Contract Recruiter (1099)

Define Ventures; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Define Ventures is looking for a full-cycle recruiter to lead their talent acquisition strategy. This remote role is based in New York City, allowing for visits to the Hudson Square office as needed. You will own the full recruitment process across various disciplines and partner closely with executive leadership.

The ideal candidate has at least 5 years of recruiting experience, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to maintain strong relationships while navigating organizational complexities.

The company values organization skills and TA operations acumen, and experience in health tech or life sciences is a plus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of recruiting experience with a proven track record of filling niche roles.
• Strong ability to navigate organizational complexities and influence stakeholders.
• Experience working in high-urgency environments with competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruitment for various disciplines.
• Conduct intake meetings and align on candidate profiles with hiring managers.
• Coach interview panels on best practices and structured techniques.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting experience

High EQ and exceptional communication skills

Organizational skills

TA operations acumen

Tools

Greenhouse

ATS

Job description

Verana Health is a digital health pioneer transforming raw clinical data into medical breakthroughs. As the exclusive data and analytics partner for premier medical societies, we manage a secure, curated network of over 90 million longitudinal health records - trusted by top global pharmaceutical companies and thousands of clinicians alike. By bridging clinical reality with advanced AI, we accelerate clinical trials, unlock real‑world evidence, and directly improve patient outcomes. We are a collaborative team of problem‑solvers deploying compliant, production‑grade solutions that solve healthcare's hardest data challenges, and we want you to help us shape what's next.

1099 Contract, 6 Months. This remote role is based in NYC to allow for Hudson Square office visits as needed.

Your Impact

As the sole full‑cycle recruiter championing our talent acquisition strategy, this role is critical to our post‑merger organizational alignment. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, you’ll receive coordination and scheduling support, enabling you to focus on skilled execution, clearing hiring bottlenecks, and delivering high quality talent.

The value of this role relies on your ability to navigate organizational complexities and influence time‑constrained stakeholders with high standards. By blending diplomacy with unwavering drive, you’ll enforce operational structure and command the hiring lifecycle from intake to close. Success means injecting momentum into stalled reqs, protecting the candidate experience, and earning deep credibility as a trusted advisor to our hiring teams.

Your Core Focus

• Own the full‑cycle recruitment process for a diverse portfolio of reqs across technical, commercial, product, operations, and data science disciplines.
• Partner closely with executive leadership and hiring managers to conduct intake meetings, align on ideal candidate profiles, and enforce consistent feedback loops.
• Coach interview panels on best practices, structured interview techniques, and efficient ATS (Greenhouse) utilization.
• Partner closely with offshore recruiters to facilitate a frictionless India hiring experience.
• Efficiently direct the coordination and scheduling efforts of matrixed People team partners offering fractional TA support.
• Maintain meticulous data hygiene and tracking within the ATS and other reporting tools.

Your Blueprint for Success

• 5+ years of full‑cycle recruiting experience with a track record of successfully filling niche and hard‑to‑fill roles across varied disciplines.
• High EQ and exceptional communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to hold stakeholders accountable while maintaining strong, high‑trust relationships.
• Fiercely organized with strong TA operations acumen; skilled at leveraging process design to bring order to a high‑urgency environment with competing priorities.
• Confidence to run a recruiting desk independently while placing high value on cross‑functional communication with the greater People team.
• Any of these experiences would add value but are not essential for success in the role:
  • Success filling roles in health tech, life science, data science, or provider services.
  • Experience in a startup or environment where rapid adaptation is essential.
  • Deep expertise in Greenhouse, with the ability to optimize configurations and features that fully leverage the platform.
  • Experience collaborating with offshore recruiting teams.