Senior IC recruiter responsible for full-cycle hiring across enterprise divisions (GTM, operations, finance, and technology) in a high-volume environment, based in San Francisco with NYC option.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end recruiting for individual contributors and leaders across the enterprise organization.
- Source, outreach, assess, offer, and close candidates for a broad mix of commercial and technical roles, including Engagement Managers, Strategic Project Leads, Associates, applied AI and code-delivery engineers, account owners, operators, and supporting functions.
- Support hiring across commercial, operations, GTM, finance, business, engineering, applied AI, and other specialized teams as the division expands.
- Drive high-volume sourcing, outbound outreach, candidate calls, pipeline development, interview coordination, offer management, and closing activities personally.
- Develop a strong top-of-funnel through creative outbound sourcing, referrals, talent mapping, market intelligence, targeted campaigns, recruiting events, and proactive channels.
- Collaborate with company leadership, General Managers, Engagement Managers, Account Leads, Strategic Project Leads, and other hiring leaders to map needs, define profiles, calibrate hiring bars, and push searches forward.
- Translate changing business needs into actionable recruiting strategies and adapt as priorities evolve.
- Evaluate candidates from high-growth startups and other high-talent-density environments with rigorous standards.
- Assess candidates for performance, trajectory, stability, motivation, adaptability, and suitability for a fast-paced startup context.
- Represent the company externally as a credible ambassador to senior candidates in technology and AI markets.
- Clearly communicate the company’s mission, business model, growth trajectory, expectations, and employee value proposition while ensuring a high-quality candidate experience.
- Manage fast-moving interview processes, proactively addressing compensation, competing opportunities, timing, motivation, and closing risks.
- Coach hiring managers on structured interviewing, candidate leveling, evidence-based evaluation, and disciplined hiring decisions.
- Drive same-day debriefs, rapid feedback, expedited offers, and other recruiting service-level expectations to compete for top talent.
- Build and continually improve practical recruiting systems while remaining deeply involved in daily execution.
- Track and optimize critical funnel metrics, including sourcing activity, response and conversion rates, pass-through, time in stage, time to fill, source yield, interview-to-offer, offer acceptance, and fill rates.
- Identify bottlenecks and leverage data to improve sourcing effectiveness, interview velocity, and overall outcomes.
- Collaborate on dashboards, reporting, process automation, and workflow improvements using Ashby and other recruiting tools.
- Support employer-brand initiatives through candidate campaigns, referrals, events, market engagement, and consistent representation of hiring standards and mission.
- Introduce structure and operational rigor without hindering execution in an evolving environment.
- Take ownership of assigned hiring outcomes with a relentless focus on quality, speed, responsiveness, and follow-through.
Requirements
- Proven track record of owning full-cycle recruiting for IC and leadership roles.
- Highly execution-oriented, personally sourcing, outbounding, screening, coordinating interviews, negotiating offers, and closing hires.
- Experience in high-volume recruiting with substantial sourcing, outbound activity, and candidate outreach.
- History of meeting aggressive timelines while maintaining a high talent bar.
- Generalist recruiting experience across commercial, GTM, enterprise sales, account management, operations, finance, business, project leadership, engineering, applied AI, and related functions.
- Familiarity with both commercial and technical hiring, including sales, account management, engineering, and applied AI profiles.
- Not narrowly specialized in a single niche; demonstrated success across multiple functions.
- Experience in high-growth startups or high-talent-density companies with rigorous hiring standards.
- Strong sourcing instincts to identify, engage, and close highly sought-after passive candidates.
- Ability to credibly partner with General Managers, Account Leads, hiring managers, and company leadership.
- Proven ability to build scalable, practical hiring systems and use funnel metrics to improve outcomes.
- Willingness to introduce structure and process while staying personally involved in daily recruitment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the confidence to represent a high-growth AI company to senior candidates.
- Proactive, high-motor, outcome-driven work style with urgency across multiple concurrent searches.
- Comfort navigating ambiguity, evolving requirements, and long hours when necessary.
- Sound judgment, attention to detail, accountability, responsiveness, and follow-through.
- Evidence of stable tenure and impact; repeated roles lasting fewer than two years raise concerns.
- Familiarity with Ashby or the ability to quickly adopt new recruiting tools and workflows.
- Willingness to work in person five days per week in San Francisco, with consideration for NYC for exceptional candidates.
Technologies
- Ashby
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Juicebox
Benefits
- 401(k) with company match
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
- Equity eligibility
- $10,000 housing bonus
- $1,500 monthly meals stipend
- Free Equinox membership
- $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
- $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
Compensation and Location
- Base salary: $120,000 to $180,000 per year
- Performance bonus: 20 to 40 percent of base, tied to fill rate
- Equity eligibility
- Full-time, individual-contributor role
- On-site work schedule: Monday through Friday
- Location: San Francisco, strongly preferred; New York City possible for exceptional candidates
- No Saturday work required
- Relocation bonus: $15,000 for moving to the Bay Area
- In-person requirement in San Francisco; NYC option for exceptional candidates
- Referral program for introducing new recruiters
About the Company
Our client is a fast-growing, profitable AI technology firm building infrastructure that connects specialized human expertise with advanced AI systems. Its platform supports leading enterprises and AI organizations as they develop, evaluate, train, and deploy intelligent models and agents. The team works in person five days a week from San Francisco or New York offices, pursuing ambitious goals in a high-growth environment.
About the Role
The role is a hands-on, full-cycle Recruiter supporting a rapidly expanding enterprise division delivering human-powered AI evaluation and training solutions for major enterprises. You will own end-to-end recruiting for account owners, project leaders, engineers, operators, and support roles to scale the organization within the next year. This is an individual-contributor execution position with a true zero-to-one opportunity, emphasizing delivery over战略 or process design.
Referrals
We are recruiting 3 to 5 recruiters for this team and offer referral fees for successful placements.
