Senior Recruiter

Senior Recruiter

We're looking for a Senior Recruiter to help scale the recruiting function at Nectar during an exciting phase of growth. Reporting directly to the Head of Talent, you'll join a collaborative, fast-paced startup team dedicated to attracting and hiring world-class talent.

In this role, you'll have a massive impact on our culture and trajectory. You will partner closely with the company leaders to identify top candidates across engineering, product, go-to-market, and operations, while helping optimize the systems, playbooks, and candidate experiences that allow Nectar to scale.

What You'll Be Doing

• Execute full-cycle recruiting: Own full-cycle recruiting across a mix of technical and non-technical roles, including engineering, product, GTM, and operations.
• Partner with leadership: Collaborate with the Head of Talent, founders, and hiring managers to understand team goals, align on hiring roadmaps, and execute prioritized headcount plans.
• Scale the recruiting engine: Work alongside the Head of Talent to refine structured interview processes, calibration frameworks, and decision-making systems.
• Creative sourcing: Source, engage, and close exceptional candidates through outbound outreach, referrals, communities, and creative sourcing strategies.
• Data-driven recruiting: Leverage recruiting metrics and dashboards to track pipeline health, optimize time-to-hire, and ensure high-quality hiring decisions.
• Elevate candidate experience: Deliver a high-touch, exceptional candidate experience from the first outreach all the way through onboarding.
• Enable hiring teams: Train and support hiring managers with structured interview frameworks, calibration processes, and objective evaluation techniques.
• Enhance employer brand: Partner with the Head of Talent and marketing to help tell Nectar's story and strengthen our talent narrative in the market.

What We're Looking For

• 5–7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a proven track record in scaling technology start-up environments.
• Versatile recruiter: Proven ability to identify, engage, and close exceptional candidates across both technical and non-technical disciplines.
• Collaborative mindset: Excitement about working within a growing talent team, sharing best practices, and building together.
• High talent bar: Strong judgment around culture add, role fit, and long-term potential, maintaining high quality without sacrificing speed.
• Strong stakeholder management: Comfort partnering closely with hiring managers, functional leaders, and executives.
• Startup DNA: Resourceful, adaptable, low ego, and highly comfortable operating in ambiguity with a strong bias toward action.
• Location: Willingness to collaborate in person with the team in Palo Alto.

Bonus Points

• Experience working in an early-stage startup during a rapid growth phase.
• Strong pre-existing network within engineering, product, or GTM talent ecosystems.
• Experience experimenting with modern recruiting analytics, AI sourcing tools, or talent intelligence platforms.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and early equity
• Health, vision, and dental benefits + 401(k) match
• Clear career growth opportunities as the company scales
• Free lunch in the heart of University Ave. in Palo Alto
• Deep exposure to cutting-edge AI tooling and the opportunity to shape how brands use it
• A collaborative, ambitious team defining a new category of AI-native marketing infrastructure