Senior Recruiter (Contract)

Pelago•New York, NY

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

Pelago is the world’s leading virtual clinic for Substance Use Management. Our program provides guidance, support and treatment for members seeking to overcome their tobacco, alcohol and opioid use. From unhealthy habits to active substance use disorders, Pelago delivers a personalized solution based on individual health, habits, genetics, and goals, providing care for members wherever they might be on the substance use spectrum. Pelago's suite of virtual services ranges from education, to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to comprehensive medication-assisted treatment (MAT). Pelago enables employers and health plans to deliver accessible, affordable, and effective treatment for substance misuse. Pelago has scaled to helping hundreds of employers and health plans and has already helped more than 750,000 members manage their substance use better. We have recently closed our Series C and raised over $151m from leading global investors. If you are passionate about making an impact on the health of others, join us and make it happen! This is a pivotal year for Pelago. We're scaling fast, hiring across clinical, technical, and business functions simultaneously, and the talent decisions we make in the next 12 months will shape the company's trajectory. We need a recruiter who understands that: someone with the range to move across functions, the judgment to find the best of the best, and the drive to treat every role like it matters -- because it does. This is a high-ownership, high-autonomy role. You'll carry 6-10 requisitions at a time across clinical, business, and technical functions, partner directly with hiring managers and senior leaders, and operate with the pace and discernment of someone who has done this before. No role is too senior, none too junior; you bring the same enthusiasm and rigor to every search. This role was created to cover a planned leave and is structured as a 1099 contract engagement. Based on business need and mutual fit, there is a genuine path to conversion to a full-time role. This is a hybrid role with expectations of 3 days/week in our NYC office.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in-house Recruiting, with demonstrated ownership of full-cycle recruiting in high-growth, startup, or founder-led environments, balancing speed, quality, and candidate experience
Comfortable operating in high-urgency, execution-heavy recruiting environments while also engaging in People Operations work that improves systems, programs, and long-term outcomes
Comfortable owning senior and leadership-level searches (Director and above)
NYC-based; able to be in-person with hiring teams as needed
Operates autonomously: you don't need hand-holding to get moving and you don't wait to be told what to do
AI-native or AI-curious: you use tools to work smarter, drive better outcomes
Thrives in lean, high-velocity environments where priorities shift and ownership is real
Unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position

Nice To Haves

Clinical recruiting experience ideal; behavioral health a strong plus
Technical recruiting experience a plus

Responsibilities

Lead full-cycle recruiting across clinical, business, and technical roles — sourcing through close
Partner with hiring managers to define what success actually looks like in a role, not just what's written on paper
Run fast, focused processes that balance urgency with a high bar for talent
Proactively source from clinical, technical, and non-traditional backgrounds — building pipelines ahead of need, not just in response to it
Execute targeted outreach and talent mapping in competitive markets
Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers — offer honest market insights, clear feedback, and confident recommendations
Navigate complex hiring scenarios — niche skill sets, senior searches, fast-moving timelines — with sound judgment and urgency
Lead offer strategy and close candidates through complex negotiations, including counteroffers and stakeholder alignment
Manage and maintain pipeline health and recruiting operations in Greenhouse — accurate, efficient, transparent
Experiment with and operationalize AI-native recruiting tools — we expect fluency, not curiosity