Lead Recruiter

At January, we’re transforming the lives of borrowers by bringing humanity to consumer finance. Our data-driven products empower financial institutions to streamline their collections, providing borrowers with straightforward and compassionate solutions to regain financial stability and control over their lives. We’re not just expanding access to credit. We’re restoring dignity and paving the way for millions to achieve financial freedom.

As Senior Recruiter, you’ll play a crucial role in ensuring that every member of our team is exceptional. Partnering with our Head of People & Talent and hiring managers, you’ll build a team of high performers who drive January’s mission forward. With a data-driven approach, you’ll help us scale efficiently, without compromising quality, diversity, or candidate experience. Your work will lay the foundation for a scalable talent function, positioning January as a place where top talent thrives and contributes meaningfully.

Your Impact

• Lead full-cycle recruitment: Own the recruitment process for senior technical and non-technical roles, from sourcing to onboarding, ensuring a seamless candidate journey. You’ll develop and maintain a high-quality talent pipeline aligned with January’s growth and standards of excellence.

• Build a best-in-class talent function: Design and implement scalable, data-driven hiring processes that enhance speed, diversity, and quality. Set benchmarks for key metrics—like time-to-hire, offer acceptance rates, and cost-per-hire—and continuously refine strategies to exceed these standards.

• Drive January’s employer brand: Act as a champion for January’s values at recruitment events and through targeted outreach. Shape a candidate experience that reflects our mission, builds trust, and attracts high performers excited to make an impact.

• Collaborate on retention and growth initiatives: Partner with People Ops and hiring managers to align recruiting efforts with our company’s broader growth and employee development goals. Your work will support seamless onboarding, long-term employee success, and retention, ensuring every new hire contributes to a culture of high performance.

• Optimize recruiting efficiency: Use data insights to improve recruiting processes continuously. By analyzing conversion rates, diversity metrics, and cost-per-hire, you’ll drive informed decisions that align recruitment outcomes with January’s strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• Extensive full-cycle recruiting experience: 7+ years of experience in senior-level recruitment across both technical (e.g., Engineering Managers) and non-technical roles (e.g., Leadership, Operations), ideally within high-growth tech companies. Proven ability to balance quality and scalability in dynamic environments.

• Data-driven and adaptable: Expertise using advanced recruiting tools (e.g., ATS, sourcing platforms, and automation tools) to streamline workflows. Skilled at leveraging key metrics to improve efficiency, candidate experience, and hiring outcomes. Comfortable adapting to new tools in a fast-evolving landscape.

• Strategic and results-oriented: Experience developing and executing recruitment strategies that align with company objectives. Proven success in optimizing time-to-hire, offer acceptance rate, and diversity pipeline growth while maintaining a high bar for candidate quality.

• Exceptional stakeholder management: Ability to cultivate strong relationships with hiring managers and leadership. You’ll be proactive in aligning recruiting efforts with business goals, acting as a trusted advisor throughout the hiring process.

• Employer brand ambassador: Passionate about creating a positive candidate experience and enhancing January’s visibility as an employer of choice. You bring experience representing a company at events, building connections that attract top talent.

• Thrives in high-volume, complex searches: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple senior-level searches simultaneously, balancing operational execution with strategic recruitment initiatives. Skilled at hiring for high-growth and niche roles while maintaining rigorous standards.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, age, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

As a New York City-based company, we are dedicated to transparent, fair, and equitable compensation practices that reflect our commitment to fostering an environment where all team members are valued and supported. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.