Lead Recruiter

About SentiLink

SentiLink stops more than 150,000 fraud attempts and verifies more than 3 million identities every day to protect both institutions and consumers. The problems they address require deep domain expertise, rigorous analysis, and a commitment to detail.

SentiLink fosters a collaborative environment where colleagues respect each other’s time and judgment, take ownership, and follow through on commitments. Together, they create meaningful work focused on protecting consumer identities and combating fraudsters.

Backed by investors like Craft Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, NYCA, and Max Levchin, SentiLink is a rapidly growing company serving 13 of the top 15 U.S. banks. They’ve been recognized as a Forbes Fintech 50 company, named a 2026 FICO Industry Vanguard Decision Award Winner, and were the first company to go live with the electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification (eCBSV) service. They’ve also testified before the U.S. Congress on the future of identity.

SentiLink offers generous benefits, supports flexible working arrangements (remote or in-office), and has offices in Austin, San Francisco, New York City, Seattle (Bellevue), Los Angeles, Chicago (U.S.), and Gurugram (Delhi) and Bengaluru (India).

Role Overview

SentiLink’s Talent Acquisition team is responsible for building teams that drive company growth. They partner closely with hiring managers and business leaders to identify, attract, and hire exceptional talent while developing recruiting strategies and processes that align with business needs.

They are seeking a Lead Recruiter to oversee recruiting across go-to-market and business functions. This role involves partnering with leaders to understand hiring needs, develop recruiting strategies, and deliver strong hiring outcomes across various roles and levels.

This is a hands-on position for someone who combines strong sourcing and recruiting fundamentals with business judgment, stakeholder management, and an operational mindset. The ideal candidate will know when to challenge hiring profiles, translate market insights into effective searches, and keep stakeholders aligned through a clear and consistent recruiting process.

Success in this role means becoming a trusted partner to GTM and business leaders, consistently delivering high-quality hires, building strong talent pipelines, and improving how the organization plans and executes recruiting.

The position is remote and U.S.-based. Candidates based in Austin who can work regularly from one of the office locations are especially encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across GTM and business functions, from intake and search strategy through sourcing, assessment, offer negotiation, and close.

• Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to understand talent needs, define success profiles, calibrate expectations, and develop recruiting strategies aligned with business priorities.

• Build proactive sourcing strategies and talent pipelines for competitive and specialized roles, using market research, targeted outreach, and creative approaches to identify and engage strong candidates.

• Advise stakeholders using data and market insights, including talent availability, compensation expectations, pipeline health, and candidate feedback, to inform hiring decisions and adjust search strategies.

• Deliver a thoughtful, high-touch candidate experience, ensuring clear communication, consistent follow-through, and a professional process from initial outreach through offer acceptance.

• Manage multiple searches and competing priorities, maintaining momentum, anticipating challenges, and keeping hiring managers informed and accountable throughout the process.

• Drive operational excellence across recruiting workflows, using data, reporting, and structured processes to identify bottlenecks, improve efficiency, and increase hiring effectiveness.

• Contribute to broader Talent Acquisition initiatives, sharing market intelligence, improving recruiting practices, and helping the team build more consistent and scalable ways of working.

Requirements

• 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally within a technology company or high-growth startup.

• Demonstrated success independently managing full-cycle recruiting for GTM roles, with experience supporting additional business or corporate functions.

• Strong sourcing and talent research capabilities, including experience developing targeted search strategies and engaging passive candidates in competitive talent markets.

• Proven ability to partner with and influence senior hiring managers, challenge assumptions constructively, and guide stakeholders toward effective hiring decisions.

• Strong organizational and operational skills, with the ability to manage multiple searches, maintain accurate recruiting data, and drive consistent execution without extensive oversight.

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with a track record of delivering a thoughtful candidate experience and managing complex hiring processes.

• Ability to use recruiting metrics, pipeline data, and market intelligence to diagnose challenges, recommend changes, and improve hiring outcomes.

• Experience recruiting across a range of GTM and business functions, including Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Finance, People, or Operations (preferred).