Recruiter

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A nonprofit organization in Austin, TX, is seeking an experienced Recruiter to lead talent acquisition for high-level technical roles. This role involves collaborating with senior leaders to shape recruitment strategies and improve HR functions. Candidates should possess over 7 years of corporate recruiting experience, strong analytical skills, and a proven ability to engage and assess top-tier talent. Those motivated by social impact and community improvement will thrive in this mission-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in corporate recruiting, particularly in high-level and technical roles.
• Strong background in data analysis and structured decision-making.
• Experience operating in fast-paced, outcomes-oriented environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for high-level and technical roles.
• Partner with senior leaders to define talent needs.
• Support compensation and benefits programs.

Skills

Corporate recruiting experience

Analytical skills

Ability to influence stakeholders

Experience with ATS/HRIS platforms

Tools

Workday

Paycor

Job description

A Historic $6.25 Billion Commitment to 25 Million American Children

Job Description

Position: Recruiter – Austin, TX

Location: Austin, TX

Job Id: 353

# of Openings: 1

Organization: The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (www.dell.org) builds pathways that change lives for families around the world. With offices in Austin, New Delhi, Cape Town, Nairobi, and Tel Aviv, the foundation supports programs that advance quality public education, promote children’s health, and strengthen family economic stability. Since its inception, the foundation has committed over $3 billion to initiatives that expand opportunities and improve outcomes for families globally.

Current Opportunity: Officer, Recruitment – Austin, TX

Are you a seasoned corporate recruiter ready to build beyond recruiting—and help shape the full employee experience? The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation is seeking a high-performing, business-minded talent leader to join our team onsite in Austin.

This is not a traditional recruiter role. We are looking for someone who has mastered high-level, technical recruiting in a corporate environment and is ready to expand their impact—growing into benefits, compensation, performance management, and broader people strategy. This is a rare opportunity to build world-class talent systems inside a mission-driven organization that operates with rigor, urgency, and a focus on measurable outcomes.

About the Role

You will lead full-cycle recruiting across our global offices while partnering closely with senior leaders to shape how we attract, assess, and retain exceptional talent. Beyond hiring, you will have the opportunity to broaden your scope into core HR functions—helping evolve our compensation frameworks, benefits strategy, performance processes, and employee experience initiatives. This role operates at the intersection of strategy and execution. You’ll be expected to bring structure, data, and discipline to talent acquisition while continuously improving how we support and develop our people.

What You’ll Own

Drive Talent Strategy & Execution

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for complex, high-level, and technical roles across global teams.
• Partner directly with senior leaders to define talent needs, calibrate expectations, and build thoughtful hiring strategies.
• Elevate sourcing strategies to identify and engage top-tier candidates across industries.
• Build and maintain strong pipelines for both immediate and future talent needs.

Strengthen Systems & Processes

• Bring rigor to recruiting metrics, reporting, and forecasting.
• Optimize interview frameworks to ensure consistency, fairness, and high standards.
• Continuously refine employer branding and candidate experience.

Expand into Broader People Strategy

• Support and help evolve compensation and benefits programs.
• Contribute to performance management systems and talent development initiatives.
• Partner on employee engagement, retention, and workforce planning efforts.
• Apply a systems mindset to improve the overall employee lifecycle.

Who You Are

Experienced Corporate Talent Leader

• 7+ years of corporate recruiting experience, including high-level and technical roles.
• Demonstrated ability to operate in fast-paced, outcomes-oriented environments.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing hiring decisions.

Analytical & Business-Minded

• Strong comfort with metrics, data analysis, and structured decision-making.
• Experience using ATS/HRIS platforms (Workday, Paycor, or similar) and leveraging AI-enabled sourcing, screening, and workflow automation tools to drive efficiency and improve hiring outcomes.
• Able to connect talent strategy to organizational outcomes.

Builder with a Growth Mindset

• Eager to expand beyond recruiting into compensation, benefits, performance, and HR strategy.
• Curious about systems design and operational excellence.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and taking ownership of new initiatives.
• Demonstrates a high degree of conscientiousness and mastery of the details.

Mission-Aligned & Impact-Driven

• Motivated by improving opportunities for families and communities.
• Demonstrates high integrity, discretion, and professionalism.
• Brings humility, urgency, and a strong bias toward action.