Senior Recruiter (Contract)

About the Opportunity:

In This Role, You Will:

• Own full-cycle recruiting across Product, Engineering, Business & Growth, Data Science, and Design (Lead/Manager/Director-level).
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, scorecards, competencies, and hiring strategies.
• Build top-of-funnel pipelines using creative sourcing techniques across LinkedIn, niche channels, outbound campaigns, talent communities, and warm networks.
• Lead structured interviews and candidate assessments; ensure consistency, clarity, and high-quality bar setting across interview panels.
• Navigate ambiguity as roles evolve; work fluidly in 0→1 environments where requirements shift and speed is paramount.
• Communicate candidate insights, market trends, and pipeline analytics to leadership; influence decision-making through data.
• Drive a best-in-class candidate experience from first touch to close.
• Maintain and optimize recruiting workflows, ATS usage, and operational processes to improve speed, quality, and efficiency.
• Represent the company brand externally—selling the mission, product vision, and venture studio model to world-class talent.

What You Bring:

• 6+ years of recruiting experience, ideally within a startup, venture studio, incubator, accelerator, or company that builds software ventures.
• Proven track record recruiting for technical roles (Software Engineering, Data Science/ML, Product, Design) and director-level leadership positions.
• Strong sourcing capabilities and proficiency with modern tools (LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, etc.).
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and high-change environment; comfortable context switching and managing competing priorities.
• Strong business acumen and ability to understand how roles map to product, engineering, and GTM execution.
• Exceptional communication skills—clear, concise, and able to influence senior stakeholders.
• Highly organized, operationally minded, and committed to process excellence.