Senior Recruiter

January is transforming consumer finance by bringing humanity to collections with data-driven products that help financial institutions streamline recovery operations while supporting borrowers.

As a Senior Recruiter, you will run high-velocity, high-quality searches across engineering, product, operations, and business functions to raise the talent bar and scale the company.

• Own 6–8 concurrent searches and deliver hires that meet growth targets without compromising quality.
• Source and engage world-class candidates, including from organizations with high talent bars, and build networks within elite companies.
• Assess candidate quality early in the funnel using limited signals and differentiate exceptional from merely good.
• Close candidates through compelling positioning and systematic objection handling.
• Build and improve recruiting operations via pipeline intelligence, playbooks, automation, and validated optimization experiments.
• Coach hiring managers to become proactive recruiting partners, activate them as sourcing channels, and establish mutual accountability.
• Maintain hiring quality under pressure, including making and defending “no hire” decisions with evidence-based feedback.
• Continuously optimize recruiting speed and effectiveness using data, measurement, and rigorous impact tracking.

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in high-growth startups or tech companies.
• At least 3 years owning technical recruiting pipelines, with demonstrated success recruiting across other functions.
• Track record of recruiting and hiring from elite organizations; able to cite specific exceptional hires beyond credentials.
• Proven ability to scale recruiting while maintaining quality, including hiring 20+ people during a growth phase without lowering standards.
• Experience building recruiting infrastructure such as playbooks, process improvements, and optimization experiments.
• Strong data fluency, including funnel analysis and conversion optimization to diagnose and solve recruiting problems.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience coaching hiring managers into effective recruiting partners.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and build processes from scratch while executing quickly.
• Exceptional communication skills, including translating recruiting challenges into actionable insights for diverse audiences.
• High standards, accountability, grit, and resilience; comfortable pushing back when quality is at risk.

• Location: New York office (New York City-based role).
• Work style: High-growth, fast-paced environment with an emphasis on speed, candor, written communication, and data-driven iteration.
• Policies: Equal opportunity employer; encourages applicants from all backgrounds.