Head of Recruiting

Skylight Digital LLC; Mississippi; Remote; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital consultancy is seeking a Head of Recruiting to drive their talent acquisition efforts. In this fully remote role, you'll manage the recruiting lifecycle, enhance candidate experiences, and collaborate with leadership to attract diverse talent aligned with the company's growth objectives. This is an exciting opportunity for experienced recruitment professionals passionate about improving public services through great hiring practices.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Flexible paid time off policy

Performance rewards

Annual professional development allowance

Charity donation matching

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in recruitment operations and analytics required.
• Strong ability to build relationships with candidates and hiring teams.
• Familiarity with remote hiring practices is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for technical and non-technical roles.
• Collaborate with leadership to develop sourcing strategies.
• Refine candidate experience and recruitment operations.

Skills

Recruitment operations

Analytics

Relationship building

Knowledge of employment regulations

Diversity recruiting

Tools

Applicant tracking systems

Sourcing platforms

Job description

Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services. We’re at the forefront of a civic movement to reinvent how all levels of government serve families, patients, and many others in today's digital world.

If you want to play a part in driving this critical movement forward, we’d love for you to join our growing team of public interest technologists. The work we do matters.

About the job

As Head of Recruiting, you'll shape and execute effective strategies for attracting and hiring outstanding talent across technical and non-technical roles. Leveraging your extensive recruiting experience, you’ll serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, lead the full recruiting lifecycle, and establish scalable hiring practices aligned with Skylight’s growth objectives. You'll also play a pivotal role in enhancing recruitment operations, refining the candidate experience, and optimizing recruitment tools and processes.

What you’ll do

• Lead and manage full-cycle recruiting across technical and non-technical roles (e.g., product management, user research, software engineering)
• Collaborate closely with Skylight leadership, such as the CEO, COO, and Head of People Operations, to develop and implement effective sourcing strategies to attract diverse, high-quality candidates
• Create, update, and maintain critical hiring resources, such as talent acquisition materials, candidate sourcing guides, interview protocols, and evaluation frameworks
• Continuously monitor and implement industry best practices for candidate attraction, recruiting processes, and compliance with federal and state regulations
• Provide training, mentorship, and support to staff and hiring managers involved in recruitment to promote best practices
• Design, implement, and continuously refine processes to track, analyze, and report key recruitment metrics (e.g., time-to-fill, sourcing effectiveness, pipeline health) to inform strategic decisions and drive improvements
• Stay current on recruiting trends and innovative solutions, recommending tools and approaches that enhance Skylight’s talent acquisition effectiveness
• Ensure a seamless candidate-to-employee experience by partnering closely with the Head of People Operations on integrated onboarding processes

What we're looking for

• Extensive experience in recruitment operations and analytics
• Demonstrated success recruiting for diverse technology-related positions
• Proven ability to build strong relationships with candidates and internal hiring teams
• Familiarity with hiring in remote and distributed team environments
• Strong knowledge of relevant state and federal employment regulations
• Expertise with applicant tracking systems (e.g., Greenhouse) and candidate sourcing platforms (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter)
• Ability to leverage recruiting analytics to measure performance and drive continuous improvement
• Capacity to independently manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Proven ability to educate, collaborate, and partner with colleagues and leadership to achieve talent acquisition goals
• Passionate about creating better public outcomes through great government services
• A mindset and work approach that aligns with our core values
• Ability to travel for work from time to time

Nice-to-have qualifications

• Experience leveraging AI-powered recruiting tools across the entire talent acquisition lifecycle to streamline processes, mitigate bias, and deliver an exceptional candidate experience
• Prior experience working in the civic tech space
• Experience working in a remote-team environment

Don’t meet 100% of the criteria but think you can do the job? We’d love to chat anyway! We’re on a mission to build diverse teams, and studies have shown that women and marginalized folks are less likely to apply to jobs if they don’t check every box.

Other requirements

• All work must be conducted within the U.S.
• You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship.
• As a government contractor, you may be required to obtain a public trust or security clearance.
• You may be required to complete a company background check successfully.

Position type

This is a full-time, exempt position.

Location

This is a fully remote position.

The salary range for this position is $150,000 to $180,000, based on experience and qualifications.

Your well-being is important to us, so we focus on supporting you in a variety of ways:

• Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
• Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
• Flexible paid time off policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays
• Up to 12 weeks paid time off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
• Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
• Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
• Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases
• Annual swag budget of $100 to display your Skylight pride with some merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more)
• Dollar-for-dollar charity donation matching, up to $500 per year
• Access up to $1,000 before payday to cover emergency expenses
• Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
• An environment that empowers you to unleash your superpowers for public good

Interview tips

• Visit our join page to learn more about how our interview process works.
• Check out our Career Pathways framework to learn more about the different roles within Skylight and the skills needed to do them.
• If you’d like to request reasonable accommodations during the application or interviewing process, please contact our recruiting team at [e-mail] .

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.

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