma company. Own end-to-end hiring for technical roles, partner strategically with leadership, and leverage AI tools to optimize sourcing, evaluation, and process efficiency while maintaining a high bar for talent.

## Job Description

## 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.

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