Senior Manager, Technical Recruiting

Crusoe•San Francisco, CA

10d•$175,000 - $215,000

About The Position

As Senior Manager, Technical Recruiting, you will own and scale Crusoe's technical recruiting function during one of the most pivotal growth periods in the company's history. Reporting to the Director of Technical Talent Acquisition, you'll set the strategic direction for how Crusoe attracts, engages, and hires top technical talent across Engineering, Infrastructure, AI, Hardware, and Product organizations. This is a senior leadership role requiring both strategic ownership and hands-on execution. You'll build and lead a high-performing team of managers, recruiters, and sourcers; partner directly with executive leadership on org-wide workforce planning; and drive the systems, data, and processes that allow Crusoe to scale hiring efficiently without compromising talent quality. You'll operate as a key strategic partner to Recruiting Operations, Talent Intelligence, and Senior Business Leaders — building a recruiting organization known for both exceptional candidate experience and consistent rigor in hiring high-quality talent.

Requirements

10+ years of technical recruiting experience, including 4+ years leading recruiting leaders/managers (not just individual recruiters) in a high-growth tech environment.
Demonstrated success building and scaling a recruiting org through a period of hypergrowth, IPO prep, or major expansion.
Strong track record advising executive leadership on complex, org-wide hiring and workforce planning strategy.
Deep fluency in recruiting data — able to translate metrics into business narrative for senior audiences.
Expert-level knowledge of ATS platforms, sourcing technology, and AI-enabled recruiting tools.
Exceptional executive presence and communication skills; comfortable presenting to and influencing C-suite stakeholders.
Proven ability to build and lead multi-layered recruiting teams (managers + ICs) in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Nice To Haves

Experience recruiting for infrastructure, cloud computing, AI/ML, hardware, manufacturing, or data center organizations.
Experience partnering with People Analytics or Talent Intelligence functions to build predictive hiring models.
History of building enablement programs or recruiting playbooks adopted at the org-wide level.

Responsibilities

Set and drive the overall technical recruiting strategy across multiple business units, aligned to company-wide growth and workforce planning goals.
Build, lead, and scale a team of Recruiters, and Sourcers — instilling a culture of accountability, coaching, and continuous development.
Serve as a trusted advisor to Director+ and VP level stakeholders on hiring strategy, org design, and talent forecasting.
Own recruiting performance across technical orgs, translating pipeline health, forecast accuracy, and recruiter productivity into actionable business insights.
Lead adoption of AI and automation in recruiting workflows to increase efficiency without sacrificing candidate quality.
Champion structured, inclusive interviewing practices company-wide.
Represent Talent Acquisition in hiring strategy conversations, bringing market data and talent intelligence to inform business decisions.
Develop scalable playbooks, interview training, and enablement programs that raise consistency and quality across the entire recruiting org.