Senior Manager, Recruiting

Quince; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Quince is seeking a Senior Manager, Recruiting to lead and scale a team of recruiters and sourcers in our Palo Alto office. This player-coach role combines strategic partnership with hands-on execution to build out full organizations and establish our brand presence in a fast‑growing, high‑bar environment.

You will partner with senior leaders, drive critical hiring, and define how we hire across teams from passive sourcing to interview operations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of recruiting experience, including meaningful experience managing or leading recruiters and/or sourcers.
• 4+ years of managing and leading recruiting teams.
• Proven success hiring for teams in high-growth, high-bar technology environments.
• Demonstrated ability to act as a strategic talent partner to senior leaders, influencing hiring strategy, role design, prioritization, calibration, and decision-making.
• Experience operating as a player-coach, managing a team while personally owning and closing critical searches.
• Strong understanding of recruiting fundamentals, including sourcing strategy, talent mapping, candidate assessment, interview design, funnel management, and closing.
• Track record of improving recruiting processes, interview operations, stakeholder alignment, and hiring quality.
• Strong analytical orientation, with experience using recruiting data to diagnose funnel issues, improve recruiter performance, and drive better hiring outcomes.
• Exceptional communication, judgment, and executive presence, with the ability to build trust quickly with senior leaders and cross-functional partners.
• Experience coaching recruiters and sourcers, raising team standards, and developing stronger recruiting habits, judgment, and execution.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with shifting priorities, high expectations, and a strong bias for action.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a team of recruiters, setting clear priorities, and raising the overall bar for recruiting craft.
• Act as a strategic partner to leadership. Work closely with Palo Alto-based leaders to drive business priorities, workforce needs, and deliver against critical hiring goals.
• Own high-priority technical searches. Personally drive select critical searches, including senior leadership, and business-critical roles where strong judgment and hands-on execution are required.
• Drive rigorous search strategy from intake through close. Build and execute effective search plans, including role calibration, market mapping, target company strategy, sourcing strategy, assessment design, and closing plans.
• Improve interviewing operations and hiring process quality. Partner with Recruiting, People, and business leaders to improve interview design, interviewer calibration, and overall process efficiency.
• Raise the hiring bar. Improve slate quality, assessment rigor, stakeholder alignment, candidate evaluation, and decision-making consistency across technical hiring processes.
• Use data to drive recruiting performance. Track funnel health, search velocity, recruiter productivity, candidate conversion, offer acceptance, and hiring outcomes to identify bottlenecks and improve execution.
• Develop strong talent intelligence. Build market maps, competitive insights, talent pipelines, and proactive sourcing strategies across key technical domains.
• Lead through expertise, coaching, and example-setting. Model excellent recruiting judgment, stakeholder management, candidate management, and execution discipline for the broader team.
• Drive local branding initiatives to create buzz in the market about Quince, and drive onsite hiring strategies and world-class experiences.

Skills

Recruiting experience

People management

Strategic partnership

Tech recruiting

Leadership

Job description

About Quince

Founded in 2018, Quince was built to challenge the idea that nice things have to cost a lot. Our mission is simple: to make high‑quality essentials at low prices, produced fairly and sustainably. We believe everyone deserves exceptional craftsmanship and timeless design without traditional markups. Quince is a direct‑to‑consumer model that cuts out middlemen and uses just‑in‑time manufacturing to minimize waste and maximize value.

Company Values

• Customer First: We prioritize customer satisfaction in every decision.
• High Quality: True quality means premium materials and rigorous production standards you can feel good about.
• Essential Design: We focus on timeless, functional essentials instead of chasing trends.
• Always a Better Deal: Innovation and transparency ensure value for both customers and partners.
• Social & Environmental Responsibility: We commit to sustainable materials, ethical production, and fair wages.

Quince partners with world‑class manufacturers across the globe and serves millions of customers. With strong investor backing and a focus on sustainable growth, we are rapidly scaling while maintaining a commitment to quality, simplicity, and radical price transparency.

Our Team and Success

At Quince, you will be part of a high‑performing team that is redefining what quality, value, and sustainability mean in modern retail. We are a destination for builders, innovators, and operators to bring together and challenge the status quo. Our collective ambition is bold. We are creating an entirely new category and customer experience – one that democratizes luxury and provides high‑quality products at radically low prices. That mission demands a world‑class team committed to excellence.

If you are motivated by impact, growth, and purpose, you will find a strong sense of belonging at Quince.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Recruiting to join our growing team to lead and scale a team of recruiters, based out of our Palo Alto office. This high‑impact player‑coach role will sit closely with senior leaders, act as a strategic talent partner, manage and coach a team of recruiters and sourcers, and personally drive critical hiring.

