Principal Recruiter - Remote

EMPOWER OVERVIEW

Empower is shaking up an outdated financial system by providing real opportunity for our customers: the opportunity to get the cash they need, to access fair credit, and to change their financial story. Today, we’re helping millions of people find financial security through machine learning models that evaluate creditworthiness using a more inclusive lens and mobile-first products: Cash Advance, Thrive line of credit, and Petal credit cards. Tomorrow? Creating even more financial paths for our customers (and their wallets) to succeed.

This year, Empower ranked #65 on Inc. 5000’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies list — our third year in a row cracking the top 100 — and was named by Forbes as one of the 25 Next Billion-Dollar Startups for 2024. Empower was also featured by Forbes on America’s Best Startup Employers list in 2023, and our Thrive line of credit product was named by Fast Company as one of 2022’s Next Big Things in Tech.

Empower is backed by Sequoia Capital, Blisce, and Icon Ventures. Ready to grow your impact and accelerate your career? Take a look at our open roles — we can’t wait to meet you.

THE EMPOWER WAY

Great Expectations: We come up with bold, audacious goals for ourselves and go all out for impact

Owner Mindset: We give every employee latitude to act independently, make smart choices, and move the business forward

Spirited Debate: We love skeptics and seek counter opinions to challenge our personal assumptions and expand our view

Customer Obsession: We listen to understand, empathize, and create a memorable, rewarding experience for our community

Inclusive Collaboration: We believe diverse teams make the best decisions, and we strive to give diverse voices a seat at the table

No Jerks Allowed: We value our relationships and take the time to build trust and connection and communicate respectfully

WHAT EMPOWER OFFERS

Competitive salary

Generous equity package

Full healthcare benefits

Technology expense reimbursement

Work from anywhere

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Recruitment Lead, you will play a pivotal role in hiring the people who will drive Empower’s mission forward. In this role, you will spend approximately 80% of your time on hands-on recruiting activities, working closely with stakeholders and candidates to tackle business-critical hiring, and 20% of your time strengthening the process and performance of our Talent Acquisition (TA) team.

Empower is a remote-first company. We drive connectivity through regular company offsites. Travel for company offsites is expected at a minimum 2 times a year.

Your Hands-on Recruiting Activities Will Include

• Full-Cycle Recruiting: Manage the full recruitment cycle for several leadership, technical, and business (corporate) roles, from sourcing to offer.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as a partner to hiring managers, delivering a great experience to both candidates and hiring managers.

• Sourcing and Attracting Talent: Proactively source, pipeline, attract, interview, and close candidates

• Market Understanding: Develop and cultivate a strong understanding of our target talent markets, including trends in compensation, evaluation, and talent branding.

• Recruitment Strategy: Develop and implement effective sourcing & recruiting strategies to attract top talent, adjusting as needed to achieve hiring goals.

• Reporting and Analytics: Track and report on recruitment metrics, providing regular updates and insights to senior management.

What You Will Need to Be Successful in This Role

• Track record (7+ years) of building successful TA pipelines, processes, and partnerships with business leaders, with increasing responsibility and complexity over time

• Experience hiring for a range of specialized or technical roles (Engineering, Data Science, Credit Risk); prior experience with general / corporate sourcing a plus

• People-oriented systems thinker: understands how to connect the dots between company culture, candidate experience, and TA operations (workflows, tools, etc.)

• Curious and analytical thinker: solves the problem at hand using quantitative data whenever possible

• Can keep the bar high and will never sacrifice quality for speed

• Negotiates for the business and the candidate

At Empower, we hire for people that push themselves to understand others and seek out ways to challenge their personal assumptions. Our hope is that by fostering such an environment, we strengthen our business and relationships by putting people first. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workspace where everyone (regardless of age, education, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or any personal characteristics) feels like they belong. Even if your experience doesn’t exactly match up to our job description, you should feel empowered to apply regardless!