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Recruiter
Role Description: As a Recruiter focused on either sales or engineering hiring, your role is to identify and attract top talent that aligns with our growth objectives and culture. You'll work closely with hiring managers, using innovative sourcing strategies to ensure timely, high-quality placements in key positions, contributing directly to the company's long-term success.
Responsibilities:
In this role, you will drive the following outcomes:
Full-Cycle Recruitment for Key Roles:
Own the full-cycle recruitment process for senior and specialized positions, from job posting and sourcing to offer negotiation and onboarding.
Ensure that 80% of roles are filled within the target time-to-hire (e.g., 60 days for senior roles), while maintaining a high quality of hire.
Collaborate with hiring managers to define role requirements, develop tailored sourcing strategies, and provide regular updates on candidate progress.
High-Quality Candidate Pipeline Development:
Consistently build and maintain a strong pipeline of high-caliber candidates through proactive sourcing (LinkedIn, networking, referrals, and job boards).
Ensure that 60% of sourced candidates meet the initial qualifications and move to the interview stage.
Develop and implement innovative sourcing strategies to attract top talent, reducing dependency on external agencies.
Candidate Experience & Engagement:
Provide an exceptional candidate experience, ensuring clear communication and timely feedback throughout the recruitment process.
Achieve a 90% positive feedback rate from candidates on the overall hiring experience.
Build strong relationships with passive candidates, creating a talent pool for future hiring needs, and maintain engagement for long-term opportunities.
Hiring Metrics & Reporting:
Track and report on key recruiting metrics (e.g., time-to-fill, interview-to-offer ratios, cost-per-hire) to identify trends and optimize processes.
Meet or exceed recruitment KPIs, including a time-to-fill target of 45 days for mid-level roles and 60 days for senior roles.
Provide actionable insights to improve hiring processes and outcomes based on data-driven analysis.
Strategic Partnership with Hiring Managers:
Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, offering insights and recommendations to align recruitment efforts with business needs.
Conduct regular consultations with hiring teams to review role requirements, market conditions, and candidate profiles.
Drive continuous improvement in hiring processes by introducing best practices, interview training, and feedback mechanisms for hiring managers.
Qualifications/Competencies/Skills:
To succeed in this role, you will bring:
Talent Sourcing & Networking:
Strong ability to proactively source and attract top-tier sales or engineering talent through various channels (LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, networking).
Relationship Building & Stakeholder Management:
Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with both candidates and internal stakeholders, including hiring managers and department leads.
Technical & Market Understanding:
Deep understanding of sales or engineering roles, including key skills and industry trends, to effectively assess and communicate with candidates.
Interviewing & Assessment:
Expertise in conducting interviews, assessing candidate fit, and using behavioral and technical evaluation techniques to ensure alignment with role requirements.
Data-Driven Decision Making:
Ability to leverage recruitment metrics and data (e.g., time-to-hire, conversion rates) to continuously improve hiring strategies and processes.
Required Experience:
3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a focus on either sales or engineering positions.
Proven track record of successfully filling roles in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
Strong experience in sourcing, screening, and assessing candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, and other sourcing tools.
Experience collaborating with hiring managers to understand role requirements and build targeted recruiting strategies.
Familiarity with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and CRM tools (e.g., Greenhouse, Lever, Workday).
Preferred Experience:
5+ years of recruiting experience with a focus on either sales or technical hiring within the tech, SaaS, or engineering sectors.
Experience recruiting for niche or hard-to-fill positions, especially within senior or highly technical roles.
Deep understanding of compensation structures and incentives for sales professionals or familiarity with technical stacks (e.g., programming languages, cloud technologies) for engineering hiring.
Strong network within the sales or engineering community and ability to tap into passive talent pipelines.
Previous experience using data to inform recruitment strategies, such as tracking conversion rates, source effectiveness, and time-to-hire metrics.
Our Benefits: We are proud to offer generous benefits, such as unlimited PTO, 100% employer covered health insurance, a wellness stipend, and vision/dental insurance.
Our Values:
Educators are Magic: Educators are the most important ingredient in the educational process - they are the magic, not the AI. Trust them, empower them, and put them at the center of leading change in service of students and families.
Joy and Magic: Bring joy and magic into every learning experience - push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI.
Community: Foster community that supports one another during a time of rapid technological change. Listen to them and serve their needs.
Innovation: The education system is outdated and in need of innovation and change - AI is an opportunity to bring equity, access, and serve the individual needs of students better than we ever have before.
Responsibility: Put responsibility and safety at the forefront of the technological change that AI is bringing to education.
Diversity: Diversity of thought, perspectives, and backgrounds helps us serve the wide audience of educators and students around the world.
Excellence: Educators and students deserve the best - and we strive for the highest quality in everything we do.
