Lead Recruiter

Summary

Join UpKeep, a fast-growing SaaS company, as our Lead Recruiter. You will own full-cycle recruiting across teams and geographies, designing and implementing AI-powered recruiting systems. This hybrid role, based in Los Angeles, requires at least one day a week in the office. You will be responsible for closing roles, automating workflows, and strategically impacting the company's hiring process. The ideal candidate is comfortable with hands-on recruiting and strategic impact. UpKeep offers competitive compensation, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

• 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with recent experience in high-growth tech or startup environments
• 2+ years in a senior, lead, or strategic recruiting role with proven success owning hiring plans across multiple departments or geographies
• Ability to handle high volume of reqs concurrently
• Strong execution track record hiring for technical (Engineering, Product, Data) and business (GTM, Ops, People) roles
• Experience operating in lean teams where automation and efficiency were essential to scale
• Proficient in leveraging recruiting platforms and tools (e.g., Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, SeekOut); familiarity with AI-forward platform and ChatGPT-enhanced workflows
• Demonstrated ability to influence executives, guide hiring managers, and close high-caliber talent in competitive markets
• History of embedding inclusive hiring practices that improve representation and reduce bias across the funnel
• In-depth understanding of recruitment strategy, legal compliance, and equitable process design across global markets
• Ability to connect recruiting outcomes to business impact—workforce planning, organizational health, and performance metrics
• Skilled in evaluating and optimizing recruiting tech stacks to reduce manual work and improve quality-of-hire
• Data-literate and fluent in funnel metrics; uses dashboards to drive clarity, decision-making, and accountability
• Technologically curious—able to test and implement AI tools that automate sourcing, scheduling, or candidate engagement
• Confident in facilitating training sessions, hiring manager enablement, and company-wide communications around talent strategy

Responsibilities

• Own and execute full-cycle recruiting for technical and business roles (from sourcing to closing) across all departments
• Design and deploy AI tools (e.g., sourcing automation, screening bots, scheduling tools, GPT-assisted JD creation and candidate communications) that enable scale without sacrificing quality
• Lead strategic intake meetings and advise hiring managers on role design, market trends, and interview structure
• Champion structured, bias-free assessments and facilitate training on consistent hiring practices across teams
• Build and nurture talent pipelines with an emphasis on self-sourced candidates
• Drive offer negotiation and candidate close with high EQ and strong business acumen
• Create and manage real-time recruiting dashboards to track time-to-fill, funnel conversion, quality-of-hire, and hiring manager satisfaction
• Constantly optimize systems, process, and tech stack to automate low-leverage work and free yourself up to focus on what matters—relationships and results

Preferred Qualifications

• Future-focused—you stay ahead of where recruiting is going and love experimenting with tools that give you leverage
• Obsessed with productivity—you automate ruthlessly, prioritize intelligently, and protect your time for high-impact work
• Operate with ownership, transparency, and urgency. You move quickly but never cut corners
• Build trust fast—with candidates, hiring managers, and execs—through candor, clarity, and care
• Invest in team growth—sharing tools, building playbooks, and upleveling hiring partners across the org
• Balance confidence with humility—you ask smart questions, take feedback well, and stay coachable even as a subject matter expert
• Embody our company values and create a candidate experience that reflects our culture from first touch to final close

Benefits

Competitive base salary + annual bonus + benefits + equity