Sr. R&D Recruiter (Contract)
Austin
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Partner with HR and senior hiring team members (Manager through VP ) to define and implement forward-looking talent strategies that address future talent needs - Serve as a trusted advisor to managers and leaders, influencing org-level and requisition-level talent acquisition decisions - Build creative, audacious hiring strategies across a portfolio of technical roles — and deliver on them - Set clear expectations with hiring teams through thorough follow-up and follow-through at every stage of the process - Source ferociously to find the best global talent for each role; build diverse, high-quality top-of-funnel pipelines - Drive a candidate assessment process that enables BetterUp to hire exceptional talent that's right for us - Embed DEIB sourcing and assessment practices into every search - Build memorable candidate relationships that authentically demonstrate BetterUp's employer value proposition If you have the following experience, please apply: - 7 years of recruiting experience, ideally with both agency and in-house exposure; at least 4 years recruiting internally at a growth-stage startup - 4 years of technical full-lifecycle recruiting for a variety of R&D role, particularly product, design and engineering - Proven experience managing VP hiring partner relationships as the primary recruiting point of contact - Track record of using recruiting data to identify opportunities to improve hiring process quality and assessment rigor - Experience closing candidates, articulating pre-IPO equity, and presenting competitive total compensation packages - Fluency with ATS platforms, LinkedIn Recruiter, boolean search, and creative sourcing strategies