Strategic Talent Lead
Strategic Talent Lead who owns full-cycle recruiting, transforms talent acquisition processes with AI, and partners with leadership to build high-quality teams at a fast-paced tech company.
Recruiting Manager, Engineering
Leads a tech recruiting team to hire top engineering talent at scale, partnering with senior leaders on strategy, headcount planning, and process improvements while coaching recruiters and driving high-quality outcomes.
124k – 241kSan Francisco, CANew York, NYWashington, DCRecruitingHybrid6+ YOE
About the role
Responsibilities
- Lead and inspire a team of recruiters focused on engineering hiring, setting clear expectations and fostering high performance.
- Partner closely with senior leaders and executives across EPD to align on hiring priorities, headcount planning, and long-term talent strategy.
- Own and operationalize recruiting processes at scale, ensuring they are efficient, consistent, data-driven, and candidate-first.
- Identify gaps and bottlenecks in the hiring process, propose creative solutions, and implement best practices that improve quality, speed, and experience.
- Drive strong hiring outcomes by balancing business urgency with thoughtful, inclusive, and high-bar recruiting standards.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships across the organization, serving as a strategic advisor on hiring, market trends, and talent strategy.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of technical recruiting leadership experience
- 6+ years of total recruiting experience
- Proven success partnering with senior leaders during periods of growth and leading process improvements.
- Experience operationalizing engineering or technical recruiting at scale, with strong knowledge of best practices in hiring.
- Ability to critically evaluate recruiting processes, propose improvements, and lead change management.
- Track record of developing and motivating high-performing teams, with a leadership style rooted in collaboration, ownership, and curiosity.
- A candidate-first philosophy with the ability to balance speed, quality, and experience.
Skills
Technical RecruitingEngineering HiringHeadcount PlanningTalent StrategyRecruiting ProcessesData-Driven RecruitingChange ManagementTeam LeadershipCandidate ExperienceHiring Best Practices
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