Gusto

Senior Recruiting Manager

Gusto

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Francisco • California, Colorado, New York • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $165,000 - $240,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

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About the role

  • Lead, empower, and develop a team of recruiters supporting CX or GTM hiring needs, from high-volume frontline roles to specialized, senior-level searches
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, aligning hiring strategies with business goals, customer outcomes, and workforce plans
  • Design and implement scalable recruiting programs that support long-term growth while fostering innovation and creativity in pipeline generation
  • Build and leverage data infrastructure to forecast capacity, shape sourcing strategies, and influence executive decision-making with compelling insights
  • Experiment with new sourcing strategies, employer brand approaches, and tools—including AI—to elevate how we attract top talent, improve efficiency, and increase recruiter productivity
  • Empower recruiters through coaching, development plans, and clear frameworks for growth, while removing roadblocks to execution
  • Ensure recruiting strategies directly drive business outcomes and customer impact, enabling Gusto to scale with speed and quality
  • Influence how Gusto scales its CX (Customer Success) or GTM (Go-To-Market) organizations and create a recruiting model that will fuel the business into the future

Requirements

  • 10+ years of recruiting experience, including 5+ years leading people in high-growth, scaling environments (tech or startup preferred)
  • Experience managing a team of 8+ recruiters across levels, with proven success balancing high-volume hiring and niche, senior talent searches
  • Deep craft expertise with a track record of building programs, pipelines, and practices that drive scalable and sustainable results
  • Curiosity and proven ability to learn and apply AI-driven tools to improve operational efficiency and recruiting effectiveness; not an expert, but eager to experiment and adopt innovations that drive impact
  • Hands-on leader who thrives in the trenches with their team while setting clear strategic direction
  • Strong analytical skills; able to use data for capacity modeling, sourcing strategies, and investment planning—plus the storytelling ability to influence senior executives (VP and above)
  • Proven ability to build inclusive, creative, and high-performing recruiting teams
  • Executive presence and communication skills, with a business-forward mindset that connects hiring strategies to business leaders’ goals, customer impact, and revenue growth
  • Energized by the opportunity to rebuild, innovate, and leave a lasting mark on Gusto’s talent strategy
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k)s
  • Expert HR
  • Team management tools
  • Total Rewards philosophy (see link in job posting)
  • Cash compensation amount for this role: $165,000 to $205,000 in Denver & most major metro locations, and $193,000 to $240,000 for San Francisco & New York
  • Hybrid work expectation: employees based in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week
  • Physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City
  • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities

ATS Keywords

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

Hard skills
recruitingdata analysiscapacity modelingsourcing strategiesprogram developmentpipeline generationAI-driven toolsoperational efficiencyhigh-volume hiringsenior talent searches
Soft skills
leadershipcoachingstrategic directionanalytical skillscommunication skillsinfluencecreativitycuriosityteam empowermentproblem-solving
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