Head of Technical Recruiting

Summary

Join Mercury as they hire a Head of Technical Recruiting to lead and grow their team in finding talented people for Engineering, Product, Design, and Data Science roles. The role involves managing a team, partnering with senior leaders, leading cross-functional projects, and driving processes to scale hiring efficiency.

Requirements

• Have several years of recruiting management experience leading a high-performing technical recruiting team at a growth stage company
• Have experience managing and developing leads/managers
• Have a highly empathetic, low ego and flexible leadership style
• Have recruiting experience across multiple technical teams (ideally some combination of Engineering, Product, Design and Data Science)
• Have a passion for sourcing and building passive recruiting strategies
• Be genuinely excited by building creative programs and processes that help us scale and uplevel our technical recruiting function
• Have experience establishing metrics, reports and dashboards to support your team’s goals
• Be a trusted advisor to leaders throughout the recruiting process, acting as an effective hiring partner
• Connect and effectively communicate with people of all levels
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Have a sense of humor (doesn’t have to be a good one)

Responsibilities

• Manage, coach, and scale a team of high-performing recruiting leads, recruiters, sourcers, and recruiting coordinators
• Be a trusted partner with senior leaders across Mercury to understand their hiring objectives and develop team recruiting strategies to help them hit their goals
• Lead cross functional projects, reporting, and performance management for the technical recruiting team
• Embed yourself into the orgs that your team supports so you deeply understand their priorities and the business impact of your team’s work
• Become deeply familiar with our current recruiting processes (and even be willing to work on active roles if needed)
• Drive processes to scale hiring efficiency and team operating models
• Originate and build a clear diversity strategy alongside technical leaders
• Leverage data to define success metrics, measure productivity, and inform strategic decision making

Benefits

• The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options), and benefits
• Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry
• US employees in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $243,600 - $286,600
• US employees outside of New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $219,200 - $257,900
• Canadian employees (any location): CAD 221,700 - 260,800