Senior Recruiter

Waabi; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and equity awards

Health and Wellness benefits

Unlimited Vacation

Flexible hours and Work from Home support

Catered meals and snacks

Team building activities

Job summary

Waabi in Pittsburgh is seeking an experienced Recruitment Specialist to lead the full-cycle recruitment process across the US and Canada. You’ll partner with managers to understand hiring needs and create effective strategies to attract top talent.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree, at least 5 years of recruitment experience, and exceptional communication skills. Join us in transforming the autonomous transportation industry!

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of full-cycle recruitment experience.
• Proven ability to achieve results in fast-paced environments.
• Solid knowledge of recruitment processes and strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead recruitment efforts for both technical and non-technical roles.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to define needs and strategies.
• Optimize recruitment pipelines using data-driven approaches.

Skills

Full-cycle recruitment experience

Excellent communication skills

Project management experience

Experience using an ATS

Collaboration with business partners

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, HR, or Communications

Tools

Applicant Tracking System (Lever preferred)

Job description

Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world‑class team, we’re unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that’s powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. Waabi is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech. With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way.

You will...

• Help build multidisciplinary teams to enable safe self‑driving at scale.
• Own the full‑cycle recruitment for roles in both US and Canada: driving hiring strategy to closing top talent while delivering the best in class candidate experience.
• Partner and collaborate with hiring managers to understand headcount needs while creating strategy, prioritization of roles, deliverables, and tracking processes with measurable metrics.
• Maintain data in our Applicant Tracking System (Lever) and use data driven approaches to optimize recruiting pipelines, report on pipeline health, and influence strategy.
• Build for the future by improving our systems & tools, interview frameworks, and hiring best practices across the team.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Business, HR, Communications or similar fields.
• 5+ years full‑cycle recruitment experience in a fast paced, high growth environment supporting non tech & technical domains.
• Excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience using an ATS to source, track and manage candidates (Lever preferred but not required).
• Solid knowledge and end to end recruiting experience.
• Ability to pull and drive conversations with business partners in regards to pipeline insights.
• Project management experience and proven ability to achieve results in a fast moving, dynamic environment, self‑motivated and self‑directed.
• Experience partnering with a wide variety of clients and senior level business leaders.
• Open‑minded and collaborative team player with the willingness to help others.
• Passionate about self‑driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.

Bonus/nice to have:

• Strong search experience sourcing candidates on various platforms.
• Recruitment experience in both the US and Canada.

Perks/Benefits:

• Competitive compensation and equity awards.
• Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full‑time employees only).
• Unlimited Vacation.
• Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
• Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
• Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on‑site, off‑site & virtually.
• As we grow, this list continues to evolve!

Waabi is a technology start‑up building technologies to transform the way the world moves.

Waabi is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and accessible workplace for all our employees. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military or veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, caregiver status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. We make workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know.