Lead Technical Recruiter

Zapier

Lead technical recruiting strategy for Zapier, an automation software company, across Americas engineering and product teams. Using AI, market intelligence, and scalable processes to improve high-impact hiring.

Posted 8/6/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $143,900 - $215,900 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in full-cycle technical recruiting, with a strong focus on talent strategy, market mapping, and AI-driven process improvements. Capable of mentoring teams and influencing senior leaders while advocating for diverse talent pools and inclusive hiring practices.

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Full-Cycle Technical RecruitingTalent Strategy DevelopmentAI FluencyCompensation AnalysisStakeholder Influence

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Hard Skills

Technical RecruitingMarket MappingCompensation AnalysisProcess ImprovementAI IntegrationEngineering DisciplinesData-Driven Decision MakingDiversity AdvocacyOperational ThinkingTalent Planning

Soft Skills

MentoringResourcefulnessAdaptabilityInfluencingProblem-Solving

Industry Keywords

Talent AcquisitionCandidate ExperienceHiring EffectivenessStakeholder SatisfactionRecruiting Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Advise hiring managers, directors, and executives on talent strategy and complex technical hiring decisions
Drive talent intelligence and market mapping for an entire department or vertical
Use AI to design repeatable workflows, improve recruiting outputs, and increase team efficiency
Build future-looking recruiting plans, including compensation analysis and competitive positioning recommendations
Partner across recruiting, operations, and hiring teams to solve process bottlenecks and improve hiring effectiveness
Lead AI transformation, process improvement, and high-impact projects improving candidate experience, stakeholder satisfaction, and recruiting systems at scale
Mentor teammates through hands-on problem-solving and raise the technical recruiting team’s overall capability
Lead talent brand initiatives, including events, platform presence, and targeted attraction campaigns aligned to Zapier’s EVP

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant, senior-level full-cycle technical recruiting experience
Ownership of hiring strategy beyond personal requisitions or for complex pipelines
Experience across engineering disciplines such as Applied AI, Software Engineering, Infrastructure, and Security is ideal
Strong operational and systems thinking connecting recruiting to business outcomes
Experience creating talent plans involving compensation analysis, competitive positioning, and organization-level market mapping
Ability to build trust with and influence senior leaders and talent acquisition peers
High AI fluency or learning mindset, with AI used as a core part of work
Ability to drive results without formal authority, mentor and coach peers, and hold stakeholders accountable
Ability to adapt opinions based on data, experience, outcomes, and new context
Resourcefulness and comfort operating with ambiguity
Ability to advocate for diverse talent pools and build inclusive interview processes at team or department level
Must be authorized to work from the chosen home location; Zapier does not sponsor visas or transfers
Education is not a requirement

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity
Bonus
All-remote work
Flexible country-based remote work from almost any country where Zapier can employ teammates
Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities
Transparent hiring process with application status updates targeted within seven days
Option to opt out of the Ezra AI interview assistant with alternate options and equal consideration