Principal Recruiter

Principal Recruiter

This position may be based in Coopersburg, PA or Austin, TX.

Lutron is seeking a skilled and proactive principal recruiter to lead full-cycle hiring for professional roles across a designated function and support the development of high-quality recruiting practices. You will be deeply immersed in that function's priorities, culture, and talent needs, operating as a true extension of the business to ensure we meet both current and future staffing demands.

In this role, you will independently manage full-cycle recruitment delivery and partner closely with business leaders to ensure hiring needs are met with excellence. In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor, a coach to hiring teams, and a champion of a best-in-class candidate experience. Your work will directly influence the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of Lutron's talent acquisition efforts.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute innovative recruitment strategies that build a robust pipeline of world-class talent.
• Develop long-term talent plans aligned with business priorities, anticipating future capability needs.
• Provide senior leaders with market insights on talent availability, competitive trends, and compensation benchmarks to influence strategic decisions.
• Adjust sourcing strategies based on data, performance metrics, and evolving business needs.
• Identify, engage, and attract passive candidates using advanced search techniques and targeted outreach.
• Maintain deep awareness of industry trends, competitor movements, and emerging talent pools.
• Drive rigorous, competency-based evaluation processes to ensure candidates meet Lutron's standards for performance and cultural alignment.
• Facilitate structured debriefs and decision-making sessions to ensure clarity, alignment, and timely hiring outcomes.
• Train and coach hiring managers and interviewers on behavioral interviewing, evaluation consistency, and selection best practices.
• Assist leaders in maximizing their networking efforts to uncover exceptional talent.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and consistency of recruitment processes.
• Ensure accurate, compliant, and timely use of the applicant tracking system, maintaining data integrity and visibility across the hiring lifecycle.
• Implement best practices across the TA function and contribute to enterprise-wide process standardization.
• Develop and nurture vendor partnerships to support recruitment needs and maintain a steady talent pipeline.
• Serve as a trusted recruitment advisor to senior leaders, building strong partnerships, and aligning talent strategies with organizational goals.
• Provide guidance on candidate quality, market realities, and optimal hiring approaches.
• Deeply immerse yourself in the business to understand priorities, culture, and capability needs.
• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, ensuring a seamless, transparent, and positive candidate experience from initial contact through onboarding.
• Craft compelling job descriptions that reflect role expectations, team culture, and success attributes.
• Represent Lutron at select career events, serving as a brand ambassador and attracting high caliber talent.
• Manage offer development and negotiation, ensuring competitive, equitable, and timely offers aligned with internal guidelines.
• Maintain engagement with new hires to support a smooth transition and reinforce a positive onboarding experience.
• Ensure all hires meet Lutron's high standards of excellence and contribute to long-term organizational success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• A minimum of 10 years of talent acquisition experience, including experience driving complex, senior-level and specialized hiring, shaping recruitment strategy at scale, or operating as a subject matter expert for high impact roles.
• A combination of agency and in-house corporate recruiting experience is preferred.
• Willingness to travel to key sites to strengthen partnerships and deepen business understanding.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders, drive strategic initiatives, and deliver high-impact hiring outcomes.
• Expertise in managing full-cycle searches for niche, hard-to-fill, or leadership-level positions with minimal direction.

At Lutron, you'll be part of a collaborative, innovative environment where your contributions have a lasting impact. We believe in empowering our employees and fostering a workplace that values growth and excellence. If you're ready to make a difference in talent acquisition, we'd love to hear from you.

Lutron Electronics' position as the worldwide leader in innovative lighting control and shading solutions has enabled consistent, annual growth. Our company has cultivated a reputation of unsurpassed quality, a broad range of technologies and product offerings, and a strong commitment to servicing our worldwide customers. This has allowed the company to invest in developing new technologies and services, expand our technical capabilities and global presence, and to find and retain the best talent. Build your career with Lutron where you will enjoy competitive compensation and benefits while exploring many options for continued growth and education. Make a difference every day in our dynamic, people-centric, technology-driven organization.

Lutron Electronics is an equal opportunity – affirmative action – employer. We welcome qualified, motivated applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.