Lead Technical Recruiter

As the senior individual contributor on the Talent team, you will lead high-stakes technical searches, advise hiring managers and executives, improve recruiting systems and processes, mentor recruiters, and build market intelligence that guides hiring priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of complex, ambiguous, and high-priority technical searches.
• Run multiple searches in parallel using clear hypotheses, market data, and next actions.
• Set sourcing, evaluation, and closing standards for the recruiting function.
• Support peers when search quality or timelines are at risk.
• Advise hiring managers and executives on hiring strategy, market realities, and calibration.
• Mentor and coach recruiters on sourcing, structured search design, and stakeholder management.
• Improve recruiting systems, tools, dashboards, and processes.
• Build compensation benchmarks, talent pool maps, and competitor intelligence.
• Promote honest feedback and productive disagreement to improve recruiting practices.

Requirements

• 7+ years of technical recruiting experience in high-growth, US-headquartered technology startups.
• Track record of independently closing hard-to-fill and senior technical roles.
• Ability to run multiple high-complexity searches simultaneously.
• Experience mentoring, pairing with, or informally coaching others.
• Strong analytical and first-principles approach to hiring strategy.
• Ability to translate complex, cross-functional hiring problems into clear plans.
• Operational strength with sourcing tools, dashboards, and process design.
• Exceptional concise communication with executives, hiring managers, and candidates.
• Strong ownership mindset and comfort with ambiguity.

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in TRM Labs' equity plan.
• Distributed-first work environment with hubs in multiple cities.
• Mission-driven work focused on building a safer world.