Senior Recruiter

McKinsey & Company; Boston (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

McKinsey & Company, specifically within QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, and Experienced Professional Recruiting, seeks a technical recruiter to build and manage a robust pipeline for data science, data engineering, software, and ML roles across US and Canada.

You will partner with recruiters and hiring managers to manage full-cycle recruitment, from intake through to offer, while championing diversity and inclusion and driving hiring excellence across technology functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required.
• 2+ years end-to-end technical recruiting experience.
• Experience leading technical recruiter screens across Data Science, Data Engineering, Product, Software Engineering and Machine Learning Engineer roles.
• Strong communication skills in English.
• Willingness to travel and work in-person.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical recruiting for Data Science, Data Engineering, Product, SWE and ML roles.
• Build and manage a strong pipeline of qualified candidates.
• Partner with hiring managers and stakeholders to define hiring requirements and timelines.
• Conduct intake conversations and direct sourcing, referrals, and assessments through to offers.
• Contribute to recruiting strategy and ensure diverse, inclusive hiring practices.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Relationship building

English proficiency

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Who You'll Work With

You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.

Who You'll Work With

You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.

In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.

When you join us, you will have:

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Exceptional benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.

Your Impact

You will work with recruiters and managers within the QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, and Experienced Professional hiring team to ensure a strong pipeline of highly skilled, qualified and motivated technologists are available to join the firm.

You will develop and deliver high quality, full cycle, recruitment practices which embody our values and create exceptional hiring journeys for candidates and hiring teams.

You will help candidates understand the unique value proposition of joining McKinsey and provide end-to-end management of candidates in your pipeline; this includes intake conversations with hiring managers, candidate generation via application review, direct sourcing and referrals, assessment through to offer creation and cultivation.

Your ability to attract and develop pipeline of candidates through compelling messaging with keen understanding of the competitive technical landscape will be vital. You will manage cultivation and integration of hires into the firm and participate in recruiting-related projects when needed (e.g. recruiting system design, reporting, assessment).

You will work closely with the recruiting team to plan, coordinate and execute all stages of the recruitment process (from interview days, to events, to cultivation) to contribute to the development of our recruiting strategy. You will demonstrate a strong commitment to diversity and a willingness to innovate and go the extra mile to deliver fully diverse hiring.

Your work will help keep our firm operating at its best and are the backbone to our operational excellence. Our internal roles are core to running our firm and present endless opportunities to author your own career path.

You will be a part of our QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, and Experienced Professional Recruiting function. Your team supports hiring needs across a variety of technology roles to US and Canada locations for client facing and non-client facing positions.

Your Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required
• 2+ years end to end technical recruiting experience, partnering closely with hiring managers and senior business stakeholders; experience operating effectively within large, complex organizations preferred
• Experience leading technical recruiter screens across Data Science, Data Engineering, Product, Software Engineering and Machine Learning Engineer roles
• Ability to build great relationships with candidates, consultants and recruiting colleagues at all levels within the organization
• Exceptional time management to meet your responsibilities in a complex and largely autonomous work environment
• Ability to work in-person and travel as needed
• Ability to operate office equipment and handle transportation of materials or objects, when required
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, in English, with the ability to adjust your style to suit different perspectives and seniority levels