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Salary: USD 119,000 - 172,000 / annual
SeatGeek is modernizing the ticketing industry and seeking a Lead Technical Recruiter to own full-lifecycle hiring for high-visibility technical searches. You will manage complex, high-autonomy searches for senior and staff-level engineers, data and ML specialists, product managers, and designers—many where the hiring bar, talent mapping, and sourcing channels have not yet been defined.
You will operate as a talent advisor and strategic partner to R&D and Product leadership, bringing market data and pipeline evidence into every conversation. You'll build sourcing strategies from scratch through market mapping and competitive research, manage multiple complex searches simultaneously, advise on compensation and offer strategy, and serve as a trusted advisor on role scope, leveling, interview design, and hiring strategy. You will lead intake and calibration to establish hiring bars, use market evidence to reset expectations when searches stall, and provide leaders with clear insight into hiring health.
Key responsibilities include: owning complex technical and product searches from intake through close, including niche and confidential roles; building sourcing strategies through market mapping and targeted outbound campaigns; advising on compensation and closing candidates in competitive markets; shaping role scope and interview design rather than executing against predefined specs; using funnel and pipeline data to diagnose challenges and adjust strategy in real time; testing and adopting AI across sourcing, screening, outreach, and scheduling; building reusable playbooks and market intelligence for the broader team; and mentoring recruiters and sourcers on sourcing, stakeholder management, and closing.
You will influence headcount planning by bringing market, compensation, and organizational context to decisions. You'll help define where AI can improve hiring quality and speed while keeping human judgment where it matters, using automation to reduce administrative work and give recruiters more time with candidates and hiring managers. You'll set the standard for collaboration, adaptability, and execution, especially as priorities shift and hiring pressure increases.
**Requirements:**
- 8+ years of full-lifecycle technical recruiting, including senior and staff-level IC hiring at a fast-growing technology company
- Depth across engineering, data and ML, product, and design, with fluency to credibly engage senior candidates
- Track record of building the approach yourself on searches where the role, bar, or market was undefined
- Strategic sourcing skill: market mapping, talent intelligence, and outbound that builds pipeline without leaning on inbound or agencies
- Fluency with recruiting data and tools including Greenhouse, Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter, and ModernLoop or similar; ability to build your own views and use metrics to make and defend decisions
- Executive presence and ability to influence without authority, grounded in real understanding of the business you support
- Curiosity and aptitude for new technology; demonstrated experience putting AI to work in your own workflow
- Reputation as a teammate who mentors, shares knowledge, and raises the level of the team
