Lead Principal Recruiter

This role involves closing elite technical roles, building client relationships, and integrating AI into recruiting workflows. It offers dual growth in recruiting expertise and AI-enabled hiring processes, working with Fortune 500 companies and startups.

Location: United States

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle searches for senior technical roles such as Staff+ Engineers, ML Scientists, Data Platform Leaders, Technical Product Managers
• Build and maintain client relationships with CTOs, VPs of Engineering, founders
• Manage candidate relationships: source, engage, interview, close top-tier technical talent
• Run strategic intake sessions to translate business needs into hiring strategies
• Deliver results, outcomes, timelines, and client satisfaction for complex searches
• Test Moon Engine in production and provide feedback on AI-assisted sourcing, screening, matching workflows
• Partner with engineering and product teams to shape AI recruiting tools and document best practices
• Onboard enterprise clients to Moon Engine and teach them AI-enabled hiring workflows
• Lead training sessions and strategic consulting for clients on AI integration in recruiting
• Represent Hop externally at events, podcasts, and content creation

Requirements

• 5+ years recruiting technical talent with a track record of closing senior/leadership roles (ML Engineers, Staff+ Engineers, Data Platform leads, etc.)
• Exceptional client relationship skills: advising executives, building trusted partnerships
• Candidate relationship mastery: attracting, engaging, and closing passive candidates at high levels
• Fundamentals of sourcing, intake, interviewing, offer negotiation, stakeholder management at a high level
• Genuine curiosity about AI and its application in recruiting
• Growth mindset: willingness to learn new tools, experiment, and adapt

Benefits

• Very competitive and unique compensation structure (base + commission + bonus, with long-term upside)
• Deep AI recruiting expertise in 6-12 months
• Product influence—feedback shaping product development
• Client enablement role as Moon Engine launches
• Unlimited PTO
• Thought leadership opportunities

Additional Information

• This role is a long-term journey to become a recruiting + AI expert.
• The position involves working directly with engineering and product teams, testing new AI tools, and helping clients adopt AI-enabled hiring workflows.
• Candidates should be execution-oriented, collaborative, adaptable to ambiguity, curious, and long-term thinkers. Bonus points for experience with AI tools, high-growth tech companies, automation, and product feedback.