Recruiter - Experienced Hire

The D. E. Shaw Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Prescription drug coverage

401(k) matching

Wellness reimbursement

Family building benefits

Charitable gift match

Job summary

The D. E. Shaw Group is seeking recruiters with a proven track record to identify and engage top talent across the firm’s business, investment, and technical groups. You will partner with hiring managers and senior stakeholders to advance strategic talent initiatives.

Responsibilities include managing end-to-end searches, defining roles with managers, and delivering a best-in-class candidate experience while staying informed on pipeline health and market trends.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 6+ years of recruiting experience preferred.
• Strong analytics to guide decisions and advise managers.
• Proven ability to manage multiple disciplines and seniorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of searches across business, investment, and technical groups.
• Advise hiring managers to define roles and design sourcing strategies.
• Maintain a data-informed view of pipeline health and market trends.
• Collaborate with business units on talent needs and larger recruiting initiatives.

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Talent sourcing

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

OVERVIEW

The D. E. Shaw group seeks recruiters with an exceptional record of professional achievement to identify and engage top talent across the firm’s business, investment, and technical groups. This role offers the opportunity to work in a rigorous, collaborative environment, partnering closely with hiring managers, senior stakeholders, and colleagues across the Recruiting team to advance the firm’s strategic talent initiatives.

WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY

• Be responsible for a portfolio of searches across the firm’s business, investment, and technical groups.
• Advise hiring managers as you define roles, design and execute thoughtful sourcing strategies, and cultivate candidates from first contact to close.
• Drive a best-in-class candidate experience while maintaining a data-informed view of pipeline health, process efficiency, and market trends.
• Collaborate with business units to understand evolving talent needs and participating in broader recruiting initiatives and projects.
• Areas of focus may include: partnering with business leaders to recruit professionals for corporate and operational functions, engaging directly with investors and researchers to attract investment talent, and identifying and evaluating top engineers, technologists, and quantitative professionals for technical and research roles.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• A bachelor’s degree and at least six years of recruiting experience, either in-house or with a search firm.
• Proven ability to proactively manage end-to-end recruitment processes across multiple disciplines and levels of seniority.
• Keen attention to detail, superb organizational skills, sound judgment, analytical skills, and a client-focused approach.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills, including the ability to engage effectively with candidates and stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret recruiting data and metrics to guide decisions and advise hiring managers.
• The expected annual base salary for this position is $200,000 to $275,000. Our compensation and benefits package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, and benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, 401(k) contribution matching, wellness reimbursement, family building benefits, and a charitable gift match program.