Job Description
The role involves leading full-cycle technical recruiting for R&D teams at Samsara, focusing on sourcing, engaging, and hiring high-caliber software engineering, machine learning, and product management talent to support the company's growth and innovation efforts.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end hiring process for R&D IC and leadership roles, ensuring high-quality execution from initial contact to offer acceptance.
- Partner with senior stakeholders to understand their needs and influence recruitment strategies accordingly.
- Build and maintain high-caliber talent pipelines through market mapping and long-term engagement initiatives.
- Utilize creative sourcing methods, including direct outreach and talent network mapping, to engage top-tier candidates.
- Identify and resolve friction points in the hiring process to streamline candidate experience and improve search clarity.
- Collaborate with team members to foster a collective, success-oriented hiring culture.
- Apply modern tools and AI thoughtfully to enhance recruiting efficiency and maintain quality standards.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including ownership of high-bar roles with hard-to-close profiles across multiple disciplines.
- Proven track record of successfully hiring for technical roles, such as Software Engineers.
- Demonstrated success running searches for senior stakeholders at Director level and above, with an emphasis on trust, rigor, and influence.
- Experience hiring for technical roles in innovative and high-bar companies.
- Proven ability to build effective outbound and passive talent strategies in constrained markets, especially where the easy path doesn’t work.
- Strong track record of navigating complex hiring scenarios, including pushback, ambiguity, and process risk, while maintaining a long-term focus on hiring quality.
- Excellent communication skills to align stakeholders, mitigate surprises, and deliver crisp execution.
- Ability to lead end-to-end hiring processes for R&D IC and leadership roles, ensuring outstanding execution from first touch to close.
- Ability to work as a strategic partner by understanding the needs of senior stakeholders and influencing recruitment strategies.
- Experience in building high-caliber pipelines through market mapping and long-range engagement programs, even when no active roles are open.
- Experience employing creative sourcing methods, including mapping talent networks and direct outreach to engage top-tier candidates who aren’t on the open market.
- Proactive identification and resolution of friction points in hiring processes to simplify the hiring journey and bring structure to ambiguous searches.
Benefits & Perks
Competitive total compensation package including base salary, bonus, and equity (RSUs)
Remote and flexible working arrangements
Health benefits
Opportunities for career development and advancement
Inclusive work environment with accommodations for disabilities
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