Senior Recruiter, Go to Market (GTM)

Astronomer Inc.; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Astronomer Inc. is seeking a Senior Recruiter, GTM to join its team in London. As the first recruiting team member in the UK, you will drive full-cycle recruiting for various roles while fostering strong partnerships with hiring managers. You will also enhance recruiting processes and ensure a diverse and inclusive hiring experience.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
• Strong foundation in GTM hiring and exposure to technical and cross-functional roles.
• Data-driven mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruiting for GTM, technical, and other key roles.
• Work closely with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and shape job requirements.
• Deliver an engaging experience to every candidate throughout the recruitment process.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder Management

Problem-Solving

Diversity and Inclusion

Job description

Astronomer empowers data teams to bring mission-critical software, analytics, and AI to life and is the company behind Astro, the industry-leading unified DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow. Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and powers data-driven applications. Trusted by more than 700 of the world's leading enterprises, Astronomer lets businesses do more with their data. To learn more, visit www.astronomer.io.

Your background may be unconventional; as long as you have the essential qualifications, we encourage you to apply. While having "bonus" qualifications makes for a strong candidate, Astronomer values diverse experiences. Many of us at Astronomer haven't followed traditional career paths, and we welcome it if yours hasn't either.

About this role:

Astronomer is hiring a Senior Recruiter, GTM as our first recruiting team member based in the UK. While the title emphasizes Go-To-Market hiring, this role will support recruitment across a broad range of functions—including technical, operational, and customer-facing roles. You'll play a key role in scaling Astronomer's team globally by driving full-cycle recruiting, developing strong partnerships with hiring managers, and building processes that reflect our mission, values, and commitment to excellence.

What you get to do:

• Full-Cycle Recruitment: Own end-to-end recruiting for GTM, technical, and other key roles—ranging from Sales and Marketing to Customer Engineering and beyond.

• Strategic Partnership: Work closely with hiring managers and senior leaders across the company to understand hiring needs, shape job requirements, and craft effective, inclusive hiring strategies.

• Sourcing Strategies & Market Insights: Leverage creative and data-informed sourcing techniques to attract top talent across various disciplines. Provide insights on talent markets, compensation, and competitive landscape.

• Process Creation & Improvement: Build and iterate on scalable, efficient recruiting processes that deliver consistency and an exceptional candidate experience.

• Candidate Experience: Deliver an engaging and thoughtful experience to every candidate from first outreach through close.

• Diversity & Inclusion: Integrate DEI best practices into every stage of the hiring process to help build a high-performing, inclusive team.

What you bring to the role:

• 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a strong foundation in GTM hiring and exposure to technical and cross-functional roles.

• Deep understanding of GTM teams and how to identify, engage, and assess talent in these areas.

• Experience supporting hiring across various business units, not limited to GTM.

• Proven ability to design and refine recruitment processes that scale.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• A data-driven mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities.

• Success in managing senior-level and hard-to-fill searches.

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience at a SaaS or cloud-based company

• Familiarity with UK and EMEA hiring landscapes.

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At Astronomer, we value diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.Astronomer is a remote-first company.