Mercury Senior Recruiter at Mercury leads full-cycle Director and VP searches focused on Engineering, Product, Design, and Data leadership. The role involves partnering with founders and execs, building talent networks, and advising hiring managers.
Responsibilities
Run full-cycle Director and VP searches, with a focus on Engineering, Product, Design, and Data leadership
Break each role down with the hiring manager (what the team needs to build or fix, and who has done it before), then turn that into a market map and target list
Talk scope, team, and tradeoffs with senior candidates, and represent Mercury's leadership when they can't be in the room
Use market data to advise hiring managers, push back when a spec won't find anyone, and catch a stalled search early
Host executive talent events and build a network of leaders for roles we expect to open in the next 12 to 24 months
Step into hiring sprints and other high-priority searches across Mercury
Give senior candidates an experience they remember, from first note to offer
5+ years of full-cycle, in-house recruiting across a range of functions at a growing company
Qualification
Experience running Director+ searchesClearExperience with LinkedIn RecruiterRunning events
Required
Experience running Director+ searches, and an interest in making them most of your work
A track record as a trusted advisor to senior hiring managers, ideally CTOs, VPs of Engineering, or product leaders
Relationships with senior people that you built well before you needed them
Clear, precise writing and communication skills
Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter, Greenhouse, Gem, Metaview, or similar tools
Technical leadership hiring in Engineering, Product, Data, or Security
Recruiting at a fintech or other regulated tech company
Running events, dinners, or communities for senior talent
Time at a retained search firm before moving in-house
Preferred
Technical leadership hiring in Engineering, Product, Data, or Security
Recruiting at a fintech or regulated tech company
Running events, dinners, or communities for senior talent
Experience at a retained search firm before moving in-house
