Senior Recruiter

United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee; United States; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Annual incentive program

Benefits package

Job summary

United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee is seeking a Senior Recruiter to lead full-cycle recruitment across the U.S., partnering with leaders to attract, assess, and hire top talent nationwide. You will shape workforce planning, sourcing strategy, candidate experience, and onboarding while advancing diversity and inclusion initiatives.

This role partners with People & Culture and leadership to improve recruiting programs, reporting, and technology, maintaining the Team USA employer brand

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, Psychology, or related field preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive full-cycle recruiting experience, including professional, technical, specialized, and leadership roles.
• Experience partnering with business leaders and hiring managers as a trusted talent advisor.
• Experience developing proactive sourcing strategies and passive candidate pipelines.
• Experience utilizing recruiting analytics and labor market intelligence to influence hiring decisions.
• Experience leading diversity recruiting initiatives and building partnerships with talent communities.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary talent advisor to hiring managers, guiding workforce planning, sourcing, assessments, offers, and onboarding.
• Proactively build talent pipelines to reduce time-to-fill for critical roles.
• Provide data-driven market insights on talent availability, compensation trends, and recruiting strategies.
• Lead full-cycle recruitment for professional, leadership, and specialized positions.
• Develop comprehensive sourcing strategies across direct sourcing, social recruiting, referrals, and partnerships.
• Manage offers, negotiations, and pre-employment processes with focus on candidate experience.
• Maintain accurate recruiting data and optimize workflows with People Systems teams.
• Foster inclusive recruiting practices and reduce bias throughout the process.

Skills

Executive-level communication

Negotiation

Diversity, equity & inclusion

Sourcing strategies

Stakeholder management

Talent mapping

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field

Tools

Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

Recruitment marketing tools

Social recruiting platforms

Job description

Description

Are you mission-driven and passionate about helping others succeed?

Do you strive to lead, follow, and act with integrity?

Are you the one who honors your commitments?

Is building trusting relationships an integral part of why you do what you do?

Do you push limits and challenge the status quo? If you answered

Description

Are you mission-driven and passionate about helping others succeed?

Do you strive to lead, follow, and act with integrity?

Are you the one who honors your commitments?

Is building trusting relationships an integral part of why you do what you do?

Do you push limits and challenge the status quo? If you answered YES, keep reading to discover how you can significantly contribute to Team USA's success!

Here’s a Summary Of Responsibilities

The Senior Recruiter is responsible for leading full-cycle recruiting efforts across the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), partnering closely with leaders to attract, assess, and hire exceptional talent across all U.S. locations and organizational levels. This role serves as a strategic talent advisor, providing expertise in workforce planning, talent market trends, sourcing strategy, candidate assessment, and recruitment best practices. The Senior Recruiter develops and executes innovative sourcing strategies with a strong focus on diversity, inclusion, and candidate experience while building proactive talent pipelines for current and future organizational needs. As a steward of the Team USA employer brand, this role leverages social, digital, and relationship-based recruiting techniques to identify top talent and strengthen awareness of the USOPC as an employer of choice. This position collaborates across People & Culture and business leadership teams to support talent planning, internal mobility, and continuous improvement of recruiting programs, processes, technology, and reporting.

Here’s How You’ll Have An Impact

Strategic Talent Partnership

• Serve as the primary talent advisor to hiring managers and leaders, providing consultative guidance throughout the recruiting lifecycle, including workforce planning, position design, sourcing strategy, candidate assessment, selection, offer development, and onboarding.
• Partner with business leaders to understand current and future talent needs, identifying opportunities to proactively build talent pipelines and reduce time-to-fill for critical roles.
• Provide data-driven recommendations and market insights related to talent availability, compensation trends, competitive landscape, and recruiting strategies.

Full Lifecycle Recruitment

• Lead full-cycle recruitment efforts for professional, leadership, and highly specialized positions across the organization.
• Develop and execute comprehensive sourcing strategies utilizing direct sourcing, networking, social recruiting, employee referrals, industry partnerships, and digital recruitment channels.
• Proactively engage and build relationships with passive candidates to establish diverse talent pipelines for anticipated and future hiring needs.
• Conduct candidate assessments, behavioral screening interviews, and selection consultations to ensure alignment with role requirements, organizational culture, and USOPC core values.
• Present highly qualified candidate slates and facilitate calibration discussions with hiring teams.
• Manage offer development and negotiation processes, ensuring competitive and equitable hiring decisions while delivering an exceptional candidate experience.
• Lead and coordinate all pre-employment activities, including reference verification, background screening, and onboarding transitions.

