Senior Recruiting Manager
Gusto
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California, Colorado, New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $165,000 - $240,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
Go
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
Applicant Tracking System 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