Lead Technical Recruiter
Zocdoc•San Jose, CA
•$135,000 - $175,000•Remote
About The Position
Zocdoc's mission is to give power to the patient by building the leading healthcare marketplace. They are expanding their infrastructure beyond the marketplace to power access to care wherever patients search. This role is crucial for Zocdoc's growth, supporting staffing for their growing Technology teams. The Lead Technical Recruiter will identify, attract, and close top talent, while ensuring an efficient and personalized candidate experience.
Requirements
- 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a heavy focus on in-house technical recruiting across software engineering, infrastructure, data, security, product, or technology leadership.
- Proven track record of identifying inefficiencies in technical hiring processes and implementing solutions that improved speed, quality, or conversion.
- Demonstrated ability to build trust, establish credibility, and constructively push back on senior technology leaders and executives.
- Deep familiarity with technical roles, leveling, interview processes, candidate motivations, and competitive technology talent markets.
- Expertise using ATS tools such as Greenhouse or Lever and sourcing platforms such as LinkedIn Recruiter or Gem to track funnel metrics and drive data-informed decision-making.
- Proven track record of managing competing priorities, maintaining clear communication across distributed teams, and driving results independently in a remote environment.
- Experience guiding, training, or mentoring junior and mid-level recruiters to elevate overall team performance.
Responsibilities
- Partnering closely with engineering and technology leaders, hiring managers, and recruiting partners to audit and optimize recruitment workflows, ensuring interview loops are fast, structured, and friction-free.
- Acting as a trusted consultant to technology leadership—providing market intelligence, setting realistic pipeline expectations, and using data to solve hiring bottlenecks before they impact product and engineering goals.
- Directly owning end-to-end recruitment for critical positions across all levels, including senior individual contributors and leadership roles from Manager through Director.
- Coaching and uplifting peers on the recruiting team, modeling best practices for structured interviewing, candidate evaluation, and ATS hygiene.
- Leveraging recruiting metrics—such as pass-through rates, time-in-stage, and offer acceptance rates—to track pipeline health, forecast hiring output, and deliver clear reporting to technology leadership.
- Proactively sourcing and building diverse talent slates, ensuring equal access and an exceptional, personalized candidate experience at every step.
Benefits
- Unlimited Vacation
- 100% paid employee health benefit options (including medical, dental, and vision)
- Commuter Benefits
- 401(k) with employer funded match
- Corporate wellness program with Wellhub
- Sabbatical leave (for employees with 5+ years of service)
- Competitive paid parental leave and fertility/family planning reimbursement
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Catered lunch everyday along with beverages and snacks
- Employee Resource Groups and ZocClubs to promote shared community and belonging
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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