Diversity Recruiting & Talent Attraction

• Develop and implement innovative strategies to attract, engage, and hire talent from historically underrepresented communities.
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with professional associations, educational institutions, military and veteran organizations, diversity-focused networks, and community organizations.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on inclusive recruiting practices and partner with hiring managers to reduce bias throughout the hiring process.

Talent Acquisition Operations & Continuous Improvement

• Utilize recruiting technologies and talent systems to maintain accurate candidate and recruiting data, ensuring compliance and data integrity.
• Partner with People Systems and People Analytics teams to optimize recruiting workflows, reporting, automation, and user experience.
• Analyze recruiting metrics and trends, including time-to-fill, pipeline health, source effectiveness, candidate experience, and diversity outcomes, providing recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Contribute to Talent Acquisition strategy, process design, documentation, and implementation of best practices across the organization.
• Mentor and support less experienced recruiters, coordinators, or team members, sharing expertise and promoting consistency in recruiting practices.
• Maintain knowledge of employment regulations, labor market trends, and emerging recruiting technologies and practices.
• Maintain confidentiality of all People & Culture information and records.

Employer Brand, Recruitment Marketing & Talent Community Building - 20%

• Serve as an ambassador for the Team USA employer brand by promoting the USOPC's culture, mission, values, and employment opportunities across multiple channels.
• Partner with Marketing & Communications, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and People & Culture teams to develop and execute recruitment marketing strategies that strengthen employer brand awareness and candidate engagement.
• Lead social and digital recruiting initiatives, leveraging emerging technologies and platforms to expand talent reach and engagement.
• Develop and maintain talent communities for critical and recurring talent segments, nurturing relationships with prospective candidates over time.
• Analyze recruiting marketing performance and candidate source data to optimize investment and improve hiring outcomes.
• Monitor and manage employer reputation across career sites, social platforms, and candidate feedback channels, identifying opportunities to enhance the candidate experience.
• Lead recruitment advertising initiatives, career fairs, networking events, and targeted talent attraction campaigns.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Here are the skills and experience you'll need to be effective:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, Psychology, or related field preferred
• 5+ years of progressive full-cycle recruiting experience, including recruiting for professional, technical, specialized, and leadership-level positions
• Demonstrated success partnering directly with business leaders and hiring managers as a trusted talent advisor
• Experience developing proactive sourcing strategies and passive candidate pipelines
• Experience utilizing recruiting analytics and labor market intelligence to influence hiring decisions
• Experience leading diversity recruiting initiatives and building partnerships with talent communities.
• Experience leveraging applicant tracking systems, recruitment marketing tools, and social recruiting channels
• Executive-level communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong consultative partnership and relationship-building capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to drive recruiting strategy and deliver results in a fast-paced environment
• Advanced sourcing and talent-mapping expertise
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret recruiting data and provide actionable recommendations
• Proven negotiation and closing skills
• Ability to manage multiple high-priority searches simultaneously
• Deep commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and fair hiring practices
• Strong business acumen and understanding of organizational talent needs
• Solution-oriented, adaptable, and highly collaborative approach

Here Are The Tools, Equipment, & Conditions

• Office environment in a multi-story building
• Standard office equipment
• Ability to attend off-site meetings and events
• Standard work hours with occasional weekends and nights
• Must be able to travel approximately 10 – 15% annually both domestically and internationally

Here's Where You'll Work

Colorado Springs Downtown Headquarters / Hybrid

Remote work options available

Here's Some More Information You Need To Know

• Hiring pay range $80,000 - $85,000 per year.
• This Full-Time, Exempt position is intended to work 40 hours per week.
• Bonus: This position will be eligible for the Annual Incentive Award Program, which has a 15% target. The USOPC may change or eliminate this program at any time at its sole discretion.
• Benefits: This position will be eligible for USOPC benefits. You can view a summaryhere.

This job posting will close 12:00pm MT on 11/12/2026

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.