Principal Design Recruiter

Brex•San Francisco, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Brex is seeking a Principal Design Recruiter to partner with hiring managers and design leadership to define team needs and role requirements. This role is crucial for ensuring alignment on hiring goals across Product Design, Brand Design, and Design Leadership. The recruiter will be responsible for sourcing, engaging, and assessing world-class design talent through diverse channels, managing the full recruitment lifecycle from outreach to onboarding. Key aspects of the role include developing strategies to attract and retain diverse design talent, proactively building pipelines for immediate and long-term hiring needs, tracking and analyzing key hiring metrics to improve recruiting effectiveness, collaborating cross-functionally to ensure fair and consistent evaluation practices, and championing Brex’s employer brand within the design community. This includes representing Brex at design events, portfolio reviews, and on relevant social platforms.

Requirements

Proven track record owning recruiting strategy and talent mapping across a broader org, not just individual searches, with demonstrated ability to gain stakeholder buy-in at the leadership level.
Deep experience handling offer and negotiation processes up to Executive-level candidates, with expert command of compensation models, equity, and total comp.
Demonstrated ability to raise the hiring bar and mentor other recruiters/sourcers on delivering quality hires.
Strong track record as a thought partner to senior stakeholders, able to unblock ambiguous, complex hiring challenges and coach hiring managers on evolving candidate profiles.
Experience defining and evolving interview processes at the org level, and training/upskilling other recruiters.
Data-driven approach to time-to-fill and recruiting efficiency with the ability to manage multiple searches and priorities simultaneously.
Background recruiting for design roles (Product Design, Brand Design, Design Leadership), with fluency evaluating design portfolios and craft.

Nice To Haves

Experience recruiting design leaders and building design orgs from the ground up.
Track record building employer branding or talent marketing programs for the design community at a company or industry level (e.g., recognized speaker or name in design recruiting circles).
Experience hiring design talent across multiple geographies (e.g., US, Canada, LATAM, EMEA), including building sourcing strategy for new markets.
Experience recruiting for adjacent creative functions (e.g., Content Design, Design Ops) in addition to core Product and Brand Design.

Responsibilities

Lead sourcing and outreach efforts for design roles, leveraging recruiting platforms, creative communities, portfolio sites, and social networks.
Recruit across senior and executive Design roles in Product Design, Brand/Visual Design, and Design Leadership.
Evaluate candidate portfolios, craft quality, systems thinking, and collaboration skills at the most senior levels.
Partner directly with VP and C-level design leaders to set craft standards, hiring bar, and team composition.
Own interview processes for executive searches, including portfolio reviews and design exercises, ensuring a top-tier candidate experience.
Advise hiring managers and executive stakeholders on pipeline health and recruiting strategy.
Keep candidate data accurate and well-organized across recruiting systems and dashboards.
Lead continuous improvement of recruiting processes, inclusive hiring practices, and candidate experience.
Shape and promote Brex's design employer brand as a recognized voice in the design community.