[Remote] Sr. Recruiting Manager, Engineering & Data
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Thumbtack is a company that helps millions of people confidently care for their homes through personalized guidance and AI tools. They are seeking a Sr. Recruiting Manager for Engineering and Data to own the full technical recruiting vertical, manage a Senior Recruiter, and drive hiring strategies while enhancing the recruiting process with AI tools.
Responsibilities
- Own all Engineering and Data recruiting end-to-end: intake through close, across a portfolio of technical roles at all levels
- Directly manage and develop a Senior Recruiter while maintaining your own requisition load as a player-coach
- Build and execute talent strategies for Engineering and Data, including long-term pipeline development for hard-to-fill and senior roles
- Serve as the primary recruiting partner to Engineering and Data leadership — owning relationships, driving alignment, and holding hiring teams accountable to process and quality standards
- Use funnel data and hiring outcome metrics to diagnose recruiting challenges, identify root causes, and drive process improvements independently
- Contribute to Thumbtack’s AI-native recruiting agenda — identifying where AI tooling can improve how we source, screen, and evaluate technical talent
Skills
- 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including significant experience recruiting for Engineering and/or Data organizations
- 2+ years of experience leading recruiters, including performance management, coaching, workload planning, and professional development
- Demonstrated success building trusted partnerships with senior business leaders and influencing hiring decisions through data and market insights
- Strong expertise in structured interviewing, selection methodologies and recruiting process design
- Experience leading complex offer negotiations and advising stakeholders on talent market dynamics, hiring strategy, and close plans
- Proven ability to use recruiting analytics and funnel metrics to identify opportunities, diagnose challenges, and drive measurable improvements
- A practiced, hands-on relationship with AI tools in your recruiting workflow and a point of view on where AI creates real leverage
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