Experienced Recruiter – Technology and Business Operations

ittihad medical centre; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

IMC Trading in Chicago, IL is seeking an experienced recruiter to drive hiring across technology and business operations roles. The role requires building strong relationships with hiring managers, developing sourcing strategies, and managing the full recruitment lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, strong stakeholder management, and the ability to quickly understand unfamiliar roles. Immigration sponsorship is not offered for this opening.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in tech, business ops, or similar.
• Proven success in sourcing, engaging, and closing top candidates in competitive markets.
• Ability to quickly learn unfamiliar roles and markets.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication.
• Experience using sourcing channels beyond inbound or agencies.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to understand teams, priorities, and hiring needs.
• Advise hiring managers on talent markets, assessment, and best practices.
• Develop creative sourcing strategies to engage active and passive candidates.
• Build high-quality pipelines via direct sourcing, networking, referrals, and research.
• Manage full recruitment lifecycle from intake to close.
• Assess candidates for capabilities, motivation, and cultural fit.
• Create engaging candidate experiences communicating IMC's work and culture.
• Coordinate with external recruitment partners when needed.
• Continuously improve recruitment processes for efficiency and quality.
• Provide updates to stakeholders with data-driven insights.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Stakeholder management

Sourcing strategies

Candidate engagement

Communication

Organization & execution

ATS experience

Education

Undergraduate degree

Tools

ATS systems

Recruitment software

Job description

At IMC, our success depends on attracting exceptional people across every part of our business. We’re looking for an experienced recruiter to join our Experienced Recruitment team and drive hiring across technology and business operations roles.

This is a high-impact role for someone who can quickly understand different teams and talent markets, build strong relationships with hiring managers, and develop thoughtful strategies to attract outstanding candidates. Prior experience in trading or financial services is not required; we are particularly interested in recruiters who can bring fresh perspectives and translate experience from other highly performing, innovative organizations.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Partner closely with leaders across technology and business operations to understand their teams, priorities, and hiring needs.
• Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, providing insights on talent markets, candidate availability, assessment, and recruiting best practices.
• Develop and execute creative sourcing strategies that engage both active and passive candidates across a diverse range of functions and experience levels.
• Build high-quality talent pipelines through direct sourcing, networking, referrals, research, and long-term relationship building.
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, from role intake and market mapping through assessment, offer, and close.
• Assess candidates for their capabilities, potential, motivation, and alignment with IMC’s culture and the needs of the hiring team.
• Create a personalized and engaging candidate experience that clearly communicates IMC’s work, culture, and opportunities.
• Manage external recruitment partners when needed, ensuring clear expectations, high-quality delivery, and alignment with IMC’s standards.
• Continuously evaluate and improve recruitment processes to increase efficiency, consistency, and quality of hire.
• Provide clear, regular updates to stakeholders, using data and market insights to highlight progress, identify challenges, and inform recruiting strategies.

Your Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with experience hiring across technology, business operations, or a similarly broad portfolio of roles.
• A strong track record of identifying, engaging, and closing high-quality candidates in competitive talent markets.
• The curiosity and learning agility to quickly understand unfamiliar functions, roles, and candidate profiles.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence, advise, and adapt as business priorities evolve.
• Experience developing sourcing strategies and engaging passive candidates rather than relying primarily on inbound applications or agencies.
• Excellent organization and execution skills, with the ability to manage multiple searches and stakeholders while maintaining a high bar for quality.
• Strong judgment and communication skills, with the ability to create credible and engaging experience for candidates and hiring teams.
• Experience using applicant tracking systems and other recruitment tools to manage activity, maintain accurate data, and generate insights.
• Undergraduate degree required.

Please note that immigration sponsorship is not offered for this specific opening.

Salary Range

The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.

• $120,000 — $160,000 USD

About Us

IMC is a research-driven trading firm where quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering shape how modern markets are traded. A stabilizing force in markets since 1989, we provide liquidity across trading venues, delivering the best outcome in value and risk management to investors. Using our own technology and capital, we build proprietary systems and algorithms that operate across global markets. Our researchers, traders, and engineers work as a collective, combining rapid experimentation, advanced infrastructure, and real-time feedback to turn insight into execution and execution into advantage.