Senior Recruiter

Senior Recruiter at 2U responsible for sourcing and hiring top talent in a fast-paced environment. Partnering with hiring managers and stakeholders to ensure effective recruitment processes.

Posted 4/17/2026full-timeCrystal City • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $47 - $53 per hourWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manages the full candidate life-cycle through proactively sourcing, posting, screening, interviewing, and placing qualified marketing professionals to fill positions within the corporate function
Leverages experience and expertise to optimize the candidate experience
Creatively attracts top talent in a timely and cost effective manner using multiple sources to advertise and recruit
Develops networking and referral base using social networking and other innovative methods to identify desired candidates
Sources and recruits candidates through direct recruiting efforts
Identifies and attends job fairs, meetups, and other events for candidate engagement
Serves as a trusted advisor to 2U’s hiring managers, HRBPs, Cross Functional Stakeholders and providing expert guidance on the target market, target companies, expected talent pool volume, hiring specifications, job descriptions, and action plans to maximize candidate sourcing, etc. to ultimately ensure the hiring managers are confident with their hiring decisions
Provides regular updates to hiring managers on hiring progress and challengesWorks closely and effectively with coordinator to schedule candidate interviews and with scouts (if applicable) to identify and engage hard-to-find talent
Continuously grows talent communities across targeted talent pools to maintain a strong 2U candidate pipeline
Fully engages with the hiring managers and broader 2U leadership to maintain open communication around hiring needs and the available talent pipeline
Interfaces with 2U’s applicant tracking system to optimally track all phases of the candidate life-cycle
Fully owns the data quality and data integrity in 2U’s applicant tracking system relevant to their job requisitions that they manage in addition to monitoring for data accuracy across the system
Shares Recruiting and sourcing best practices across the teamCoaches more junior team members
Proactively seeks new knowledge, skills, and trends and shares with the team
Partners closely with the Recruiting Leadership team on process improvements and provides solid recommendations to enhance the overall team functioning
Utilizes data and analytics to inform sourcing, recruiting, and offer negotiation strategies.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree required; degree in HR, Business, Communications or Social Sciences preferred
5+ years experience directly related to full life cycle recruiting; previous experience in a high-volume staffing, agency or corporate setting, supporting marketing teams, a plus
3-5 years’ experience in managing a recruitment process or teams of recruiters
Experience supporting a fast-paced, high growth organization
Knowledge of employment law relative to hiring and interviewing required
Previous experience using an applicant tracking system, experience with Greenhouse is a plus
Strong attention to detail
Excellent organizational skills
Demonstrated computer skills in one or more of the following: Google suite, MS Office products

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Life insurance, disability, and 401(k) employer match
Free snacks and drinks in-office
Generous paid holidays and leave policies, including unlimited PTO
Additional time off benefits include: volunteer days, parental leave, and a company-wide winter break

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Hard Skills & Tools

full life cycle recruitingdata analyticssourcing strategiesrecruitment process managementemployment law knowledgecandidate screeninginterviewingoffer negotiation

Soft Skills

attention to detailorganizational skillscommunicationcoachingcreativitynetworkingproblem-solvingcollaboration