Lead Recruiter, US & Europe

Redwood City💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-24 → 2026-09-27

Core

Lead recruiter owning full-cycle recruiting strategy and execution for technical and commercial functions across the US and Europe.

Role type

Senior individual contributor recruiter (Lead)

Builds

High-quality talent pipelines and hiring outcomes for Engineering, Product, GTM, and other business teams.

Domain

Technology recruiting (AI, vector databases, enterprise software)

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Full-cycle recruiting, direct sourcing, talent mapping, market insights, agency management, strategic planning, metrics analysis

Preferred skills

Recruiting in fast-growing tech companies, international hiring (US/Europe), enterprise software recruiting, executive search

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Own recruiting strategy and execution across US and Europe; Partner with leadership to translate business priorities into hiring strategies; Lead full-cycle recruiting via direct sourcing and talent mapping; Bring talent-market insights into hiring decisions; Prioritize searches based on business impact; Manage external recruiting agency network

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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About zilliz

Zilliz is a fast-growing startup developing the industry’s leading vector database for enterprise-grade AI. Founded by the engineers behind Milvus, the world’s most popular open-source vector database, the company builds next-generation database technologies to help organizations quickly create AI applications. On a mission to democratize AI, Zilliz is committed to simplifying data management for AI applications and making vector databases accessible to every organization.