Lead Technical Recruiter

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

This position is a key partner that will serve as the subject matter expert and lead in technical recruiting, as well as partnering with hiring managers to facilitate the acquiring exceptional talent for the company.  Ensures compliance with legal requirements and demonstrates continuous commitment to employee engagement.

Essential Functions

• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert(SME) for researching and advising on technical roles within the company

• Lead and mentor technology recruitment staff

• Consistently identifies and successfully attracts high performing technology talent to the organization

• Complies with organization policy and government regulatory guidelines; actively consults with leaders on how to navigate through these policies to drive for compliance

• Collaborates with key stakeholders to understand hiring needs and incorporates effective recruiting strategies to meet business needs

• Represents and advances company and department brand in all interactions with candidates and hiring managers

• Works with senior leaders in defining and maintaining pivotal hiring needs

• Execute on tactical outreach, referral generation, event, and pipelining efforts

• Partner with technical recruiting staff to craft custom outreach and meaningful candidate engagement strategies

• Researches and gathers market intelligence and shares with other People Team members, specifically Compensation. Understand and execute against shifts in the marketplace that present recruiting opportunities

• Provide internal council and guidance to internal key business partners to ensure internal practices are upheld.

• Tracks candidate activity and shares with internal stakeholders

• Collaborates with other People Team members to ensure offers are aligned with compensation programs and internal equity

• Able to take candidates from beginning to end of the talent cycle.  Primary contact through screen, interview process, negotiation and offer.

• Partner on the creation and maintenance of technical recruiting specific data and reporting with Director, Talent Acquisition and Workday SME

• Supports the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor's degree.  

• Minimum of 8 or more years of related experience with emphasis in technical sourcing and/or corporate and leadership recruiting experience

• Excellent research/sourcing skills. Including use of Boolean, deep source, and other emerging search techniques.

• Ability to deliver results with little supervision, and effectively manage and prioritize multiple projects and requisitions

• Decisive and able to push back constructively when appropriate

• Demonstrated effective negotiator

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to network within the industry to identify top performers.

• Proficient with applicant tracking systems.

• Ability to analyze data and trends, create reports and present findings, as needed

• Background and drug screen

Preferred Qualifications

• 10 or more years of technical sourcing and corporate recruiting experience with emphasis in big data and fin-tech.

• Prior mentoring and/or leadership experience

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of for