Senior Recruiter - Executive and Leadership

At Bell Labs, Mervin Kelly built long shared hallways so chemists, physicists, and engineers would pass each other on the way to lunch. Some of the lab's best work started that way. Hiring leaders works the same: the person you need next year is often someone you met long before the role opened. Mercury builds banking* and financial software for startups and growing businesses. The leaders we hire decide how that software gets built, sold, and kept safe. We're hiring a Senior Recruiter to help find them. You'll join our small executive recruiting team, partnering with our founders and execs on Director to C-suite hiring. Most of your searches will be Director and VP roles, with a tilt toward Engineering, Product, Design, and Data. You'll also get to know strong leaders before we have a role for them, and jump into hiring sprints when the business needs it. * Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC. Here are some things you'll do on the job: Run full-cycle Director and VP searches, with a focus on Engineering, Product, Design, and Data leadership Break each role down with the hiring manager (what the team needs to build or fix, and who has done it before), then turn that into a market map and target list Talk scope, team, and tradeoffs with senior candidates, and represent Mercury 's leadership when they can't be in the room Use market data to advise hiring managers, push bac