Lead Recruiter
About Turing
Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises looking to deploy advanced AI systems. Turing accelerates frontier research with high-quality data, specialized talent, and training pipelines that advance thinking, reasoning, coding, multimodality, and STEM. For enterprises, Turing builds proprietary intelligence systems that integrate AI into mission-critical workflows, unlock transformative outcomes, and drive lasting competitive advantage.
Recognized by Forbes, The Information, and Fast Company among the world’s top innovators, Turing’s leadership team includes AI technologists from Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, McKinsey, Bain, Stanford, Caltech, and MIT. Learn more at www.turing.com
We are seeking a Lead Recruiter who will drive end-to-end hiring efforts for Delivery and R&D functions while leading and mentoring a team of recruiters. The ideal candidate will balance hands-on recruiting responsibilities with leadership duties, ensuring both individual hiring targets and team-wide goals are achieved.
- Lead, mentor, and coach a team of recruiters to achieve hiring targets across Delivery and R&D.
- Own individual requisitions while ensuring consistent high-quality delivery against hiring needs.
- Set, monitor, and report on team performance metrics and drive accountability for meeting shared goals.
- Partner closely with Delivery and R&D leadership to understand workforce planning, role requirements, and hiring priorities.
- Design and execute effective sourcing strategies to attract top-tier talent across technical and non-technical roles.
- Drive a data-driven recruiting culture, ensuring consistent use of metrics to track progress and improve outcomes.
- Collaborate with HR, People Ops, and business stakeholders to ensure smooth candidate experience and timely onboarding.
- Support employer branding initiatives to position Turing as an employer of choice in the global talent market.
- 7+ years of recruiting experience with at least 2+ years in a team lead or managerial capacity.
- Proven track record of hiring for technical roles in Delivery, R&D, or related functions.
- Strong understanding of recruiting best practices, sourcing strategies, and ATS/CRM systems (e.g., Greenhouse).
- Demonstrated ability to manage individual requisitions while leading a high-performing team.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience in fast-paced, hypergrowth, or startup environments is highly desirable.
- Remote-first work culture with a truly global team.
- Competitive compensation
- Exposure to cutting-edge recruiting practices in AI/LLM and engineering domains.
- Career growth opportunities with increasing scope as Turing continues to scale.
Values:
- We are client first: We put our clients at the center of everything we do, because their success is the ultimate measure of our value.
- We work at Start-Up Speed: We move fast, stay agile and favor action because momentum is the foundation of perfection
- We are Al forward: We help our clients build the future of Al and implement it in our own roles and workflow to amplify productivity.
Advantages of joining Turing:
- Amazing work culture (Super collaborative & supportive work environment; 5 days a week)
- Awesome colleagues (Surround yourself with top talent from Meta, Google, LinkedIn etc. as well as people with deep startup experience)
- Competitive compensation
- Flexible working hours
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Turing is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. At Turing we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace and celebrate authenticity, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
For applicants from the European Union, please review Turing's GDPR notice here.
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