Senior GTM Recruiter
Vercel · Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, Austin · People · listed September 22, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Senior
Experience asked
4+ years
Where
Hybrid
Stated pay
$156,000 – $234,000
Requirements listed
8
Length
740 words
In the posting’s own words
You'll drive the full recruiting process for your functions: developing sourcing strategy, building pipelines of qualified passive candidates, running a rigorous and efficient interview process, and closing offers. You'll act as a consultative partner to your hiring managers, bringing market insight, calibration feedback, and clear recommendations.
What it asks for · 8
- You have 4+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience supporting go-to-market and/or technical roles
- You've recruited in fast-paced, high-growth environments where hiring priorities shift quickly and speed matters without compromising quality
- You've supported multiple functions or role types and can ramp on a new hiring profile efficiently
- You have a track record of closing competitive candidates and managing offer processes from expectation-setting through acceptance
- You've built trusted relationships with hiring managers and can influence decisions on profile, process, and candidates
- You source proactively and can point to hires generated through your own outreach
- You use recruiting data and metrics to identify issues early, prioritize your work, and communicate clearly with stakeholders
- You use or even build AI tools in your recruiting workflow and can describe where they've improved your speed or quality
Also a plus
- Have recruited for developer tools, infrastructure, or frontend technology companies with strong GTM functions, or are comfortable discussing frontend development, web performance, and cloud technologies
- Are familiar with Vercel's technology stack, competitive landscape, and market positioning
- Have built recruiting processes and systems for GTM teams from the ground up
What the job covers
- Own full-cycle recruiting for your assigned GTM functions, from search kickoff through offer acceptance, and take on new functions as hiring priorities change
- Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, align on the hiring bar, and develop targeted sourcing strategies
- Build and maintain consistent, high-quality pipelines, including a focus on passive candidates, using direct outreach, referrals, networks, and communities
- Screen candidates against clearly defined competencies and present hiring managers with well-qualified, calibrated slates
- Manage the interview process end to end, keeping candidates, interviewers, and hiring managers informed and moving
- Structure and negotiate offers in partnership with Compensation and other People teams, guiding candidates through to close
- Track pipeline metrics, report on progress and risk to hiring managers and recruiting leadership, and use the data to improve your process
Tools and skills named
Go to market
- Go-to-market7×
- Partnerships
Operations & finance
- Recruiting8×
Words the posting leans on
- recruiting8×
- managers7×
- functions6×
- gtm5×
- process5×
- offer4×
- pipelines4×
- data3×
- partner3×
- technology3×
- acceptance2×
- build2×
- built2×
- clearly2×
- closing2×
- comfortable2×
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