Senior Sales Recruiter

Motive; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Pharmacy benefits

Dental & vision care benefits

Paid time off

Sick time off

Disability coverage

Life insurance

401k

Job summary

Motive is seeking a Senior Sales Recruiter to build and scale our sales organization. You will own full-cycle recruiting for multiple sales and business-critical roles, from intake through offer and close.

You will partner with hiring managers and leaders to define priorities, calibrate candidate profiles, and align on search strategy, while building pipelines of passive candidates and using data to drive process improvements and inclusive hiring practices.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of recruiting experience in-house within a technology or high-growth environment.
• Deep expertise in full-cycle recruiting and closing passive candidates across sales, specifically Enterprise sales and business functions.
• Experience advising hiring managers and senior leaders on market conditions, search strategy, interview processes, and offers.
• Strong command of recruiting metrics, ATS data hygiene, and using insights to guide decisions.
• Ability to manage diverse priorities independently, influence stakeholders, and solve complex hiring challenges.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for multiple sales and business-critical roles, from intake through offer and close.
• Partner with hiring managers and leaders to define role priorities, calibrate candidate profiles, and align on search strategy.
• Build and maintain strong pipelines of passive candidates through targeted sourcing, market mapping, networking, and referrals.
• Use recruiting data and market insights to track progress, identify bottlenecks, and recommend process improvements.
• Deliver a consistent candidate experience and support inclusive hiring practices throughout the recruiting process.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Sales recruiting

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decisions

Candidate experience

Tools

ATS

Job description

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

Motive is looking for a Senior Sales Recruiter to help build and scale strong teams across our sales organization. You will own searches of diverse scope, shape recruiting strategy, and serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers and cross-functional partners. You will report into the Director, Sales Recruiting. This role is well suited for someone who brings deep recruiting expertise, sound business judgment, and a commitment to improving candidate and stakeholder experiences.

What You’ll Do

• Own full-cycle recruiting for multiple sales and business-critical roles, from intake through offer and close.
• Partner with hiring managers and leaders to define role priorities, calibrate candidate profiles, and align on search strategy.
• Build and maintain strong pipelines of passive candidates through targeted sourcing, market mapping, networking, and referrals.
• Use recruiting data and market insights to track progress, identify bottlenecks, and recommend process improvements.
• Deliver a consistent candidate experience and support inclusive hiring practices throughout the recruiting process.

What We’re Looking For

• 6+ years of recruiting experience, including in-house recruiting within a technology or high-growth environment.
• Deep expertise in full-cycle recruiting and closing passive candidates across sales, specifically Enterprise sales and business functions.
• Experience advising hiring managers and senior leaders on market conditions, search strategy, interview processes, and offers.
• Strong command of recruiting metrics, ATS data hygiene, and using insights to guide decisions.
• Ability to manage diverse priorities independently, influence stakeholders, and solve complex hiring challenges.

Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units.

Motive offers benefits including

• health
• pharmacy
• optical and dental care benefits
• paid time off
• sick time off
• short term and long term disability coverage
• life insurance
• 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)

Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits

The base compensation range for this role is:

$118,000 - $163,000 USD

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