Senior Sales Recruiter

Kelly Professional & Industrial; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Kelly Services is seeking a Senior Sales Recruiter to join a growing talent acquisition team. This is a remote, temp-to-hire opportunity for a proven recruiter who knows how to find, engage, and close top sales talent.

The ideal candidate is a true talent hunter with strong passive sourcing skills and experience recruiting quota-carrying sales professionals. Responsibilities include partnering with sales leadership, mapping talent, sourcing passive candidates, and managing the full-cycle process

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience focused on sales.
• Proven ability to source and close quota-carrying sales professionals.

Responsibilities

• Partner with sales leaders and hiring managers to define needs, territories and goals.
• Develop proactive recruiting strategies to attract top sales pros.
• Source passive candidates via LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, referrals and outreach.
• Build and maintain pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill sales roles.
• Conduct intelligence and mapping to identify top performers in target markets.
• Manage full-cycle recruiting from intake to onboarding coordination.
• Interview candidates focused on sales performance and leadership capabilities.
• Present qualified candidates with detailed assessments to leaders.
• Collaborate with HR and compensation to craft competitive offers.
• Maintain strong relationships and constant communication with candidates.

Skills

Sales recruiting

Passive sourcing

Candidate closing

Stakeholder management

Communication

Data-driven recruiting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS

Recruiting tools

Job description

Kelly Services is seeking an experienced Senior Sales Recruiter to join a growing talent acquisition team. This is a remote, temp-to-hire opportunity for a proven recruiter who knows how to find, engage, and close top sales talent.

The ideal candidate is a true talent hunter with strong passive sourcing skills and experience recruiting quota-carrying sales professionals. Healthcare, medical device, life sciences, pharmaceutical, or healthcare distribution recruiting experience is highly preferred.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with Sales Leaders and Hiring Managers to understand hiring needs, territories, sales competencies, and business goals.
• Develop proactive recruiting strategies to attract high-performing sales professionals.
• Source passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, referrals, market mapping, industry research, and direct outreach.
• Build and maintain pipelines and talent communities for critical and hard-to-fill sales positions.
• Conduct competitive intelligence and talent mapping to identify top performers within target companies and industries.
• Manage the full-cycle recruiting process from intake through sourcing, interviewing, offer negotiation, closing, and onboarding coordination.
• Conduct in-depth candidate interviews focused on sales performance, quota attainment, territory management, prospecting, business development, and leadership capabilities.
• Present qualified candidates to hiring leaders with detailed assessments and recommendations.
• Partner with HR, Compensation, and hiring managers to develop competitive offers and successfully close candidates.
• Build strong relationships with candidates and hiring leaders while maintaining a high level of communication throughout the process.
• Use recruiting data and metrics to identify opportunities and improve hiring results.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a strong focus on sales recruiting.
• Proven success recruiting high-performing sales professionals, including:
• Field Sales Representatives
• Territory Managers
• Strategic Account Managers
• Business Development Representatives
• Sales Managers and Leaders
• Strong passive candidate sourcing and direct recruiting experience.
• Advanced experience with LinkedIn Recruiter and modern sourcing strategies.
• Experience recruiting within medical device, healthcare, healthcare technology, healthcare distribution, life sciences, pharmaceutical, or related industries strongly preferred.
• Strong talent-hunting, market-mapping, interviewing, and candidate assessment skills.
• Excellent ability to build credibility with senior leaders and candidates.
• Experience working with applicant tracking systems and recruiting technology.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple searches and priorities simultaneously.
• Data-driven approach with the ability to use recruiting metrics to improve hiring outcomes.

Why This Role?

• $55/hour
• Remote
• High-visibility recruiting role partnering directly with sales leadership
• Opportunity to build talent pipelines and influence sales hiring strategy