Firstup

Talent Acquisition Leader

Firstup

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $140,000 - $165,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Develop and lead a company-wide recruiting strategy that aligns with business priorities, ensuring timely and high-quality hires across all teams and geographies.
  • Personally own and lead full-cycle recruiting for key and leadership-level roles, ensuring high-caliber, high-readiness hires.
  • Partner with the ELT and Finance to manage the headcount plan, aligning hiring priorities, budgets, and approvals to business needs.
  • Manage, coach, and develop the recruiting team, fostering accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
  • Build scalable and consistent recruiting programs, processes, and tools that deliver an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.
  • Oversee and optimize the recruiting systems and technology to increase recruiter productivity and data accuracy.
  • Lead talent marketing and employer branding efforts to attract diverse, high-impact talent globally.
  • Partner closely with the People and Finance teams on forecasting, workforce planning, budget tracking, and onboarding.
  • Provide ongoing recruiting insights and reporting, including hiring velocity, cost per hire, and candidate quality metrics.
  • Champion Firstup’s mission and culture throughout the candidate experience, ensuring every hire strengthens the organization’s values and future success.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including 2+ years managing a high-performing recruiting program.
  • Proven success in recruiting for executive and leadership roles within high-growth SaaS or technology companies, with a track record of closing top talent.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage the full recruiting lifecycle, from sourcing and assessment through offer negotiation, for multiple, concurrent senior-level searches.
  • Strong experience partnering with senior executives and Finance on workforce planning, forecasting, and budget management.
  • Expertise in ATS and sourcing tools (Lever preferred), and proficiency in using recruiting technology and analytics tools.
  • Track record of leading talent acquisition programs that improve hiring efficiency, quality of hire, and candidate experience.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and influence skills across all levels of the organization.
  • Experience leading employer branding and talent marketing initiatives.
Benefits
  • excellent PTO program
  • great health benefits
  • casual and friendly environment
  • remote work
  • leadership team who truly believes in your growth

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
full-cycle recruitingsourcingassessmentoffer negotiationworkforce planningforecastingbudget managementtalent acquisition programshiring efficiencycandidate experience
Soft skills
communicationnegotiationinfluencecoachingaccountabilitycontinuous improvementoperational excellenceleadershipcollaborationstrategic alignment