Senior Manager, Recruiting

Quince; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Quince is seeking a Senior Manager, Recruiting to lead and scale its recruiting team from the Palo Alto office. You will partner with senior leaders, own critical searches, and design end-to-end hiring processes.

This is a hands-on leadership role focused on building organizational capability, defining hiring strategy, and delivering top talent in a fast-growing environment. You will coach recruiters and sourcers, drive stakeholder alignment, and work closely with executives to raise the bar on

Qualifications

• 8+ years of recruiting experience including leadership of recruiters/sourcers
• 4+ years of managing recruiting teams
• Proven success hiring in high-growth, high-bar tech environments
• Strategic talent partner to senior leaders influencing hiring strategy and role design
• Experience as player-coach managing a team while closing searches
• Strong fundamentals in sourcing, mapping, assessment, interview design, funnel management
• Track record of improving processes, interview operations, and hiring quality
• Excellent communication, judgment, and executive presence with cross-functional partners
• Experience coaching recruiters/sourcers and raising team standards
• Thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments with shifting priorities

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a team of recruiters, setting priorities and raising recruiting standards
• Partner with Palo Alto leaders to drive workforce needs and hiring goals
• Own high-priority technical searches including senior leadership roles
• Design and execute comprehensive search plans with market mapping and sourcing strategies
• Improve interview design, calibration, and overall process efficiency
• Raise hiring bar through better slate quality, assessment rigor, and stakeholder alignment
• Use data to monitor funnel health, velocity, productivity, and conversion
• Develop talent intelligence including market maps and proactive sourcing
• Coach team, model strong recruiting judgment, and ensure execution discipline
• Drive local branding and onsite hiring strategies to attract top talent

Skills

Recruiting leadership

Talent partner

Stakeholder management

Data-driven recruiting

Sourcing strategy

Interview design

Team coaching

Executive communication

Hiring process optimization

Performance coaching

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 really high quality essentials for really low prices, produced fairly and sustainably. We believe everyone deserves exceptional craftsmanship and timeless design without the traditional markups. Quince is a direct-to-consumer (DTC) model that cuts out middlemen and leverages just-in-time manufacturing to minimize waste and maximize value. Quince is a tech company disrupting the retail industry by putting AI, analytics and automation at the center of everything we do. Our unwavering commitment to excellence and company values guide us and our teams.

• 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 a company that is 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 come 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 is a high-impact player-coach role based in Palo Alto where you 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 is a “build from the ground up” role focused on building out full organizations, teams, and functions, as well as establishing our brand presence. You will be responsible for defining how we hire across teams, from passive sourcing search strategy, stakeholder partnership to 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 working 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, with the ability to manage 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: $185,000 - $210,000

All posted ranges are reflective of base salary and may vary depending upon experience level and location. Bonus and equity may also be provided for eligible roles.

Pay Range: $185,000 USD - $210,000 USD

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: Beware of Frauds

At Quince, we're dedicated to recruiting top talent who share our drive for innovation. To safeguard candidates, Quince emphasizes legitimate recruitment practices. 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.