Lead Recruiting Partner

The role

This senior Individual Contributor will own and deliver critical hiring for NYC-based teams including Partnerships, Sales, Product, Structured Finance, Risk, Capital Markets, and G&A. The role involves managing full-cycle searches, advising senior leadership with market data, and implementing AI-forward automations.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for priority, highly technical, and confidential U.S.-based roles up to Senior Director level.
• Map competitive target markets and analyze niche talent pools.
• Build long-term passive pipelines and attend conferences.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers and senior executives.
• Maintain Greenhouse ATS hygiene and provide weekly status reports.
• Partner with tech and operations teams to pilot sourcing automations and AI-driven platforms.
• Collaborate with global recruiting peers on compensation benchmarking and talent planning.
• Elevate employer brand and candidate pitch.
• Provide competitive insights and strategic equity/compensation structuring to close candidates.
• Help design internship programs and mentor talent acquisition team members.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience within a Fintech, Consumer Lending, Investment Banking, or fast-growing, tech-forward environment.
• Demonstrated expertise mapping highly technical target markets.
• Advanced command of Greenhouse ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, AI tools, and data analytics tools.
• Deep knowledge of the New York City and broader U.S. talent markets.

Benefits

• benefits programs and perks

About the company

Pagaya is a global technology company building an artificial intelligence network to provide consumer credit and residential real estate solutions. The company has offices in New York and Tel Aviv.