We are partnering with a rapidly growing financial technology company to hire a Lead Recruiting Partner supporting critical hiring across its U.S. business. This is a senior individual contributor opportunity for an experienced recruiter who enjoys operating in a fast-moving, highly entrepreneurial environment. The role will own full-cycle searches across a broad range of business and investment functions, including Sales, Strategic Partnerships, Product, Capital Markets, Structured Finance, Risk, and Corporate functions, with a particular focus on the New York market.
About the role
The successful candidate will combine hands-on recruiting execution with the ability to advise senior business leaders, develop creative sourcing strategies, analyze competitive talent markets, and successfully close high-caliber candidates.
Responsibilities
Lead full-cycle recruiting for priority U.S. searches, including complex and confidential mandates through the Senior Director level.
Develop targeted sourcing strategies and map competitive talent markets to identify high-quality passive candidates.
Build long-term talent pipelines across financial services, fintech, lending, technology, and adjacent sectors.
Partner closely with senior executives and hiring managers on search strategy, candidate assessment, compensation, and hiring decisions.
Provide ongoing market intelligence around talent availability, competitive organizations, compensation trends, and candidate expectations.
Maintain strong recruiting process discipline and accurate ATS reporting while providing clear pipeline updates to stakeholders.
Leverage recruiting technology, automation, AI-enabled sourcing tools, and data to improve search effectiveness and speed.
Partner with recruiting and People teams across multiple geographies on talent planning, compensation benchmarking, internal mobility, and broader recruiting initiatives.
Help refine candidate messaging, employer positioning, and the overall recruiting experience.
Support early-career and internship recruiting initiatives and contribute to the development of other members of the recruiting organization.
Qualifications
8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally within fintech, financial services, consumer lending, investment banking, capital markets, technology, or another high-growth environment.
Strong track record recruiting for sophisticated professional, commercial, technical, or financial-services roles.
Demonstrated ability to proactively source and engage passive candidates in competitive talent markets.
Experience partnering directly with senior executives and acting as a trusted advisor throughout the hiring process.
Strong understanding of the New York and broader U.S. talent markets, including compensation and competitive hiring dynamics.
Comfortable operating in an environment where priorities can evolve quickly and recruiting needs may shift.
Experience with Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, recruiting analytics, AI-enabled sourcing tools, and related recruiting technology strongly preferred.
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of independently managing multiple searches simultaneously.
Strong communication, judgment, and candidate-closing skills.
The Opportunity
This is an opportunity to join a growing, technology-driven financial services organization where recruiting has significant visibility with senior leadership. The position offers substantial ownership, exposure to a diverse range of businesses and functions, and the opportunity to help shape how the organization attracts talent as it continues to scale.