Principal Design Recruiter
$184,000–$230,000 year
HybridVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Job Summary
Partner with hiring managers and design leadership to define team needs and role requirements across Product Design, Brand Design, and Design Leadership. Source, engage, and assess world-class design talent through diverse channels while managing the full recruitment lifecycle from outreach to onboarding. Develop strategies to attract and retain diverse design talent, proactively building pipelines for immediate and long-term hiring needs. Track and analyze key hiring metrics to improve recruiting effectiveness, collaborate cross-functionally to ensure fair and consistent evaluation practices, and champion Brex's employer brand within the design community. Represent Brex at design events, portfolio reviews, and relevant social platforms. This role is based in the Vancouver office in a hybrid environment requiring three coordinated days in the office per week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday), with up to four weeks of fully remote work per year.
Required Qualifications
- Proven track record owning recruiting strategy and talent mapping across a broader org, not just individual searches, with demonstrated ability to gain stakeholder buy-in at the leadership level
- Deep experience handling offer and negotiation processes up to Executive-level candidates, with expert command of compensation models, equity, and total comp
- Demonstrated ability to raise the hiring bar and mentor other recruiters/sourcers on delivering quality hires
- Strong track record as a thought partner to senior stakeholders, able to unblock ambiguous, complex hiring challenges and coach hiring managers on evolving candidate profiles
- Experience defining and evolving interview processes at the org level, and training/upskilling other recruiters
- Data-driven approach to time-to-fill and recruiting efficiency with the ability to manage multiple searches and priorities simultaneously
- Background recruiting for design roles (Product Design, Brand Design, Design Leadership), with fluency evaluating design portfolios and craft
- Minimum of three coordinated days in the office per week, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
Desired Qualifications
- Experience recruiting design leaders and building design orgs from the ground up
- Track record building employer branding or talent marketing programs for the design community at a company or industry level (e.g., recognized speaker or name in design recruiting circles)
- Experience hiring design talent across multiple geographies (e.g., US, Canada, LATAM, EMEA), including building sourcing strategy for new markets
- Experience recruiting for adjacent creative functions (e.g., Content Design, Design Ops) in addition to core Product and Brand Design
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