Hiring: Lead Technical Recruiter Company: SeatGeek Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-12 12:12:18 Target Skills & Keywords : R, REST, Root Cause Analysis, Stakeholder Management About the job Experience: •8+ years of full lifecycle technical recruiting, including senior and staff level IC hiring at a fast growing technology company Required Skills: •Own complex technical and product searches from intake through close, including niche, emerging and confidential roles, partnering with recruiting leadership on executive searches •Build sourcing strategies from scratch through market mapping, competitive research and targeted outbound campaigns, while managing multiple high complexity searches without sacrificing pipeline momentum or candidate experience •Advise on compensation and offer strategy and close candidates in competitive markets •Serve as a trusted advisor to senior engineering, data and product leaders, shaping role scope, leveling, interview design and hiring strategy rather than executing against a predefined spec •Lead intake and calibration to establish the hiring bar, use market evidence to reset expectations when searches stall and provide leaders with clear insight into hiring health •Influence headcount planning and role scoping by bringing market, compensation and organizational context to decisions •Use funnel, pipeline and time to fill data to diagnose search challenges and adjust strategy in real time •Bring root cause analysis and recommendations, not just flags, and independently make decisions on search strategy, process and stakeholder approach while escalating broader resourcing and headcount decisions Qualifications: •Depth across engineering, data and ML, product, and design, with the fluency to credibly engage senior candidates •A track record of building the approach yourself on searches where the role, the bar, or the market was undefined •Strategic sourcing skill: market mapping, talent intelligence, and outbound that builds pipeline without leaning on inbound or agencies •Fluency with recruiting data and the tools behind it, including Greenhouse, Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter, and ModernLoop or similar. You build your own views and use metrics to make and defend decisions •Executive presence and the ability to influence without authority, grounded in a real understanding of the business you support •Curiosity and aptitude for new technology. You have put AI to work in your own workflow and can speak to what it changed •A reputation as a teammate who mentors, shares what they know, and raises the level of the team •Flexible work environment, allowing you to work as many days a week in the office as you’d like or 100% remotely •A WFH stipend to support your home office setup •Up to 16 weeks of fully-paid family leave Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!