Senior Corporate Recruiter

The role

The Senior Corporate Recruiter will lead full-cycle hiring across all business functions. You will partner with hiring managers to shape hiring strategies and identify talent in specialized markets.

What you will do

• Own full-cycle recruiting across Finance, Accounting, Regulatory and Licensing, IT, Commercial & External Affairs, Facilities, Security, and Marketing
• Map the talent landscape and become a market expert for each supported function
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executives and hiring managers
• Source passive candidates directly through outbound campaigns
• Screen candidates for substance over credential
• Negotiate and close senior candidates against competing offers
• Build the corporate recruiting playbook including scorecards and interview loops
• Host onsites, chase references, and run searches

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience hiring for corporate and G&A functions such as finance, accounting, legal, supply chain, or operations for niche applications
• Track record closing senior and hard-to-fill roles in competitive markets
• Demonstrated ability to source passive candidates directly
• Ability to assess candidates beyond the resume and defend a hiring recommendation to an executive
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders
• Ability to run multiple concurrent searches across unrelated functions
• High level of ownership, accountability, and follow-through

Nice to have

• Experience recruiting in nuclear, energy, aerospace, defense, or regulated manufacturing environments
• Familiarity with hiring for regulatory, licensing, quality assurance, or compliance functions
• Experience hiring in a company scaling past 300 employees, and in markets outside major metros
• Experience building recruiting processes, scorecards, or sourcing channels where none existed
• Exposure to executive search or leadership hiring

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Equity ownership
• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Free daily lunch and dinner provided onsite
• Generous PPE stipend
• High-impact startup environment with significant ownership and autonomy
• Opportunities for rapid career growth and internal advancement
• Direct collaboration with experienced operators, engineers, and industry leaders

Before you apply

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder)

About the company

Valar Atomics aims to make clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable. The company is a team of builders, engineers, and operators focused on advanced nuclear systems and fuel fabrication.