Who you are
- 10+ years of recruiting experience with significant leadership experience managing technical recruiting teams in high-growth technology organizations
- Proven track record of building, scaling, and leading recruiting organizations that consistently deliver exceptional technical talent
- Deep understanding of recruiting for a wide variety of technical disciplines that include software engineering, machine learning, data science, hardware, embedded systems, product, manufacturing, and other highly technical disciplines
- Experience partnering with executive leadership on workforce planning, organizational scaling, and executive-level hiring
- Strong analytical mindset with experience leveraging recruiting metrics, market data, and forecasting to drive strategic decisions
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, navigate ambiguity, and balance competing business priorities in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment
- Experience implementing and optimizing recruiting technologies, applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, and AI-enabled recruiting workflows
- Excellent leadership, coaching, communication, and relationship-building skills with a passion for developing high-performing teams
- Comfortable wearing multiple hats and operating with a "no task too small" mindset, recognizing that building a great organization requires both strategic thinking and hands-on execution
- Strong commitment to embracing and leveraging AI tools in day-to-day tasks, ensuring AI-assisted work aligns with the same high-quality standards as personal contributions
What the job involves
- Lead and develop a world-class technical recruiting organization, fostering a high-performance, quality-driven, candidate-centric culture
- Partner with executive leadership, hiring managers, People Operations, and Finance to develop hiring strategies aligned with the business priorities of WHOOP and long-term growth plans
- Own technical recruiting performance, including capacity planning, role assignment, funnel health, quality of hire, time-to-fill, offer acceptance, and candidate experience metrics, using data to continuously improve outcomes
- Build scalable recruiting processes, interview frameworks, and talent programs that enable consistent, high-quality hiring across Engineering, Product, Data Science, AI/ML, Hardware, and other technical functions
- Serve as a trusted advisor to technical leaders, providing market intelligence, compensation insights, interview process guidance, and recommendations on hiring strategy
- Champion proactive talent engagement through employer branding, talent mapping, networking, and pipeline development for critical and emerging technical skill sets
- Partner cross-functionally to ensure recruiting practices support a high-performing hiring process while maintaining an extremely high hiring bar
- In tandem with Talent Operations, continuously evaluate and support implementing recruiting technologies, AI-enabled sourcing tools, and operational improvements that increase recruiter productivity and hiring effectiveness
Benefits
- Flexible Vacation: WHOOP has a flexible vacation policy that allows you to unwind, laptop-free, when you need it most.
- Focus on Family: We offer 18 weeks paid parental leave, plus an additional 2 weeks to gradually return to work.
- Get Invested: In addition to a competitive base salary and 401k, you're eligible to receive stock options to share in the future of WHOOP.
- WHOOP +1: Everyone on the team gets a complimentary WHOOP membership—plus another membership to share with a loved one.
- Health Matters: Our competitive benefits package covers medical, dental, and vision, in addition to mental health services, life and disability insurance, and more.
- Find Your Fit: Full-time employees get $500 a year to spend on wellness in whatever way they see fit, from fitness classes and memberships, to recovery services.
- It Pays to Sleep: Our Sleep Performance Program incentivizes employees to get more sleep. Log an average sleep performance of 85% or higher for the month and get a $100 bonus.
- Location, Location, Location: You can’t beat the views from the rooftop of One Kenmore Square. Feel inspired daily as you work, enjoy free snacks and coffee, and collaborate in the heart of Boston.