Recruiter

Primary is a seed-stage venture capital firm dedicated to delivering exceptional support to the founders of transformational businesses in NYC. By pairing meaningful investment resources with the largest portfolio impact team of any seed investor, our portfolio companies have reached an industry-best seed-to-A graduation rate.

We are searching for a Recruiter to join Primary’s Impact Team to help hire the best talent for Primary portfolio companies. This position will report to the VP, Talent and be a member of our embedded recruiting function - providing full cycle recruiting services and recruiting enablement to Primary portfolio companies.  

This role requires managing several full-cycle searches while implementing and maintaining best in class hiring practices around structured and unbiased hiring. Candidates must have a track record of end to end recruiting, executive stakeholder management, proactive communication, and exceptional sourcing skills. 

The ideal candidate is a proactive recruiter who can build rapport quickly and operate with pace and urgency to find great talent.

• Source, screen, and interview candidates for a variety of positions both technical and non-technical with a focus on quality

• Build relationships with leaders and quickly calibrate on ideal candidate profiles

• Develop and implement recruiting strategies to hire the highest-quality talent for the role in a structured and equitable manner

• Manage the recruiting process from start to finish, keeping candidate experience top of mind and directing the process to sell and close the right candidate

• Maintain recruiting related data and report out on hiring progress

• 3-5 years of experience in full-cycle recruiting with at least one year of agency recruiting experience, ideally with experience in both client management and candidate management

• Expertise in recruiting both technical and non-technical talent using a structured hiring process

• Experience working with senior leaders and providing top tier stakeholder management

• Skilled at crafting outbound sourcing strategies to build pipeline quickly

• Familiarity with using ATS' (Applicant Tracking System) like Ashby and Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, and additional sourcing tools

• Impressive communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to run searches autonomously and also collaborate as part of a team

• Comprehension of recruiting data and reporting

You must be able to work out of the Primary office in NYC 3 days/week.