Senior Manager, Field Recruiting

CLEAR - Corporate; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Catered lunches every day

Fully stocked kitchens

Well-being stipends and reimbursement

OneMedical memberships for you and dep

CLEAR Plus membership

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

CLEAR is building the secure identity company of the future. The Senior Manager, Field Recruiting will lead field hiring strategy and team across locations, partnering with Operations and People leaders to anticipate staffing needs and build strong talent pipelines for hourly and salaried roles.

You’ll drive automation, implement scalable processes, and coach a high‑performing team. We offer a comprehensive rewards package including healthcare, stipends, meals, and a 401(k) with employer match.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of recruiting experience across hourly and salaried roles.
• Experience leading teams across geographically dispersed operations.
• Experience implementing recruiting automation and analytics.
• Ability to build proactive recruiting strategies and pipelines.
• Strong partnership with Operations and People leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead field recruiting strategy and team across locations.
• Partner with Operations and People leaders to anticipate demand and staffing plans.
• Build talent pipelines for hourly frontline roles and salaried field leaders.
• Drive recruiting automation across outreach, screening, scheduling, and follow-up.
• Establish repeatable processes from application to start date with clear ownership.
• Use funnel and staffing data to identify bottlenecks and risks to field operations.
• Coach and develop a high-performing recruiting team.

Skills

High-volume hiring

Team leadership

Field staffing across locations

Recruiting automation

Talent pipelines

Job description

CLEAR is building THE secure identity company of the future. Our mission is to make experiences safer and easier—physically and digitally. With more than 43 million Members and a growing network of partners across the world, CLEAR's secure identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether it’s at the airport, stadium, or throughout your everyday life, CLEAR unlocks the magic of frictionless experiences.

The Senior Manager, Field Recruiting will lead CLEAR’s field hiring strategy and team, delivering the hourly and salaried talent that powers our frontline operations. Partnering closely with Operations and People leaders, you’ll anticipate staffing needs, build consistently strong talent pipelines, and ensure candidates move efficiently from application to first day. You’ll combine hands‑on leadership, automation, and process improvement to build a recruiting operation that delivers speed, quality, and a great candidate experience at scale.

What you’ll do:

• Lead CLEAR’s field recruiting strategy and team, aligning hiring priorities, recruiter capacity, and resources to staffing needs across locations
• Partner with Operations and People leaders to anticipate demand driven by turnover, seasonality, and growth, translating workforce plans into proactive hiring strategies
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for hourly frontline roles and salaried field leaders through local sourcing, referrals, community partnerships, and candidate reengagement
• Drive recruiting automation across candidate outreach, screening, scheduling, and follow-up to reduce manual work, accelerate hiring, and keep candidates engaged
• Establish clear, repeatable processes from application through start date, defining ownership, expectations, and handoffs across Recruiting, hiring managers, and onboarding partners
• Use funnel and staffing data to identify bottlenecks, improve conversion, and address hiring risks before they affect field operations
• Coach and develop a high‑performing recruiting team, establishing accountability for hiring outcomes, operational discipline, and candidate experience

How you’ll measure success:

• Achievement of field hiring plans and staffing targets across locations
• Healthy talent pipelines, strong stage‑to‑stage conversion, and consistent candidate flow
• Faster time to fill and application‑to‑start timelines
• Quality of hire, early retention, offer acceptance, and start rates
• Improved recruiter productivity and reduced manual work through automation and process improvements
• Performance and development of the Field Recruiting team

What you’re great at:

• 8+ years of recruiting experience, including leading teams responsible for high‑volume hourly hiring and salaried field leadership roles across geographically dispersed operations
• Building proactive recruiting strategies that deliver consistent talent pipelines across markets with different hiring needs and labor dynamicsImplementing recruiting technology and automation that improve speed, capacity, and candidate experience
• Designing scalable processes with clear accountability and effective partnerships across Recruiting, People, and Operations
• Using recruiting funnel, workforce, and market data to anticipate gaps, diagnose problems, and drive measurable improvements
• Developing high‑performing teams while balancing urgent staffing needs with longer‑term improvements to how hiring gets done

How You’ll be Rewarded:

At CLEAR, we help YOU move forward - because when you’re at your best, we’re at our best. You’ll work with talented team members motivated by our mission of making experiences safer and easier. Our offices are bright and energetic with an open concept and plenty of conference rooms and casual co‑working spaces. We also offer catered lunches every day and have fully stocked kitchens. Outside of the office, we invest in your well‑being and learning & development with stipends and reimbursement programs.

We offer holistic total rewards, including comprehensive healthcare plans, family‑building benefits (fertility and adoption/surrogacy support), flexible time off, annual wellness stipend, free OneMedical memberships for you and your dependents, a CLEAR Plus membership, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match. The base salary range for this role is $150,000.00 - $185,000.00, depending on levels of skills and experience.

The base salary range represents the low and high end of CLEAR’s salary range for this position. Salaries will vary depending on various factors which include, but are not limited to location, education, skills, experience and performance. The range listed is just one component of CLEAR’s total compensation package for employees and other rewards may include annual bonuses, commission, Restricted Stock Units.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

CLEAR provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or protected needs. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include, but are not limited to, time off, extra breaks, making a change to the application process or work procedures, policy exceptions, providing documents in an alternative format, live captioning or using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

We are committed to a transparent and secure hiring process. All communications related to this role will come directly from a CLEAR employee through valid CLEAR channels (e.g., a valid @clearme.com email address or verified CLEAR LinkedIn profile). We encourage candidates to remain alert to job scams and to report any suspicious activity.