Lead Recruiter

Ohr • Lafayette, CO

17h • Hybrid

About The Position

Ohr is seeking a Lead Recruiter to build and run its recruiting engine, with an immediate focus on hiring scientific, engineering, and operational talent for its new headquarters in Greater Denver-Boulder, Colorado. The role owns full-cycle recruiting and partners with hiring managers on role scoping, structured interviews, and candidate evaluation. It also manages external recruiting partners, builds recruiting systems and processes, leads recruitment events, and develops Ohr’s employer brand in partnership with the Head of People & Talent.

This is a six-month temporary engagement designed to convert to permanent full-time employment. After the facility opens and is running, the position is intended to become a permanent full-time role based in Ohr’s Colorado space in 2027. The role can work hybrid in the Greater Denver/Boulder area now and will be regularly onsite at the Colorado headquarters once it opens. Occasional travel for recruitment events is required, as is local travel using a personal vehicle as needed.

The temporary-term pay range is $45–$55 per hour. Upon conversion, the stated base salary range is $85,000–$105,000 plus equity. Eligible benefits through Ohr’s PEO—including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k), and paid time off—are available upon conversion to permanent employment, subject to plan eligibility and waiting periods. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including meaningful experience hiring for technical or scientific roles such as life sciences, chemistry, engineering, or advanced manufacturing.
• Experience building recruiting systems in an early-stage or hyper-growth environment.
• Experience managing agencies and aligning external partners around specific talent profiles.
• Bias for action, willingness to challenge conventional approaches, and ability to handle difficult work with accountability and integrity.
• Highly organized and resourceful, with the ability to run multiple high-quality searches at once with minimal oversight.
• Strong communication across channels and ability to represent Ohr’s mission and vision to candidates.
• Fluency with modern recruiting tools and comfort using AI and automation to work more effectively.
• Based in the Greater Denver/Boulder area or willing to commute.
• Ability to work hybrid in the Greater Denver/Boulder area and regularly onsite at the Colorado headquarters once it opens.
• Ability to travel occasionally for recruitment events and locally using a personal vehicle as needed.
• Authorization to work for any employer in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Experience opening a new site or building a hiring function from zero.
• Existing network in Colorado’s Front Range life sciences or hard-tech community.
• Experience with employer brand, university relations, or recruitment marketing.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruiting, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and offer management for scientific, engineering, and operational roles.
• Partner with hiring managers on role scoping, structured interviews, and candidate evaluation.
• Manage agency and contract recruiter relationships, including scope, performance, and pipeline management.
• Design and implement the applicant tracking system, pipeline reporting, interview frameworks, and hiring processes.
• Plan and represent Ohr at local and national career fairs, university partnerships, and industry events.
• Shape Ohr’s employer brand through job postings, careers content, hackathons, university partnerships, and engagement with the Front Range STEM community, in partnership with the Head of People & Talent.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage upon conversion to permanent employment, subject to plan eligibility and waiting periods.
• 401(k) upon conversion to permanent employment, subject to plan eligibility and waiting periods.
• Paid time off upon conversion to permanent employment, subject to plan eligibility and waiting periods.
• Equity on conversion to permanent employment.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed