# Senior Technical Recruiting Manager

**Company:** [Function Health](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/function-health)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Recruiting
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Technical Recruiting, full lifecycle recruiting, recruiting leadership, ai-powered recruiting tools, ats platforms, LinkedIn Recruiter, sourcing strategies, talent pipeline development, Stakeholder Management, Recruiting Metrics, employer branding
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Build and lead the technical recruiting function at a high-growth healthtech startup as a player-coach. Own full-lifecycle recruiting for engineering, data science, ML, and infrastructure roles while hiring, coaching, and scaling a technical recruiting team. Requires 7+ years recruiting experience including leadership and a track record hiring senior technical talent.

## Job Description

## Key Responsibilities
- Own and execute full-lifecycle technical recruiting across engineering, data science, ML/AI, infrastructure, and security disciplines, from intake through offer close.
- Hire, coach, mentor, and develop technical recruiters, establishing a high-performance recruiting organization with consistent hiring practices, strong candidate experience, and a culture of continuous improvement.
- Leverage AI-powered tools and automation to improve recruiting efficiency, reducing manual work and enabling the team to operate at greater scale while continuously improving and evaluating AI-enabled recruiting tools and workflows that improve sourcing effectiveness, candidate engagement, recruiter productivity, and data-driven decision-making.
- Partner with engineering and product leadership (including SVP of Engineering) to deeply understand team structures, roadmaps, and hiring priorities, translating business needs into targeted talent strategies.
- Build and optimize scalable recruiting processes, tooling, and workflows that support rapid, high-quality hiring as Function scales.
- Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies to build robust pipelines of passive technical talent, leveraging market mapping, competitive intelligence, and creative outreach.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers on market trends, compensation benchmarking, interview best practices, and candidate experience.
- Define and track recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, pipeline conversion, source effectiveness, quality of hire) and use data to continuously improve outcomes.
- Champion a world-class candidate experience at every touchpoint, ensuring Function's employer brand is represented with clarity and care.
- Contribute to broader Talent Acquisition and People team initiatives, including employer branding, and onboarding partnerships.

## Qualifications
- 7+ years of full-lifecycle recruiting experience, with at least 4 years focused on technical recruiting (software engineering, data/ML, infrastructure).
- 2+ years of experience in a leadership or senior IC role within a recruiting function, with demonstrated ability to mentor and elevate team performance.
- Proven track record of hiring senior and staff-level engineers in competitive, high-growth startup or technology environments.
- Deep understanding of the technical talent landscape, including compensation trends, competitive dynamics, and sourcing channels.
- Strong business acumen and the ability to translate organizational strategy into actionable recruiting plans.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build trust at all levels, from individual engineers to C-suite leaders.
- Experience building recruiting infrastructure from scratch or significantly scaling an existing function.
- Proficiency with modern ATS platforms (GEM, Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, or similar) and sourcing tools (LinkedIn Recruiter, etc.).

## Nice-to-Have Skills and Experiences
- Experience recruiting in healthtech, biotech, or regulated industries.
- AI-forward mindset with a passion for adopting emerging technologies to increase efficiency, improve decision-making, and scale recruiting impact.
- Background in recruiting for AI/ML-specific roles and understanding of the specialized talent pools involved.
- Experience partnering with executive leadership on organizational design and workforce planning.
- Familiarity with employer branding strategy and content development.
- Prior experience at a company during a Series B through Series D growth phase.

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