Lead Technical Recruiter

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced Lead Technical Recruiter who will be a strategic hiring partner focused on technical roles, particularly within our Product Engineering team. This is an individual contributor position where you will be a strategic partner to leaders in our cross-functional technology organization. Lead Technical Recruiters bring subject matter expertise to help improve processes and mentor other recruiters on the team.

This is a hybrid position based in our NYC headquarters, reporting to the Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition. You can typically expect to come into the office 3 days per week.

 

Responsibilities:

• Conduct full-cycle recruiting, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and negotiating offers

• Meet with managers and HR to identify hiring needs and develop a hiring plan

• Build and manage relationships with hiring managers and key stakeholders

• Maintain ongoing communications with hiring managers and candidates on the hiring process to provide a positive and communicative experience

• Partner with hiring teams to interview candidates through a structured interview process

• Advise hiring managers in making hiring decisions

• Work with team members to coordinate the interview process

• Source qualified candidates through job sites, databases, networking, etc.

• Select and present qualified candidates to hiring teams

• Create reports on hiring progress and other recruiting metrics

• Maintain a pool of candidates through strategic sourcing, research, and excellent candidate experience

• Identify and provide insights on trends, issues, and opportunities in the marketplace that affect candidate pools and share them with NYT leadership team and hiring partners

• Articulate blockers and challenges in your searches and come up with solutions to address them

• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world

 

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience working in high-touch, full-cycle recruitment

• 4+ years of experience recruiting for engineering roles for consumer-facing web or mobile products

• 3+ years of experience managing requisitions in an ATS such as Greenhouse or Ashby

• 3+ years of experience working on an in-house talent acquisition team

 

Additional Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience building and improving hiring processes to provide excellent stakehol