Director, Recruiting

Serent Capital • Austin, TX

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About The Position

The Director of Recruiting is an individual contributor within the People function, responsible for owning end-to-end recruiting, candidate experience, and early employee lifecycle for Serent Capital’s team. This role partners closely with senior leadership and hiring managers, combining hands-on execution with strong judgment, process design, data-driven insights, and employer brand stewardship. The Director of Recruiting plays a critical role in shaping who joins Serent and how they experience the Firm.

Requirements

• Ideal candidates will have 3–5 years of substantial experience in a recruiting, talent, or human capital role, ideally within professional services, finance, consulting, or private equity, with responsibility for owning full-cycle recruiting, including campus recruiting campaigns, and partnering closely with senior stakeholders.
• The Director of Recruiting will have successfully recruited for multiple years and demonstrated strong judgment, discretion, and effectiveness in high-stakes hiring processes while supporting senior hiring managers and stakeholders.
• The successful candidate will be extremely organized and process driven, intellectually curious, open-minded, proactively communicative and well-rounded, with exceptional interpersonal skills and a strong aptitude for building community, stewarding employer brand, and delivering a high-touch candidate experience.
• They will bring a demonstrated background in recruiting operations, process design, and data-informed decision making.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across functions and levels, including sourcing, screening, interview design, scheduling, evaluation, offers, and candidate communication
• Partner closely with hiring managers and senior leaders on role scoping, calibration, interview strategy, and hiring decisions
• Manage interview logistics, candidate materials, reference and backchannel checks, and late-stage candidate experience
• Act as a trusted recruiting advisor, proactively communicating pipeline health, risks, and recommendations
• Own and improve recruiting infrastructure, including ATS workflows, documentation, and reporting
• Track and analyze recruiting metrics such as time-to-hire, funnel conversion, and offer outcomes
• Develop and maintain recruiting SOPs, tools, and best practices to support consistency and scale
• Lead MBA and early talent recruiting efforts across priority programs (e.g., HBS, GSB, Wharton)
• Develop recruiting events, outreach initiatives, and partnerships to strengthen pipeline and brand visibility
• Collaborate with Marketing on recruiting messaging, collateral, and content
• Own onboarding kickoff and early employee experience for new hires
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure smooth onboarding, systems access, and early engagement
• Support recruiting team members through training, documentation, and scalable processes

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director