Who you are
- We are looking for someone who can think strategically about where and how we hire while remaining highly hands-on in the market
- 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally within fast-growing technology companies
- Experience recruiting across both technical and commercial functions, with the ability to quickly understand different talent markets and candidate profiles
- A strong track record of sourcing, engaging, and closing high-performing passive candidates in competitive markets
- Experience partnering directly with senior leaders and hiring managers, with the judgment to advise, challenge, and calibrate when needed
- Ability to connect recruiting priorities with broader business and organizational needs rather than approaching hiring one requisition at a time
- Strong understanding of recruiting metrics and talent-market data, and the ability to use both to improve hiring decisions and outcomes
- Experience supporting hiring across the US and Europe or other international markets
- High ownership. You take responsibility for outcomes, identify problems early, and move quickly to find solutions
- Business-minded. You invest time in understanding the company, product, organization, and business context behind hiring decisions
- Adaptable. You are comfortable working through changing priorities, ambiguity, and different types of hiring challenges as the company grows
- Collaborative and low ego. You work openly with hiring managers, HR colleagues, and other recruiters and care more about reaching the right outcome than protecting a narrow scope of responsibility
- Experience recruiting for enterprise software, databases, data infrastructure, developer tools, cloud infrastructure, or AI
- Experience supporting both Engineering and GTM organizations within the same company
- Experience hiring senior or leadership-level talent
- Experience managing external recruiting agencies or executive search partners and evaluating vendor performance
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Lead Recruiter to own recruiting across the United States and Europe and help build the teams behind Zilliz's next stage of growth
- This is a senior individual contributor role with broad ownership across both recruiting strategy and execution. You will support technical and commercial functions, including Engineering, Product, GTM, and other business teams
- You will work closely with company and functional leaders to understand business priorities, shape hiring strategies, and deliver against them
- Own recruiting strategy and execution across the US and Europe, supporting both technical and commercial hiring
- Partner with leadership and hiring managers to translate business priorities and headcount plans into clear hiring priorities and recruiting strategies
- Lead full-cycle recruiting across functions and seniority levels, building strong pipelines through direct sourcing, talent mapping, referrals, and other channels
- Bring talent-market insights into hiring decisions, including candidate availability, compensation, competitive landscape, and location considerations
- Prioritize searches and recruiting resources based on business impact, urgency, and pipeline health, while continuously improving recruiting processes and outcomes
- Manage our external recruiting agency network, evaluate partner performance and delivery quality, and maintain an effective roster of search partners as hiring needs evolve
Benefits
- Equity
- Regular bonus and equity refresh opportunities
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid time off, including vacation, bereavement, and sick days
- Generous 401(k) and regional retirement plans
- Hybrid work model/Remote work opportunities available