Director, Early Talent Recruiting — Remote

Jobgether; United States; Remote; USD 165,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work in US

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Parental leave

Professional development stipend

Home office stipend

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a Senior Recruitment Leader to own end-to-end fellowship recruiting for nonprofits and public-interest partners. You will shape hiring plans, forecast pipelines, and oversee a team to deliver high-quality hires while applying AI-driven improvements.

You will work with program leadership and partners to align priorities, scale the program, and maintain candidates' experience with clear, timely communication.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading early-talent or high-volume recruiting at scale.
• Proven ability to translate hiring goals into detailed recruiting plans, forecast staffing needs and explain performance against targets.
• Experience building new candidate pipelines and recruiting partnerships.
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including building and managing recruiting teams and leading other managers.
• Strong background in designing and improving selection processes, training interviewers, and establishing consistent evaluation standards.
• Experience using recruiting technology and AI to streamline hiring workflows, improve team capacity, and maintain a high-quality candidate experience.
• Strong analytical and operational skills, with the ability to interpret recruiting data, identify bottlenecks, and make evidence-based decisions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to align cross-functional teams and external partners around hiring priorities.
• Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on execution in a growing, evolving program environment.
• A thoughtful approach to AI adoption, including the ability to identify tasks suitable for automation while keeping human ownership of decisions that require judgment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own the recruiting strategy for each fellowship cohort, including hiring targets, timelines, sourcing channels, selection processes, team capacity, and tools.
• Manage hiring forecasts from application volume through accepted offers, maintaining a weekly overview of progress, risks, and pipeline performance.
• Analyze recruiting results, adjust plans as needed, and provide clear recommendations to leadership and program partners.
• Lead the full selection process, from application review and candidate evaluation through offer acceptance and handoff to onboarding teams.
• Establish and maintain consistent evaluation standards based on program eligibility requirements and selection criteria.
• Train screeners and interviewers, refine screening questions and interview guidance, and use selection outcomes to continuously improve hiring quality.
• Ensure candidates receive clear expectations, timely updates, and consistent communication throughout the recruiting journey.
• Lead and develop the recruiting organization, including the Senior Manager, recruiters, screeners, and coordinator.
• Set team priorities, allocate resources as deadlines approach, coach team members, and develop future leaders and managers.
• Partner with Marketing to establish application volume and quality targets and identify the sourcing channels that generate qualified candidates.
• Coordinate recruiting processes, service expectations, response times, and handoffs with program, partner, and onboarding teams.
• Introduce scalable processes and effective AI-supported workflows that reduce repetitive work while preserving human judgment in hiring decisions.
• Monitor key success measures, including cohort hiring targets, sourcing effectiveness, selection consistency, offer acceptance, onboarding readiness, and team development.

Job description

Jobgether is seeking a Senior Recruitment Leader to own end-to-end fellowship recruiting for nonprofits and public-interest partners. You will shape hiring plans, forecast pipelines, and oversee a team to deliver high-quality hires while applying AI-driven improvements.

You will work with program leadership and partners to align priorities, scale the program, and maintain candidates' experience with clear, timely communication.