Lead Technical Recruiter - Research
San Francisco · USD 163,900-245,900 · 7+ years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Oct 6, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 7+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- San Francisco
- Salary
- USD 163,900-245,900
About the role
- The Lead Technical Recruiter will build the Harvey Labs AI research organization by partnering with the Chief Research Officer and technical leadership. This role involves owning end-to-end recruiting for specialized AI/ML, research, and engineering positions while developing talent strategies for highly competitive markets.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the Chief Research Officer and Harvey Labs leadership to translate technical priorities into recruiting strategies
- Own full-cycle recruiting across specialized AI/ML, research, and engineering roles
- Build deep talent maps across leading AI companies, research labs, startups, academia, and open-source communities
- Develop creative, high-touch sourcing and engagement strategies for talent ranging from experienced researchers to new grads
- Help leaders define new profiles, calibrate talent bars, and evolve search strategies based on market insights
- Advise leadership on talent availability, competitive dynamics, compensation, and candidate motivations
- Drive searches from initial market mapping through offer strategy, negotiation, and close
- Use data and market intelligence to continuously improve recruiting strategy
- Help build scalable recruiting processes and raise the bar for technical recruiting across Harvey
Requirements
- 7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments
- Experience recruiting for technical AI research teams or similarly specialized technical roles
- Strong aptitude for understanding complex technical domains and evaluating candidate qualifications
- Exceptional sourcer capable of identifying talent across research labs, startups, academia, and open source
- Ability to take creative, white-glove approaches to engaging and closing talent
- Ability to build credibility with highly technical leaders and candidates
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to help shape searches when profiles are not fully defined
- Data-driven and highly organized with the ability to manage multiple complex searches
- High ownership, low ego, and strong judgment
- Highly resourceful and fluent with modern AI tools for recruiting operations
Workplace
- Role is based in San Francisco
Skills
- Full-cycle Recruiting
- Sourcing
- Market Intelligence
- Modern AI Tools
