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With our technological savvy and fan-first attitude we’re simplifying and modernizing the ticketing industry.\nAs a Lead Technical Recruiter, you'll own full lifecycle hiring for our most difficult and highest visibility technical searches, including senior and staff level engineers, data and ML specialists, product managers, and designers. Many of these are roles where the hiring bar, talent mapping, and the sourcing channel have not been defined. You'll run them with a high degree of autonomy, build the playbooks the rest of the team uses, and serve as a voice R&D and Product leaders turn to when they're deciding what to build and who should build it.\nThe ideal candidate operates as a talent advisor and strategic partner. They bring market data and pipeline evidence into every conversation, facilitate communication with executive stakeholders, and raise the standard of how the team operates. We're also looking for someone with real curiosity about how AI is changing recruiting, and the appetite to put that curiosity to work. This role will report to the Director of Talent Acquisition.\nWhat you'll do\nOwn complex technical and product searches from intake through close, including niche, emerging and confidential roles, partnering with recruiting leadership on executive searches\nBuild sourcing strategies from scratch through market mapping, competitive research and targeted outbound campaigns, while managing multiple high complexity searches without sacrificing pipeline momentum or candidate experience\nAdvise on compensation and offer strategy and close candidates in competitive markets\nServe as a trusted advisor to senior engineering, data and product leaders, shaping role scope, leveling, interview design and hiring strategy rather than executing against a predefined spec\nLead intake and calibration to establish the hiring bar, use market evidence to reset expectations when searches stall and provide leaders with clear insight into hiring health\nInfluence headcount planning and role scoping by bringing market, compensation and organizational context to decisions\nUse funnel, pipeline and time to fill data to diagnose search challenges and adjust strategy in real time\nBring root cause analysis and recommendations, not just flags, and independently make decisions on search strategy, process and stakeholder approach while escalating broader resourcing and headcount decisions\nTest and adopt AI across sourcing, screening, outreach and scheduling, scale what works and retire what doesn’t\nHelp define where AI can improve hiring quality and speed while keeping human judgment where it matters, using automation to reduce administrative work and give recruiters more time with candidates and hiring managers\nBuild reusable playbooks, market intelligence and best practices that elevate the broader recruiting team\nMentor recruiters and sourcers on sourcing, stakeholder management and closing while sharing candidates, intelligence and pipeline across the team\nSet the standard for collaboration, adaptability and execution, especially as priorities shift and hiring pressure increases\nWhat you have\n8+ years of full lifecycle technical recruiting, including senior and staff level IC hiring at a fast growing technology company\nDepth across engineering, data and ML, product, and design, with the fluency to credibly engage senior candidates\nA track record of building the approach yourself on searches where the role, the bar, or the market was undefined\nStrategic sourcing skill: market mapping, talent intelligence, and outbound that builds pipeline without leaning on inbound or agencies\nFluency with recruiting data and the tools behind it, including Greenhouse, Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter, and ModernLoop or similar. You build your own views and use metrics to make and defend decisions\nExecutive presence and the ability to influence without authority, grounded in a real understanding of the business you support\nCuriosity and aptitude for new technology. You have put AI to work in your own workflow and can speak to what it changed\nA reputation as a teammate who mentors, shares what they know, and raises the level of the team\nPerks\nEquity stake\nDiscretionary annual bonus\nFlexible work environment, allowing you to work as many days a week in the office as you’d like or 100% remotely\nA WFH stipend to support your home office setup\nUnlimited PTO\nUp to 16 weeks of fully-paid family leave \n401(k) matching \nStudent loan matching program\nHealth, vision, dental, and life insurance\nUp to $25k towards family building, reproductive health services and Gender-affirming care\n$500 per year for wellness expenses\nSubscriptions to Headspace (meditation), Headspace Care (therapy), and One Medical\n$360 per quarter to spend on tickets to live events\nAnnual subscription to Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon music\nThe salary range for this role is $119,000 - $172,000 USD. This role is equity eligible. In addition, you may receive a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance. Actual compensation packages within that range are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location.\nSeatGeek is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, creed, age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, military or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. As an equal opportunities employer, we recognize that diversity is a positive attribute and we welcome the differences and benefits that a diverse culture brings. 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