Director, Head of Technical Recruiting

We're looking for a Head of Technical Recruiting to help us accomplish our mission to improve lives by learning from the experience of every cancer patient. Here's what you need to know about the role, our team and why Flatiron Health is the right next step in your career. 

What You'll Do

In this role, you'll work with Flatiron’s technical organization and lead a team of recruiters and sourcers to attract and hire world class engineers and technologists. At Flatiron, Recruiting is a partner that is vital to the success of our mission, and therefore we take a company-wide team approach to meet our robust hiring and growth targets. Reporting into the Head of Recruiting, you will partner with our engineering leadership and hiring managers to understand and anticipate their needs and priorities in order to help advance our business objectives and grow our workforce. You will work with your team to identify and engage passive candidates and manage the full-cycle recruiting processes for all technical hires. In addition, you'll also:

• Lead, mentor and coach a team of 6-8 which is comprised of technical recruiting managers, technical recruiters and sourcers holding them accountable for hiring across all our technical roles 
• Develop a scalable recruiting strategy for our Software Engineering and Specialized Technology hiring while keeping DEI at the forefront of our efforts 
• Collaborate with a diverse range of hiring managers and senior stakeholders to execute against key hiring objectives 
• Be a subject matter expert and stay connected to the competitive landscape, including compensation and employment brand trends 
• Define consistent data-driven hiring metrics and goals 
• Manage and execute on full recruitment life cycle on senior and executive searches
• Evaluate, improve and streamline current recruiting processes, tools and technologies 
• Champion and identify recruiting strategies for diversity, equity and inclusion within the technical organization 

Who you are

You're a resourceful technical recruiting leader with experience helping organizations hire talent by sourcing, pitching and closing candidates. You're excited by the prospect of rolling up your sleeves to tackle meaningful problems each and every day. You’re a kind, passionate and collaborative problem-solver who is able to proactively adjust to shifting priorities, and values the chance to make an important impact. You bring a wealth of knowledge to the team to help inform recruiting best practices, senior candidate / stakeholder management, as well as enjoy providing mentorship to your team.

• You have at minimum 7 years of technical recruiting experience 
• You have at least 3 years of people management experience with recruiters and sourcers 
• You have demonstrated experience working with senior stakeholders / hiring managers and are able to work with, influence multiple facets of the organization cross-functionally (VP, C-suite, etc)
• You have experience managing a full life cycle recruitment process, specifically with closing senior and/or executive level candidates and negotiating complex compensation packages
• You are driven by an analytical approach and understands the importance of tracking metrics to help build effective and scalable teams 
• You are passionate about healthcare and the fight against cancer

Extra Credit

• You have at least 4 years of experience working in house  
• You have experience working in small and/or large technology companies 

If this sounds like you, you'll fit right in at Flatiron. 

Why You Should Join Our Team

A career at Flatiron is a chance to work with everyone involved in the future of cancer care and research—all under one roof. Researchers, data scientists, designers, clinicians, technologists and many more all work together to improve cancer care and accelerate research.

At Flatiron, we strive to build and maintain an environment where employees from all backgrounds are valued, respected and have the opportunity to succeed. You'll also find a culture of continuous learning, broad and inclusive employee support offerings, and a commitment to supporting our team members in all aspects of their lives—at home, at work and everywhere in between. We offer: 

• Flatiron University training curriculum which includes presentation skills, meeting mastery, coding languages and more
• Career coaching opportunities
• Hackathons for all employees (not just our engineers!)
• Professional development benefit for attending conferences, industry events and external courses
• Work/life autonomy via flexible work hours and flexible paid time off
• Generous parental leave (16 weeks for either parent)
• Back-up child care
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that encourage our employees to share their unique experiences and perspectives
• Flatiron-sponsored fitness classes

COVID-19: Pursuant to Flatiron's health and safety protocol relating to COVID-19, candidates selected for hire must disclose their COVID-19 vaccination status and must be fully vaccinated in order to access our offices or travel to customer sites, subject to legally required exemptions for disability or sincerely-held religious belief. Flatiron will engage in an interactive process as appropriate for the particular position. For external-facing roles, especially those involving contact with vulnerable individuals, accommodations for unvaccinated status may not be feasible. 

Flatiron Health is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. 

We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.