Staff Recruiter – Commercial

Twist Bioscience

. Act as a strategic talent advisor to Commercial leaders and hiring managers, translating business strategy and growth plans into current and future hiring needs.

Posted 10/30/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $132,000 - $167,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in full-cycle recruiting, particularly for Commercial talent in biotech and life sciences, while leveraging advanced recruiting technologies and metrics to drive effective hiring strategies. Proven ability to influence senior leaders and manage complex searches with a focus on compliance and diversity.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Full-Cycle Recruiting ExperienceAdvanced Greenhouse ProficiencyCommercial Talent RecruitmentRecruiting Metrics AnalysisEmployment Law Compliance

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Hard Skills

Full-Cycle RecruitingTalent Sourcing StrategiesStructured InterviewingAssessment FrameworksCompensation NegotiationDiversity Hiring PracticesMarket MappingCandidate AssessmentHiring Metrics AnalysisPortfolio Management

Soft Skills

CoachingInfluencing Senior LeadersAttention to DetailJudgmentSense of Urgency

Tools & Technologies

GreenhouseLinkedIn RecruiterGoogle WorkspaceAI Recruiting ToolsRecruiting Technology

Industry Keywords

BiotechLife SciencesDiagnosticsPharmaISO 13485Employment LawCommercial OperationsMarket AccessSales RecruitmentBusiness Development

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as a strategic talent advisor to Commercial leaders and hiring managers, translating business strategy and growth plans into current and future hiring needs.
Lead rigorous intake meetings that define success in the role, the profile, the market reality and the assessment plan before a search opens.
Manage hiring managers through the process by setting expectations, holding teams to timelines and feedback SLAs, and pushing back with data when a profile, process or offer will not land.
Coach leaders on structured interviewing, calibrated assessment, compensation positioning and closing.
Independently own a portfolio of Commercial searches from sourcing and screening through assessment, offer negotiation, close and onboarding handoff.
Negotiate and close competitive offers, managing counteroffers and complex candidate situations.
Design and execute proactive sourcing strategies for passive, hard-to-find talent, including competitive and market mapping, talent intelligence and direct outreach.
Use Greenhouse as the source of truth for every search, maintaining clean data and disciplined process.
Apply AI and modern recruiting tools to increase speed and quality, and share effective practices with the team.
Use hiring metrics and market data to diagnose problems and guide decisions.
Ensure every process complies with employment laws and regulations, and follow regulatory and ISO 13485 requirements.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a track record of owning complex, senior and hard-to-fill searches independently.
Experience in both agency or search-firm and in-house corporate recruiting.
Deep experience recruiting Commercial talent (sales, marketing, market access, business development, commercial operations), ideally in biotech, life sciences, diagnostics or pharma.
Proven ability to manage and influence senior leaders and hiring managers, including holding them accountable to process and pushing back with data.
Hands-on fluency with recruiting technology and AI tools, and a habit of experimenting with new ones.
Advanced Greenhouse (or comparable ATS), LinkedIn Recruiter, and Google Workspace.
Strong command of recruiting metrics and compensation data, with the ability to turn them into clear recommendations.
Experience designing or rolling out programs that improve hiring, such as structured interviewing, interviewer training, assessment frameworks or pipeline programs.
Experience building diverse candidate slates and inclusive hiring processes.
Working knowledge of employment law and compliance as it applies to recruiting.
Sharp judgment, high attention to detail and a strong sense of urgency.
BA/BS degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience building commercial teams from the ground up, such as a new territory, product launch or market expansion.
Familiarity with ISO 13485 or other regulated quality environments.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Bonus eligibility
Equity
Generous benefits package