Principal Recruiter
Pure StorageSanta Clara, California
Full Time
Posted November 11, 2025
$176k - $265k
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Job Description
The Principal Recruiter is a senior talent acquisition professional responsible for developing and executing strategic, data-driven recruiting plans for high-impact and senior roles across the organization, partnering with leadership and cross-functional teams to enhance hiring effectiveness, promote diversity, and improve recruiting processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with senior leaders to understand talent needs and translate workforce plans into recruiting strategies.
- Own end-to-end recruiting for high-impact or complex roles across multiple functions or business areas.
- Collaborate with HR, Finance, and TA teams to align hiring plans, forecasts, and budgets.
- Leverage workforce analytics, market intelligence, and technology tools to inform hiring decisions and anticipate demand.
- Design and implement interview and assessment processes to ensure role competency and high performance standards.
- Ensure a positive candidate experience and promote the employer brand throughout the hiring process.
- Promote adoption of new recruiting technologies and innovative practices to improve sourcing, assessment, and engagement.
- Identify and resolve systemic blockers in capacity, process, or role prioritization through collaboration and problem-solving.
- Mentor and influence other TA team members, sharing best practices and fostering continuous improvement.
- Advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion, and ethical hiring practices within the recruiting function.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of business operations, organizational design, and workforce planning.
- Ability to translate business strategy into actionable recruiting plans and measurable outcomes.
- Proven experience leading complex, high-impact, or senior-level searches across business functions.
- Skilled in sourcing strategies, candidate assessment, and stakeholder engagement.
- Familiarity with market intelligence, recruitment marketing, and technology platforms to drive talent acquisition effectiveness.
- Ability to scale recruiting operations across distributed teams while maintaining quality and consistency.
- Strong analytical skills able to interpret hiring data, workforce analytics, and pipeline metrics to inform strategy.
- Skilled in data storytelling presenting complex insights clearly for decision-making by leaders.
- Experience with forecasting, scenario modeling, and planning to support talent strategy.
- Commitment to high standards of data accuracy, fairness, and transparency in recruiting activities.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills able to engage effectively with senior leaders.
- Ability to influence and mentor other TA team members, sharing knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned.
- Resilient, adaptable, and calm under pressure, modeling clarity and accountability.
- Ability to champion ethical and inclusive hiring practices.
- Candidates must be willing to work from the Santa Clara, CA office in compliance with company policies.
- Salary range of $176,000 to $265,000 USD annually, with potential eligibility for incentive pay and/or equity.
Benefits & Perks
Salary range of $176,000 to $265,000 USD, potentially including incentive pay and equity
In-office work environment primarily at Santa Clara, CA
Flexible time off and wellness resources
Company-sponsored team events
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