Senior Manager, Engineering Recruiting

Vanta

Senior Manager of Engineering Recruiting at Vanta leading hiring strategies for engineering roles. Partnering with engineering leadership to shape talent strategy and deliver exceptional hiring outcomes.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $208,000 - $245,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Recruiting Strategy & Vision: Build and refine recruiting strategies for complex engineering roles, leveraging market intelligence, talent mapping, and competitive insights. Translate business priorities into clear, executable hiring plans that drive consistent outcomes.
Engineering Partnership & Cross-Functional Influence: Partner closely with engineering leadership and cross-functional partners to translate business priorities into hiring strategies and evolve the interview process. Use data and market insight to guide decisions, and tailor communication across stakeholders to drive alignment.
Team Leadership & Development: Lead and develop a team of technical recruiters responsible for full-cycle hiring across engineering. Foster a high-performing, healthy team through clear expectations, feedback, and coaching.
Operational Excellence, Scale & Resilience: Own funnel health using data to improve processes, systems, and pipelines. Build scalable sourcing partnerships, set clear priorities and team structures, and establish operating rhythms that enable the team to execute effectively and navigate change.
Accountability, Execution & Results: Own hiring outcomes and drive consistent delivery against goals. Lead with strong execution and a solutions-oriented mindset, holding the team accountable, turning challenges into clear paths forward, and using AI thoughtfully to improve efficiency and impact.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience, with at least 3+ years in a leadership role managing recruiting teams
Deep, hands-on expertise in full-cycle technical recruiting, with a track record of leading teams to deliver consistent hiring outcomes in high-growth environments.
Experience building and developing high-performing recruiting teams, including coaching on assessment, stakeholder management, and closing.
Strong understanding of technical talent markets, with the ability to translate insights into effective recruiting strategies.
Data-driven decision-maker who uses recruiting metrics to diagnose issues, uncover insights, and influence behavior across teams.
Strong operator with a bias for action and follow-through; sets priorities, navigates ambiguity with sound judgment, and drives execution and results consistently.
Clear, effective communicator who builds credibility and strong relationships, and influences through tailored messaging across audiences.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for current or future employer sponsorship.
Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Industry-competitive salary and equity
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of employee-only benefit premiums covered for most medical plans
16 weeks fully-paid Parental Leave for all new parents
Health & wellness stipend
Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend
Commuter benefits for team members who report to the SF and NYC office
Family planning benefits
Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting
Flexible PTO policy, plus 80 hours of Sick Time
11 company-paid holidays
Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-cycle technical recruitingdata-driven decision-makingrecruiting metricstalent mappingcompetitive insightshiring strategiescoaching on assessmentstakeholder managementclosingAI application in recruiting

Soft Skills

team leadershipcommunicationinfluenceaccountabilityexecutionresults-orientedproblem-solvingrelationship buildingcuriosityadaptability