Senior Recruiter

Cents

. Own talent acquisition end to end as Cents’ first dedicated recruiter .

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • United StatesSenior💰 $110,000 - $140,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in full-cycle recruiting, including building and implementing hiring processes, structured interview frameworks, and candidate experience management. Proficient in utilizing recruiting tools and data to influence hiring decisions and optimize talent acquisition strategies.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Full-Cycle RecruitingHiring Process DevelopmentProactive SourcingATS ManagementStakeholder Communication

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Hard Skills

Talent AcquisitionInterview Framework DesignRecruiting Metrics AnalysisCandidate ScreeningNegotiation

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationInfluencing Senior LeadersOwnershipCoachingCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

AshbyGreenhouseLeverLinkedIn Recruiter

Industry Keywords

High-Growth StartupVertical SaaSSMB-Focused SoftwarePeople Operations

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own talent acquisition end to end as Cents’ first dedicated recruiter
Run full-cycle searches across engineering, product, sales, customer success, and G&A, including senior and leadership roles
Define and implement the hiring process from intake through offer
Design structured interview loops, scorecards, and debrief processes
Set up and own the ATS, job templates, sourcing channels, scheduling, and hiring metrics
Build repeatable hiring playbooks, interview guides, reference processes, offer processes, and candidate experience
Run kickoff and intake sessions with hiring managers
Train interviewers on structured interviewing, bias avoidance, and effective feedback
Facilitate pre-briefs and debriefs, drive decisions, and coach stakeholders through difficult hiring decisions
Build partnerships with executives and hiring managers
Use market data and pipeline evidence to advise on profiles, ownership, and hiring pace
Own candidate experience from initial contact through first day
Partner with the VP of People and CFO on workforce planning, compensation benchmarking, and connections between hiring, onboarding, and performance
Source proactively through outbound, referrals, and community
Screen, schedule, close candidates, run compensation conversations, manage offers, and negotiate
Communicate Cents’ mission of modernizing the laundry and dry cleaning industry to candidates
Build AI-powered recruiting workflows for sourcing, outreach, scheduling, and interview-note synthesis
Select, implement, and teach the team to use recruiting tools and own the recruiting stack

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience
Experience in-house at a high-growth startup, ideally Series A through C
Experience hiring across multiple functions
Experience building or rebuilding a hiring process, interview framework, or ATS from scratch
Ability to influence senior leaders using evidence and relationships
Strong proactive sourcing skills
Comfort with recruiting funnel data and explaining metrics to a CFO
Strong ownership and ability to operate amid ambiguity
Clear, warm communication with candidates and colleagues
Nice to have: experience recruiting for vertical SaaS, SMB-focused software, or sales-heavy organizations
Nice to have: hands-on experience with Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, and LinkedIn Recruiter
Nice to have: exposure to People operations such as onboarding, compensation, or performance

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity Options
Unlimited PTO and 12 Paid Holidays
Gym, Laundry and Work-from-home/Commuter stipend
Parental leave – Up to 14 weeks fully paid for new parents
Health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, mental health support, parental leave, life and AD&D insurance, and disability
401(k)
Access to learning opportunities from the team and network of advisors and investors