AVP, Global Tech Recruiting & Strategy

PJT Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

PJT Partners is hiring an experienced Technical Recruiter to lead full-lifecycle recruiting for the firm's Technology function globally. This role partners with senior Technology leadership on critical hires across engineering, infrastructure, data and information security, with a cloud-based environment and AI initiatives.

You will source, screen, and close candidates, design screening criteria with hiring managers, and maintain a strong pipeline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or international equivalent.
• 8+ years of full-lifecycle recruiting experience, with a significant focus on technical recruiting, ideally within an investment bank, financial services firm or executive search firm.
• Hands-on experience recruiting for cloud, security or data roles, including screening candidates for technical depth and building screening criteria in partnership with hiring managers.
• Demonstrated ability to source, assess and close candidates across technical disciplines, such as infrastructure, data, artificial intelligence, operations, information security and software engineering.
• Strong MS Office skills, with proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Workday or a similar Applicant Tracking System.
• LinkedIn Recruiter experience required.

Responsibilities

• Own full-lifecycle recruiting for Technology hires across the firm, partnering directly with Technology leadership and hiring managers to build and execute strategic hiring plans with enough fluency in our technology environment to act as a credible partner rather than a process manager.
• Source and engage technical talent through creative means, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search strings, and technology-specific networks and communities, for open and pipeline roles across engineering, infrastructure, software development, data, artificial intelligence, operations and information security.
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements and build a structured screening approach, and carry out initial technical assessments so that candidates presented to Technology leaders are well matched to the role.
• Act as a trusted advisor to Technology hiring managers, providing market intelligence on the technical talent landscape, compensation benchmarks and competitive positioning.
• Lead intake and business briefings with hiring managers, and drive candidate feedback and debrief sessions throughout the lifecycle of the hiring process.
• Draft and review technical job descriptions for use on the intranet and external sites, partnering with hiring managers to accurately represent role scope and required qualifications.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of technical candidates, developing long-term relationships to support both immediate openings and future talent needs.
• Partner with the compensation team to structure competitive, market aligned offer packages for technical hires.
• Maintain recruiting materials, such as candidate scorecards, new hire offer packets and onboarding documents.
• Maintain applicant tracking system processes, collect interview feedback and ensure accurate data on candidates.
• Remain current on technology recruiting trends, compensation benchmarks and competitive intelligence for cloud, artificial intelligence, software engineering, data, support, operations and cybersecurity talent markets, through ongoing market research and development of an external network.

Skills

Communication skills

Multitasking

Independent worker

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or international equivalent

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Workday / ATS

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

PJT Partners is hiring an experienced Technical Recruiter to lead full-lifecycle recruiting for the firm's Technology function globally. This role partners with senior Technology leadership on critical hires across engineering, infrastructure, data and information security, with a cloud-based environment and AI initiatives.

You will source, screen, and close candidates, design screening criteria with hiring managers, and maintain a strong pipeline.