Senior Talent Acquisition Recruiter - Contract

Commonwealth Fusion Systems; Harvard (MA); On-site; USD 82,656 - 137,760; Full time

Job summary

Fusion Energy Base is looking for an experienced recruiter to manage the full recruitment cycle. This includes sourcing, hiring manager collaboration, and candidate experience enhancement.

With over 10 years of recruiting expertise, you'll lead high-volume requisitions across various departments while fostering strong relationships with hiring managers. This role involves creative candidate sourcing and ensuring compliance with recruiting metrics.

The position offers a compensation range of $60 - $100 an hour based on experience.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of full life cycle recruiting experience including targeted outreach and onboarding.
• Solid understanding of recruiting metrics and their impact.
• Demonstrated ability to lead interview stakeholders through the hiring process.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full-cycle recruitment process ensuring exceptional candidate journeys.
• Build strong relationships with hiring managers.
• Execute high-volume requisitions across various departments.

Skills

Expert business facing influencing skills

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategies

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Organization skills

Tools

Applicant tracking systems

Job description

About Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Commonwealth Fusion Systems is on a mission to deliver the urgent transition to fusion energy. Combining decades of research, top talent, and new technologies, we’re designing and building commercially viable fusion power plants. And we're working with policymakers and suppliers to build the energy industry of the future. We’re in the best position to make it happen. Since 2018, we’ve raised nearly $3 billion in capital, making us the largest and leading private fusion company in the world.

Now we’re looking for more thinkers, doers, builders, and makers to join us. People who’ll bring new perspectives, solve tough problems, and thrive as part of a team.

Candidate Profile

• You are a great relationship builder and have expert business facing influencing skills.
• You are energized by the idea of trying new approaches, failing fast and continuously improving for better outcomes.
• You are passionate about building diverse teams.
• You will evaluate current recruiting practices, recommend changes to core processes to improve candidate experience, reduce organizational time on recruiting, and shorten time to fill.

What you’ll do

Be a champion of CFS Energy’s operating principles and unique company culture.

Manage the full-cycle recruitment process from sourcing to candidate decision meeting, ensuring an exceptional candidate journey.

Execute high-volume requisitions, both technical and non-technical, across all departments including but not limited to supply chain, engineering, finance, operations, and manufacturing.

Build strong hiring manager relationships.

Prioritize the candidate experience by ensuring stellar communication, high touch processes, and representing CFS.

Look beyond direct applications and leverage search engines, career sites, recruiting events, and other innovative and creative sourcing techniques to find the best talent in the market.

Lead new manager interview trainings and Fireside Chats to discuss the latest trends in recruiting with hiring managers.

Collaborate with the talent acquisition and human resources team for recruitment best practices and growing the company.

What we’re looking for

• 10+ years of full life cycle recruiting including targeted outreach, sourcing, hiring manager collaboration, compensation negotiation, scheduling, closing and onboarding of candidates.
• Well versed in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategies, building networks within talent communities, and creative candidate lead generation.
• Solid understanding of recruiting metrics and how they drive performance.
• Demonstrated strength in communication, negotiation and organization skills.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead and facilitate interview stakeholders through the interview, selection and hiring process.
• Success at creating and executing complex recruitment strategies and techniques.
• Bonus points: Knowledge of applicant tracking systems, including detailed reporting preferred.
• Exposure to US immigration practices is highly valued, but not required.

Essential Requirements

• Perform activities such as typing, standing, or sitting for extended periods of time.
• Willingness to occasionally travel to recruiting events, batch hiring days, hiring training events, and team building sessions.
• Dedication to safety to mitigate industrial hazards that may include heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead (Pb), high voltage, and cryogenics.

Compensation

$60 - $100 an hour. This is a contract position.

Legal and Compliance

At CFS, we excel in fast‑paced environments, driven by our values of integrity, execution, impact, and self‑critique. This role requires compliance with U.S. laws concerning the export of controlled or protected technologies or information (Export Control Laws). Any offer of employment will be contingent on the need for compliance with such Export Control Laws.

EEO Statement

We value diversity deeply and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer by choice. We consider all qualified applicants equally, regardless of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law.