Senior Recruiter

American Operator is hiring a Senior Recruiter for a 4-month (16-week) contract in Austin, TX (onsite) to own full-cycle recruiting for corporate roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for open AO corporate roles, from intake through signed offer
• Collaborate with hiring managers on role scope, interview plans, and scorecards
• Proactively source candidates using LinkedIn, referrals, and your own network
• Screen candidates and deliver well-reasoned shortlists to stakeholders
• Coordinate interview scheduling and provide clear updates to candidates at each stage
• Collect interview feedback quickly to support timely hiring decisions
• Manage offers, references, and handoff to onboarding
• Maintain recruiting systems including ATS and Ashby, and keep processes current
• Share a weekly pipeline update based on ATS/Ashby reporting
• Provide a written status for every open search before the engagement ends

Requirements

• 4+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience
• Preferred experience includes corporate or G&A hiring (examples provided: finance, operations, strategy, people)
• Experience recruiting at a small company, startup, PE-backed firm, or holding company
• Strong sourcing skills, with a proactive approach (not waiting for inbound applicants)
• Ability to ramp quickly and run searches with limited guidance
• Ability to communicate with warmth and clarity with both candidates and hiring managers
• Experience using Ashby and producing simple pipeline reporting
• Availability for the full 16 weeks

Technology

• LinkedIn
• Ashby
• ATS