Senior Recruiter
Hybrid Austin Full-time Senior Recruiting & Talent Acquisition
At a glance
Senior Recruiting & Talent Acquisition role at CaptivateIQ. Austin · full-time · $125,000–$155,000 base.
SalaryStated by CaptivateIQ
$125,000 – $155,000
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
RoleRecruiting & Talent Acquisition
SenioritySenior
LocationAustin
WorkplaceHybrid
EmploymentFull-time
Base pay$125,000–$155,000
PostedOct 14, 2026 · 5d ago
Role brief
hrroles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Run hiring from initial outreach through offer negotiations across technical and non-technical roles
- Turn business needs into recruiting plans and advise leaders on hiring choices
- Build candidate pools, use pipeline data to track progress, and keep hiring goals on course
- Work with People Operations to create and document hiring processes that can scale
- Maintain the ATS, protect data quality, produce reports, and improve the candidate journey
What you bring
- Seven to eight years of experience handling recruiting from intake through offer
- You have managed complete hiring pipelines in a modern ATS
- You can build sourcing networks and use advanced methods, including LinkedIn Recruiter
- You bring strong organization and use data to assess pipelines and manage priorities
Who this fits
This senior role suits a recruiter who can work across technical and non-technical hiring and influence senior leaders and hiring managers. The position is based in Austin and is hybrid. You must be eligible to work in the United States.
From the employer
CaptivateIQ is transforming the way companies plan, manage, and optimize sales performance. We started by revolutionizing incentive compensation management, and now we're expanding our platform to solve broader sales planning challenges. Recognized by industry analysts like Forrester and G2 and backed by top-tier investors, including Sequoia, ICONIQ, Accel, and Sapphire Ventures, we empower high-growth companies like Netflix, Figma, and Stripe with the flexibility and insights needed to drive revenue performance.
Join a talented, fast-growing team committed to solving some of the most complex and impactful problems in sales performance management.
About the Role
CaptivateIQ is looking for a Senior Recruiter to join our Talent team. In this key role, you'll go beyond traditional recruiting, taking full ownership of the end-to-end hiring process. This is a unique opportunity to help shape our employer brand and scale our recruiting function as a strategic partner to the business. You'll be joining an ambitious team dedicated to finding the best people and making a real impact on our company's success.
Job Location
Austin, TX
Responsibilities
- Lead full-cycle recruiting for a variety of roles. The ideal candidate will have experience in both technical and non-technical roles, including, but not limited to, Customer Experience, Marketing, Sales, and General & Administrative functions.
- Act as a strategic partner to business leaders, translating business needs into competitive recruiting strategies helping to influence hiring decisions.
- Build and manage diverse candidate pipelines from sourcing to offer negotiation, using data to inform your approach and ensure hiring goals are met.
- Act as a trusted advisor to hiring teams, influencing and collaborating with leadership to build high-performing teams.
- Drive process innovation by partnering closely with People Operations/HR to design, document, and implement scalable hiring processes.
- Drive the day-to-day use and optimization of our ATS, ensuring data integrity and building accurate reports to drive strategic hiring decisions.
- Champion a world-class candidate experience at every stage of the process.
Requirements
- 7-8 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably at a high-growth startup or competitive tech company.
- Demonstrated expertise in managing full-cycle pipelines within a modern ATS (e.g., Lever).
- Ability to influence and partner effectively with senior leadership and hiring managers to build high-performing teams.
- Strong sense of ownership, with a bias for action and a high level of focus on delivering results in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
- Expertise in building networks and using advanced sourcing tactics, including LinkedIn Recruiter.
- Excellent organizational skills and a data-focused approach to measure pipeline health, prioritize tasks, and manage hiring manager expectations.
- A growth mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare: 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision for all FTEs, with roughly 75% coverage for dependents.
- Flexible Time Off: Flexible vacation days plus quarterly mental health days to ensure you have the space to recharge.
- Annual Stipends: Dedicated funds for your professional development and caretaking needs.
- Work Anniversary Bonuses: Annual bonuses to celebrate your milestones and contributions to the CaptivateIQ team that grow as your tenure does.
- Retirement Savings (US-Only): A 401(k) plan to help you invest in and secure your future.
- Premium Tools: The latest Apple hardware to empower you to do your best work.
- Inclusive Community: Active Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that celebrate shared identities and support our DEI goals by fostering an environment where diverse talent thrives.
Notice for Prospective Candidates
- Only emails from @captivateiq.com should be trusted. We are aware of active recruitment scams using the CaptivateIQ name, in which individuals pose as our recruiters and post fake remote job openings and make fake job offers on the Internet. Please note, we will never do the following:
- Attempt to correspond with a candidate using a free web-based account, such as an email address that ends in @gmail.com, @yahoo.com, @hotmail.com, etc.
- Make an offer of employment without conducting multiple rounds of interviews face-to-face using secure video-conferencing technology.
- Ask candidates to cash checks to buy equipment on behalf of CaptivateIQ.
- Ask candidates to make a payment in order to be considered for a position.
- Make early requests for candidates' personal information such as date of birth, passport details, credit card numbers, bank details and social security number, etc.
- Please note that we’ll only ask for more sensitive personal information in connection with background checks after an offer is made.