Senior Recruiter – Limited Duration/Contract

Pirate Ship

Contract Senior Recruiter at Pirate Ship, focused on end-to-end recruiting for a remote-first company. Join our crew for a fun and casual work environment.

Posted 5/27/2026contractRemote • Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $115,000 - $125,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Navigate the Seas: Own recruiting and employee selection efforts at Pirate Ship for all roles and levels.
Chart a Course: Reports to the Director of Pirate Experience and partners with Senior Leadership including Sea Suite (C-Suite) to understand their hiring objectives and develop a plan to hit goals & deliver quality and timely results.
Codify the Process: Manage full-cycle recruiting by creating and executing unique and effective sourcing strategies and techniques to find professionals across a variety of roles.
Scoping: Consistently generate a healthy pipeline of high quality candidates by driving recruitment initiatives such as branding, events, sourcing, and referrals along with plunderin' the interwebs, LinkedIn, and other channels to seek out the most talented pirates.
Keep it Shipshape: Scannin' the horizon for new recruitment trends and technologies to ensure our recruitment process stays ahead of the curve.
Find the treasure: Identify, prescreen, and evaluate both passive and active candidates.
Turn People to Pirates: Manage candidates in process and provide them with a positive candidate experience.
Crew Up: Build solid relationships with team leaders and serve as a talent partner before, during, and after the recruiting process.
Bottle Your Messages: Develop deep business knowledge of Pirate Ship’s organization and the markets it serves.
Gather Round the Grog: Partner with HR in the areas organizational training and development, compensation, and compliance.
Uncover hidden treasure: Maintain key recruiting metrics and conduct analysis of recruiting trends to maintain a healthy talent pipeline and drive effective hiring decisions.
Ride the seas of change: You’ll be comfortable in an environment where there’s lots of change all the time.
Sail from your port o’ call: You’ll be working from home, but will connect with your crewmates throughout the day over chat, voice, and video.
Hoist the Jolly Roger: You’ll have the opportunity to share your background, experience and interests with the crew to enhance our fun, progressive culture.
Collect your booty: Pirate Ship pays competitively compared to other landlubbers because we value your creativity and passion.
Ride the seas of change: You’re comfortable in a remote environment where there’s lots of change.

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 5+ years of in-house corporate recruiting experience driving end to end recruiting within a high-tech or high-growth industry.
Experience building and scaling creative teams across design, copy, and brand disciplines.
Proven track record of recruiting from a diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging lens to support Pirate Ship’s efforts to build a diverse and inclusive team.
Hands-on experience with applicant tracking systems, preferably Greenhouse, including managing candidate pipelines, interview coordination, reporting, and recruiting workflows.
Ability to run your own ship independently & capable of handling multiple projects at once amidst rapidly-changing seas.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Vacation Time - We offer 144 hours of accrued vacation time to start to keep our pirates rested & rejuvenated!
Paid Holidays - 12 paid holidays per year.
Paid Sick Time - 80 hours annually.
Medical Insurance - 100% covered for Pirates by the company and kicks in the first of the month after enrollment. If you want to add any dependents (spouse, partner or children), they’ll be 50% covered.
Dental and Vision - 100% covered for Pirates and 50% covered for dependents.
401(K) - We offer a Traditional 401(K) and a Roth 401(K), and pirates who contribute 1-3% of their annual salary get matched 100% by the company.
Parental Leave - Full 12 weeks for parents for the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child.
Home Office Reimbursement - We provide a one-time home office reimbursement of up to $1,500 to purchase an ergonomic desk and chair.
Other Stipends for Remote Individuals - Wifi & snacks, we’ve got y’er back!
Virtual Tacos for ARRrrrsome Rewards - “Hey Taco!” is our employee recognition program where you can give and receive virtual "Tacos" which can be redeemed for rewards.

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-cycle recruitingsourcing strategiescandidate evaluationrecruiting metricsinterview coordinationreportingrecruiting workflowsdiversity recruitingtalent pipeline managementorganizational training

Soft Skills

relationship buildingpositive candidate experienceadaptabilityproject managementcommunicationcollaborationcreativityproblem-solvingindependenceorganizational skills