Senior Manager of Field Recruiting

CLEAR; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CLEAR is seeking a Senior Manager, Field Recruiting to lead field hiring for hourly and salaried frontline roles across multiple locations. You will partner with Operations and People leaders to forecast demand, build pipelines, and ensure candidates move efficiently from application to start date.

You will combine hands-on leadership, automation, and process improvement to scale recruiting, drive speed, quality, and a great candidate experience at scale.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of recruiting experience, including leading teams for high-volume hiring across dispersed operations.
• Experience building proactive pipelines across markets with different hiring needs and labor dynamics.
• Experience implementing recruiting technology and automation to improve speed, capacity, and candidate experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead field hiring strategy for hourly and salaried frontline roles.
• Partner with Operations and People leaders to forecast staffing needs and align priorities.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines through local sourcing, referrals, and community partnerships.
• Drive recruiting automation across outreach, screening, scheduling, and follow-up to reduce manual work and speed hires.
• Establish clear, repeatable processes from application through start date with defined ownership.

Skills

Leadership in high-volume recruiting

Strategic workforce planning

Automation in recruiting

Tools

Recruiting technology

Job description

Who you are

• 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 dynamics
• Implementing 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

What the job involves

• 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
• 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