Senior Lead Recruiter - Power Factors

Opportunities with AppDirect's Advisor Partners (Recruitment as a Service)•Houston, TX

4d•Remote

About The Position

Power Factors is seeking a Senior Lead Recruiter to join their global Talent Acquisition team. This role involves advising executives on workforce capability, market dynamics, and competitive hiring strategies, with a focus on software, SaaS, renewable energy, or industrial technology sectors. The position requires extensive experience in international recruitment and a strategic approach to talent acquisition, including sourcing complex and niche roles, mentoring junior recruiters, and innovating recruiting processes with AI tools. The Senior Lead Recruiter will partner with leaders to anticipate future talent needs and build proactive recruiting strategies, ensuring a high-quality candidate experience across North America, Europe, and other international markets.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, including senior-level ownership of complex searches.
Demonstrated experience as a strategic Talent Acquisition advisor to business leaders, not solely as a requisition-based recruiter.
Strong industry experience within software, SaaS, renewable energy, energy technology, industrial technology, engineering, or adjacent sectors.
Significant experience recruiting across international markets and supporting globally distributed teams.
Proven ability to advise leaders on talent market dynamics, workforce planning, hiring feasibility, and organizational capability needs.
Strong direct sourcing expertise, including passive candidate engagement, talent mapping, competitive intelligence, and pipeline development.
Experience recruiting for technical, commercial, corporate, and leadership roles.
Ability to influence senior stakeholders, challenge assumptions, and provide credible recommendations grounded in business context and market insight.
Experience mentoring, coaching, or providing functional guidance to junior recruiters.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to operate comfortably in a global environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a global SaaS, energy technology, renewable energy, industrial software, or high-growth technology company.
Experience recruiting in Houston, Texas, Boston, Massachusetts, or other competitive North American and international talent markets.
Experience with Workable or similar applicant tracking systems.
Experience using AI-powered sourcing, research, and recruiting productivity tools.
Experience supporting workforce planning, organizational design discussions, or strategic talent reviews.
Experience reducing agency dependency through proactive pipeline building and direct sourcing.

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders on talent strategy, workforce planning, and organizational capability by developing a deep understanding of Power Factors' business model, products, markets, and growth strategy.
Provide market intelligence on talent availability, competitor hiring activity, salary expectations, and hiring risks; challenge assumptions and influence decisions through data and industry expertise.
Partner with leaders to anticipate future talent needs and establish proactive recruiting strategies for critical roles, including insights on skill gaps, succession concerns, and workforce risks.
Leverage strong external market knowledge from technology, SaaS, energy technology, or industrial sectors to identify emerging trends, skill shortages, and market risks.
Lead end-to-end recruitment for complex, senior, specialized, technical, commercial, corporate, and leadership-level roles across North America, Europe, and other international markets.
Conduct strategic intake meetings and design search strategies for hard-to-fill roles, niche skill sets, competitive talent markets, and international hiring needs.
Build sourcing strategies tailored to regional talent pools, market conditions, and role complexity; manage sourcing, screening, candidate engagement, interview coordination, offer support, and close activities.
Partner with HR, Legal, Finance, and business stakeholders to support international hiring strategy, employment models, and market entry considerations.
Represent Power Factors professionally and ensure a high-quality, structured, evidence-based candidate experience.
Provide guidance, mentoring, and day-to-day support to junior recruiters and recruiting coordinators as an IC6 member of the global Talent Acquisition team.
Coach recruiters on strategic intake, talent mapping, candidate assessment, hiring manager calibration, and market advisory conversations; act as senior point of escalation for complex searches.
Identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes, reduce administrative effort, and strengthen quality of hire; contribute to scalable recruiting playbooks, sourcing guides, and assessment standards.
Leverage AI-enabled recruiting tools responsibly to improve sourcing, outreach, and productivity while keeping human judgment, fairness, and bias awareness central to hiring decisions.