Recruiter, Talent Manager

Job Description

We’re hiring a full-time Recruiter to own a meaningful book of client work and to represent our clients and candidates with care, judgment, and urgency. This role is for a recruiter who is comfortable leading weekly client meetings and who thrives on a collaborative team with clear expectations and the support to do their best work without burning out.

We operate as a true extension of our clients’ teams. That means you’ll be trusted to lead searches end-to-end, partner directly with hiring managers, and guide hiring decisions. You won’t be doing this alone. You’ll be supported by sourcing and recruiting operations teammates so you can stay focused on the work that actually requires recruiter judgment: intake, evaluation, communication, and closing.

• Own and manage multiple active searches across fractional and contingency engagements
• Lead intake conversations with clients to clarify expectations, success profiles, and hiring priorities
• Partner closely with sourcing specialists to shape and refine sourcing strategies
• Review candidate pipelines and make thoughtful, timely decisions about who moves forward
• Conduct recruiter screens and guide candidates through the interview process
• Communicate clearly and proactively with clients about progress, risks, and tradeoffs
• Advise clients on candidate fit, compensation, and hiring decisions
• Work closely with recruiting coordinators to ensure candidates have a positive, well-run experience
• Keep ATS data, notes, and workflows accurate and up to date
• Push searches forward with urgency while maintaining quality and care
• Represent Fractional Recruiter’s values in every interaction with clients, candidates, and teammates

We care deeply about how our team shows up – with clients, candidates, and each other. The right recruiter for Fractional Recruiter will see themselves in the values below, not as ideals, but as expectations.

• Be Excellent – You take pride in doing the work well. You prepare for client conversations, follow through on commitments, and don’t need to be chased for updates. You believe excellence is built through consistency and attention to detail.

• Treat Others the Way You Want to Be Treated – You approach recruiting with empathy and respect. You treat candidates like people, not resumes, and clients like partners, not transactions. You take ownership and respond because you know trust is built in the small moments.

• Be Transparent – You believe honesty is a gift. You’re willing to share what’s working, what isn’t, and what might be uncomfortable to hear—because that’s how good decisions get made.

• Be Accountable – You own your searches. You don’t hide when things get hard, and you don’t make excuses. You take responsibility for outcomes and are proactive about solving problems.

• Be Curious – You ask good questions. You want to a’s business, a candidate’s motivations, and the story behind a resume. You enjoy digging deeper rather than taking things at face value.

• Be Teachable – You bring experience but not ego. You’re open to feedback, willing to learn, and comfortable saying “I don’t know” when appropriate. You want to keep getting better at your craft.

• Be Redemptive – You handle tension, mistakes, and misalignment with maturity. You look for solutions, not scapegoats, and believe relationships can be strengthened through honest, respectful conversations.

We’re not looking for someone who needs to be trained from scratch. The right person for this role has done this work before and is ready to own it.

• 3+ years of experience running full-cycle recruiting searches, ideally in a high-touch client-facing environment
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple open roles at once while maintaining quality and momentum
• Comfort partnering directly with hiring managers and advising them through hiring decisions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in client-facing situations
• Sound judgment when evaluating candidates for both competence and culture fit
• Experience working with sourcing partners, recruiting coordinators, or operations support
• Ability to stay organized, manage details, and…