Senior Recruiter III

Job Title: Senior Recruiter III Job Description
The Senior Recruiter III leads full-cycle recruitment activities with a strong focus on Senior manager and leadership hiring. This role sources, recruits, interviews, checks references, extends offers, and supports orientation for new employees. The recruiter also conducts exit interviews and processes changes in employee status. The position relies on extensive experience and sound judgment to plan and achieve hiring goals, performs a variety of complex tasks, and may lead and direct the work of other recruiting professionals. A wide degree of creativity and autonomy is expected, and the role typically reports to the head of a unit or department.
Responsibilities

• Lead and manage full-cycle recruitment processes for Senior manager and leadership roles, particularly within worldwide operations and reliability, maintenance, and engineering functions.
• Conduct intake calls with hiring stakeholders to clarify role requirements, candidate profiles, and hiring timelines.
• Source and attract high-caliber leadership and Senior management talent through proactive and passive sourcing strategies.
• Screen, interview, and evaluate candidates to ensure alignment with role requirements and organizational needs.
• Check references and verify candidate information to support informed hiring decisions.
• Prepare, present, and negotiate offers to selected candidates in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
• Support the onboarding process by coordinating and conducting orientation activities for new hires as needed.
• Conduct exit interviews to gather feedback and insights, and process changes in employee status accurately and promptly.
• Utilize applicant tracking systems and recruitment tools to manage requisitions, track candidates, and maintain accurate records.
• Develop and execute creative talent acquisition strategies to build and maintain strong pipelines of leadership and Senior-level candidates.
• Collaborate with hiring stakeholders to plan and accomplish recruitment goals, providing guidance based on extensive experience and market knowledge.
• Perform a variety of recruitment and talent acquisition tasks while managing multiple priorities and requisitions.
• Lead and direct the work of other recruiters or team members when required, providing mentorship and guidance.
• Apply a wide degree of creativity and latitude in solving complex recruiting challenges and improving processes.

Essential Skills

• At least 8 years of experience in recruiting or a closely related field.
• Proven experience in Senior manager and leadership recruiting, including executive-level or high-impact roles.
• Strong expertise in sourcing and passive sourcing techniques to identify and engage high-quality candidates.
• Demonstrated proficiency in talent acquisition strategies and full-cycle recruitment.
• Hands-on experience using applicant tracking systems (ATS) for managing requisitions and candidate pipelines.
• Ability to conduct structured interviews, assess candidate qualifications, and check references thoroughly.
• Strong judgment and decision-making skills, relying on extensive experience to plan and accomplish hiring goals.
• Ability to lead and direct the work of others in a recruiting or talent acquisition context.
• Familiarity with a variety of recruiting concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Bachelor's degree, which may be required for this role.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience supporting leadership hiring within worldwide operations, reliability, maintenance, and engineering environments.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct effective intake calls and partner closely with hiring stakeholders.
• Comfort working with a wide degree of creativity and latitude in designing sourcing strategies and recruitment solutions.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with stakeholders and candidates.
• Experience performing exit interviews and processing changes in employee status.
• Ability to adapt to evolving recruitment needs and contribute to continuous improvement of talent acquisition processes.

Work Environment
The role operates in a professional recruiting and talent acquisition environment that may be based in an office setting, hybrid, or remote depending on organizational practices. The recruiter works extensively with applicant tracking systems and other recruitment technologies to manage candidate pipelines and requisitions. Collaboration with leadership and operations stakeholders is frequent, particularly for worldwide operations and reliability, maintenance, and engineering roles. The work involves managing multiple requisitions simultaneously, meeting deadlines, and handling confidential candidate and employee information with care. Dress code typically aligns with standard professional or business-casual attire suitable for meetings with stakeholders and candidates.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Seattle, WA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $55.00 - $57.00/hr.
Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Seattle,WA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Sep 28, 2026.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email View email address on click.appcast.io for other accommodation options.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.