Senior Recruiter

Handshake

San Francisco, United States Posted October 18, 2026

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On-site Full-time Senior
Salary Range

$150,000 - $200,000

Job Description

Join Handshake AI as a Senior Business Recruiter, where you'll play a crucial role in recruiting exceptional talent across various business functions. This full-cycle recruiting position requires a strong background in recruiting senior business talent, exceptional communication skills, and proficiency with modern recruiting tools. You'll partner closely with hiring managers and executive leaders, deliver a best-in-class candidate experience, and help modernize the recruiting process through the use of AI and automation.

  • Posséder une expertise avérée en recrutement dans divers domaines fonctionnels, y compris les opérations, les finances, les ressources humaines, le droit, le marketing, les ventes, le succès client, la stratégie et la communication.
  • Gérer l'ensemble du processus de recrutement, de l'identification des besoins à l'offre, en agissant en tant que conseiller de confiance pour les responsables de l'embauche.
  • Utiliser des outils de recrutement alimentés par l'IA, l'automatisation et les données pour améliorer l'efficacité du sourcing, l'engagement des candidats et la gestion des pipelines.
  • Business Recruiting Expertise: Proven success recruiting across a range of business functions, including Operations, Finance, People, Legal, Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, Strategy, Communications, and other corporate teams
  • Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and build trust with candidates
  • Tools: Proficiency with ATS platforms (Ashby is a plus), LinkedIn Recruiter, and modern recruiting tools, with the ability to quickly learn and thoughtfully adopt new AI-enabled systems
  • Metrics-Minded: You use recruiting data and pipeline metrics to identify opportunities, improve processes, and consistently deliver results
  • Executive Partnership: Experience partnering closely with senior leaders and hiring managers, providing thoughtful guidance on hiring strategy, talent assessment, and market dynamics
  • Drive & Urgency: You thrive in fast-moving environments with evolving priorities and ambitious hiring goals
  • AI & Technology Fluency: Demonstrated curiosity and practical experience using AI-enabled recruiting tools, automation, or data workflows to improve recruiting outcomes. You know when to use technology to move faster—and when human judgment, discretion, and relationship-building matter most
  • Experience: 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a strong track record hiring senior business talent in high-growth technology or startup environments
  • Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, manage competing priorities, and drive alignment throughout the hiring process
  • Experience recruiting for high-growth AI or technology companies
  • Experience helping evaluate, implement, or scale AI-powered recruiting tools or automation
  • Experience hiring senior individual contributors and leadership talent
  • Prior agency or contract recruiting experience
  • Experience supporting organizations through periods of rapid scale
  • Comfort with ambiguity and a willingness to help shape recruiting strategy in a fast-moving environment
Required Skills
recruiting communication human resources customer success Ashby stakeholder management leadership partnerships
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