Talent Director, Executive Recruiting

Job Description

About Recur

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We’re building a private equity platform for the AI era. We acquire mission-critical vertical SaaS companies ($2-20M ARR) and transform them using AI and modern technology. We’re a team of former investors from Accel, backed by some of the world’s leading technology investors including Reef Pass, Prosus Ventures, Accel, and the founders of Mainsail and TCV.

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About This Role

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This is our first in-house talent hire, with a focus on recruiting great CEOs to run our portfolio companies. You'll also lead recruiting for the Recur holdco team, and run high-leverage searches across our operating companies.

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You will shape the executive talent profile and program as we test, learn and evolve our talent strategy. This role reports to the Operating Partner, and works closely with Recur's founders who'll interview finalists.

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What You will Do

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• Run several CEO/GM searches at once for businesses we own or are acquiring, often on timelines tied to deal closes.
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• Lead recruiting for the Recur holdco team, and high-leverage roles across our operating companies.
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• Source at volume: build and work candidate pipelines from operators, PE portfolio leaders, startup executives and former founders. Bring your own view on unconventional candidate profiles: overlooked talent pools that could be a unique source of high-slope leaders who succeed with coaching and development.
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• Write outreach that gets replies from busy, high-potential people, and pitch why a sub-$5M ARR CEO/GM role with Recur is a career-defining opportunity.
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• Screen and qualify candidates against our leadership profile with structured interviews
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• Run the process end to end: scheduling, references, offer, close and handoff to onboarding.
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• Build bench pipelines of strong operators before we need them, ahead of each acquisition.
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• Track funnel metrics by source and profile, and use them to shift where and how we search.
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What We're Looking For

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• 3–8 years of SaaS recruiting. Ideally full-cycle executive or leadership search at a boutique or large search firm, or in-house recruiting at a startup. Vertical software experience is a strong plus.
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• A track record of filling senior roles (GM, C-suite, VP) or GTM senior leadership roles, with numbers to show it: searches closed, time to fill, offer acceptance rates, retention rates.
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• Comfort sourcing at high volume without waiting for inbound applicants.
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• You can leverage AI orchestration and enrichment tools to supercharge your work.
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• Ambition and drive: you want to own talent at a rapidly growing software holding company, not just fill requisitions.
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• Growth mindset: you enjoy pushing your own limits, and welcome feedback.
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• Comfort with change: you can pivot when the profile, priorities or deal timing shift.
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• Hustle: you run several searches at once and keep each moving.
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• Goal-oriented: you practice disciplined execution managing funnel activities against clear targets.
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Nice to have

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• Exposure to PE-backed or acquisition-driven companies.
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• Experience building a recruiting function or process from scratch, such as a founding-recruiter role.
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• Interest in leadership development, assessment or coaching.
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Why Join Us?

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You will shape the future of all things Talent at Recur, where we believe having great talent is a key to our success, and can become a unique source of alpha powering our growth.

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Location: Based in New York City, Chicago. Open to remote candidates willing to travel.