Principal Recruiter, Research Talent

What We're Looking For We are hiring our first Principal Recruiter dedicated entirely to research. The role is foundational to how we identify, engage, and close world‑class research talent. What you’ll do Partner closely with research leadership to understand priorities, define critical talent needs, and build recruiting strategies for high‑impact research hires. Own deeply strategic searches for senior researchers, research leaders, and exceptional emerging talent across AI, machine learning, and adjacent technical fields. Build a clear and continuously evolving map of the research talent market, including labs, universities, startups, companies, research groups, and individual contributors shaping the field. Develop long‑term relationships with outstanding candidates, including people who are not actively looking and may require thoughtful, patient engagement. Turn market insight, network signal, and candidate context into practical recommendations for hiring managers and senior leaders. Design and manage tailored candidate processes that reflect the seniority, motivations, confidentiality needs, and evaluation requirements of each search. Advise on candidate positioning, timing, compensation strategy, closing approach, and potential risks for especially important hires. Help establish the operating model, standards, and talent intelligence practices for research recruiting as the function grows. Who you are Significant experience recruiting highly technical, senior, executive, academic, or otherwise specialized talent. A strong track record of building relationships with exceptional candidates who are not actively searching or who require a highly personalized recruiting approach. Excellent judgment, discretion, and follow‑through in sensitive or confidential hiring situations. Deep curiosity about AI research, technical talent markets, and the people and institutions shaping the frontier. Strong talent intelligence instincts: you know how to gather context, interpret incomplete information, and convert signal into action. Experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing recruiting strategy in ambiguous, fast‑moving environments. The ability to balance long‑term relationship building with the urgency required to close critical hires. A low‑ego, high‑ownership approach to building something important from an early stage. #J-18808-Ljbffr Odyssey