Technical Recruiting Lead

Our mission is to inspire entrepreneurs and shoppers to find something new. We buy great brands built on Shopify, unlocking liquidity for small business entrepreneurs looking to start new adventures. We manage nearly 50 brands with over 100,000 products across apparel, beauty, home goods, and electronics.

Our team of e-commerce experts and engineers uses our proprietary technology and tooling, and advantages from our size, to grow our brands at scale.

Two million people have purchased OpenStore products, and soon, we’ll launch a consumer shopping app, helping people discover products in an all-new way. OpenStore was started in 2021 by top investor and operator, Keith Rabois, a former executive at PayPal, LinkedIn, and Square, and a co-founder of Opendoor. We are backed with $150M+ from world-class investors such as Atomic, Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, and Lux Capital.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY:

Talent Acquisition is a strategic function that enables our growth, shapes our culture, and identifies the talent we need. As the Technical Recruiting Lead supporting our engineering teams, you will be leading a high functioning recruitment team that is responsible for building strategies to engage and build relationships with world class talent within the software engineering and machine learning communities. This individual will partner with leadership to create and implement global strategic initiatives in support of the engineering organization. 

We pride ourselves on crafting programs that align with individual team needs, so creativity and flexibility are requirements for success. With that also comes autonomy and the freedom to experiment, which when measured, drives decisions that allow our team to continually improve.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Drive overall success of the team through managing prioritization, delegation, and accountability

• Mentor a team of high performing recruiters to meet demands from the business

• Partner with engineering leadership to create comprehensive recruiting strategies aligning recruiting initiatives with prioritization of the business

• Be a consultative advisor to the business, leading strategic discussions to build teams holistically

• Partner with mission critical stakeholders within the finance, legal, and people functions to provide appropriate perspective and align each stakeholder while working toward a common goal

• Partner with the broader recruiting team to build efficient and scalable recruiting processes

• Leverage data to evaluate and optimize current hiring processes for operational efficiency

• Manage the full cycle recruitment process for strategic leadership focused search, ensuring a smooth and positive candidate experience

WHAT YOU HAVE:

• 8+ years of full cycle recruiting experience for an innovative and scaling organization

• 3+ years of leadership experience within the talent function

• Ability to lead a globally distributed high performing recruiting team through consistent mentorship

• Ability to lead through influence and uplift the productivity others around you

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross functional stakeholders to accomplish a common goal

• Ability to analyze complex situations with sometimes minimal information and arrive at a principled decision.  

• Ability to thrive in a data and metrics driven environment

• Consultative communication skills while working with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of an organization

• A positive and team oriented approach to your work, defining your success through the contributions of others.

OpenStore is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer where we welcome and celebrate differences. We are committed to providing a workspace that is safe and inclusive, where everyone feels supported, connected, and inspired to do their best work. If you require any accommodations to participate in our recruitment process, please inform us of your needs when we contact you to schedule an interview.