Sr. Recruiter

Avalara, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Health insurance

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Avalara, Inc. is seeking a Senior Recruiter to lead global executive searches and partner with senior leaders to shape our leadership team. You will deliver a premium candidate experience, driving culture and growth through strategic talent decisions.

You will collaborate with hiring managers and HR to design role requirements, assess leadership potential, and maintain a data-driven, inclusive search process across functions in a remote, national US setting.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in recruiting in a global company or executive search/retained search environment.
• Deep understanding of leadership assessment, business context, and organizational structure.
• Proven ability to influence, guide, and advise senior leaders through critical hiring decisions.
• Strong interviewing, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills; proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS platforms, and AI-enhanced recruiting tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle searches across key functions including Sales, Marketing, Product, Finance, Engineering and Customer Operations.
• Partner with C-level, senior executives, and stakeholders to define role requirements, success criteria, and hiring strategy.
• Deliver a white-glove candidate experience from first conversation through close.
• Conduct in-depth interviews to assess leadership capability, scope readiness, and alignment with Avalara's business and culture.
• Drive inclusive, data-informed search strategies that bring diversity, excellence, and insight to every leadership slate.
• Create polished, insight-driven candidate summaries and present recommendations to stakeholders.
• Communicate progress with clarity and confidence—provide ongoing market insights, recommendations, and search updates.
• Leverage AI and automation tools to streamline outreach, scheduling, and documentation while maintaining a personalized touch.

Skills

Executive recruiting

Stakeholder management

Interviewing

Communication

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS platforms

AI recruiting tools

Job description

What You'll Do

We are looking to hire a Senior Recruiter at Avalara. You'll lead searches that shape the future of our team and partner directly with senior leaders to identify exceptional individuals who can drive growth, transformation, and innovation. You'll excel here if you love connecting business strategy to talent strategy, move fast with judgment and with confidence. This is a role for someone who leads with insight, elevates every candidate and stakeholder interaction, and knows how to deliver excellence in a high-stakes environment. This is a remote position in the United States.

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What Your Responsibilities Will Be

• Lead full-cycle searches across all key functions including Sales, Marketing, Product, Finance, Engineering and Customer Operations
• Partner directly with C-level, senior executives, and stakeholders to define role requirements, success criteria, and hiring strategy
• Deliver a white-glove candidate experience from first conversation through close
• Conduct in-depth interviews to assess leadership capability, scope readiness, and alignment with Avalara's business and culture
• Drive inclusive, data-informed search strategies that bring diversity, excellence, and insight to every leadership slate
• Create polished, insight-driven candidate summaries and present recommendations to stakeholders
• Communicate progress with clarity and confidence—providing ongoing market insights, recommendations, and search updates
• Leverage AI and automation tools to streamline outreach, scheduling, and documentation while maintaining a personalized touch
• Build strong partnerships with internal recruiting, HR, and business leaders to ensure a unified and consistent leadership hiring process
• Protect confidentiality and represent Avalara's brand with discretion and professionalism.

What You'll Need to be Successful

• 8+ years of experience in recruiting in a global company or retained/executive search firm
• Deep understanding of leadership assessment, business context, and organizational structure
• Proven ability to influence, guide, and advise senior leaders through critical hiring decisions
• Strong interviewing, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills Proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS platforms, and AI-enhanced recruiting tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Perplexity, automation assistants)
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, with the ability to synthesize insights and produce executive-ready updates
• Professional maturity, sound judgment, and a calm, polished approach under pressure
• A genuine passion for elevating candidate and stakeholder experience while improving systems and processes

Why You'll Love This Role

You'll be part of a small, high-performing team that sits at the center of Avalara's growth story. Every search you lead has direct visibility with senior leadership and lasting business impact. You'll work alongside experienced executives who value partnership, insight, and excellence—and you'll have the tools and autonomy to make your mark.

AI Use in Role

• Avalara is an AI-first company. We expect every Avalarian to actively leverage AI to enhance productivity, quality, innovation, and customer value. We embed AI in our workflows, decision-making, and products and Avalara requires employees to embrace AI as an essential capability, not an optional tool. We provide access to AI tools, training, and support so employees can grow their skills and innovate as part of their daily work.

Avalara Success Traits

• Adaptability – Change is a constant at Avalara. We accept the risk of trying new solutions and learn quickly from setbacks. We stay agile and adjust when circumstances shift.
• Ownership – Ownership is about accountability. We take responsibility for decisions, own projects from start to finish, and never make excuses.
• Curiosity – We ask "why?" every day and don't stop until we understand. We seek to constantly challenge the status quo and find better ways to solve problems.

Avalara is an AI-first Company

AI is embedded in our workflows, decision-making, and products. Success here requires embracing AI as an essential capability.

• You'll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here.
• You'll apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers.
• You'll grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too.

How We'll Take Care of You

Total Rewards

• In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.

Health & Wellness

• Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.

Inclusive culture and diversit y

• Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.

What You Need To Know About Avalara

We're defining the relationship between tax and tech.

We've already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing over 54 billion customer API calls and over 6.6 million tax returns a year. Our growth is real - we're a billion dollar business - and we're not slowing down until we've achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.

We're bright, innovative, and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we've designed, that empowers our people to win. We've been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

We're An Equal Opportunity Employer

Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don't want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.