This "build from the ground up" role focuses on building out full organizations, teams, and functions, and establishing our brand presence. You will define how we hire across teams, from passive sourcing and search strategy to stakeholder partnership, interviewing operations, process design, assessment rigor, team coaching, and executive communication. The right candidate brings strong recruiting depth, excellent leadership judgment, and the ability to operate both strategically and hands‑on in a high‑growth, high‑bar environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a team of recruiters, setting clear priorities, and raising the overall bar for recruiting craft.
• Act as a strategic partner to leadership. Work closely with Palo Alto‑based leaders to drive business priorities, workforce needs, and deliver against critical hiring goals.
• Own high‑priority technical searches. Personally drive select critical searches, including senior leadership, and business‑critical roles where strong judgment and hands‑on execution are required.
• Drive rigorous search strategy from intake through close. Build and execute effective search plans, including role calibration, market mapping, target company strategy, sourcing strategy, assessment design, and closing plans.
• Improve interviewing operations and hiring process quality. Partner with Recruiting, People, and business leaders to improve interview design, interviewer calibration, and overall process efficiency.
• Raise the hiring bar. Improve slate quality, assessment rigor, stakeholder alignment, candidate evaluation, and decision‑making consistency across technical hiring processes.
• Use data to drive recruiting performance. Track funnel health, search velocity, recruiter productivity, candidate conversion, offer acceptance, and hiring outcomes to identify bottlenecks and improve execution.
• Develop strong talent intelligence. Build market maps, competitive insights, talent pipelines, and proactive sourcing strategies across key technical domains.
• Lead through expertise, coaching, and example‑setting. Model excellent recruiting judgment, stakeholder management, candidate management, and execution discipline for the broader team.
• Drive local branding initiatives to create buzz in the market about Quince, and drive onsite hiring strategies and world‑class experiences.

Qualifications

Required:

• 8+ years of recruiting experience, including meaningful experience managing or leading recruiters and/or sourcers. Experience with G&A, Tech, and/or Product teams is ideal.
• 4+ years of managing and leading recruiting teams.
• Proven success hiring for teams in high‑growth, high‑bar technology environments.
• Demonstrated ability to act as a strategic talent partner to senior leaders, influencing hiring strategy, role design, prioritization, calibration, and decision‑making.
• Experience operating as a player‑coach, managing a team while personally owning and closing critical searches.
• Strong understanding of recruiting fundamentals, including sourcing strategy, talent mapping, candidate assessment, interview design, funnel management, and closing.
• Track record of improving recruiting processes, interview operations, stakeholder alignment, and hiring quality.
• Strong analytical orientation, with experience using recruiting data to diagnose funnel issues, improve recruiter performance, and drive better hiring outcomes.
• Exceptional communication, judgment, and executive presence, with the ability to build trust quickly with senior leaders and cross‑functional partners.
• Experience coaching recruiters and sourcers, raising team standards, and developing stronger recruiting habits, judgment, and execution.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, high‑growth environment with shifting priorities, high expectations, and a strong bias for action.

Preferred:

• Experience scaling organizations from early‑stage startup environments to late‑stage, high‑scale growth.
• Demonstrated success building and managing high‑performing recruiting teams in a fast‑paced, hybrid work model.
• Experience utilizing advanced talent intelligence and market mapping to drive proactive sourcing strategies for niche technical roles.
• Previous experience partnering with executive leadership to define and execute comprehensive talent strategies for rapid organizational growth.

Pay Range

Base salary: $185,000 – $210,000 (USD). Bonus and equity may also be provided for eligible roles.

Why Quince?

Joining Quince means being part of a mission‑driven team reshaping retail. You will work alongside talented colleagues, tackle meaningful challenges, and contribute to building a more sustainable, accessible future for customers and partners alike.

Equal Opportunity & Hiring Integrity

Quince provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applications for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Quince is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application or to perform the essential functions of a role at Quince, please let us know by completing this accommodation form. We review all requests individually and will work with you to determine appropriate accommodations on a case‑by‑case basis.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. Quince will conduct background checks in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Security Advisory

We are dedicated to recruiting top talent who share our drive for innovation. Initial communication is primarily via official Quince email addresses and LinkedIn; beware of deviations. Personal data and sensitive information will not be solicited during the application phase. Interviews are conducted via phone, in person, or through the approved platforms Google Meets or Zoom—never via messaging apps or other calling services. Offers are merit‑based, communicated verbally, and followed up in writing. If personal information is requested to initiate the hiring process, rest assured it will be through secure and protected means.