Lead Recruiter, US & Europe

The role

Own recruiting strategy and execution across the US and Europe, supporting both technical and commercial hiring. Partner with leadership to turn business priorities and headcount plans into hiring plans, and manage the external recruiting agency network.

What you will do

• Own recruiting strategy and execution across the US and Europe, for technical and commercial hiring.
• Partner with leadership and hiring managers to set hiring priorities and recruiting strategies.
• Lead full-cycle recruiting across functions and seniority levels.
• Build pipelines through direct sourcing, talent mapping, referrals and other channels.
• Bring talent-market insights into hiring decisions, including availability, compensation, competition and location.
• Prioritize searches and recruiting resources by business impact, urgency and pipeline health.
• Continuously improve recruiting processes and outcomes.
• Manage the external recruiting agency network and evaluate partner performance and delivery quality.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in fast-growing technology companies.
• Experience recruiting across technical and commercial functions.
• Strong track record of sourcing, engaging and closing high-performing passive candidates in competitive markets.
• Experience partnering directly with senior leaders and hiring managers.
• Ability to connect recruiting priorities with broader business and organizational needs.
• Strong understanding of recruiting metrics and talent-market data.
• Experience supporting hiring across the US and Europe or other international markets.

Nice to have

• Experience recruiting for enterprise software, databases, data infrastructure, developer tools, cloud infrastructure or AI.
• Experience supporting both Engineering and GTM organizations within the same company.
• Experience hiring senior or leadership-level talent.
• Experience managing external recruiting agencies or executive search partners and evaluating vendor performance.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance for employees and eligible family members.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Competitive cash compensation and long-term incentives, including stock options.
• 401(k) with company match.

Before you apply

• Zilliz is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants regardless of protected characteristics.

About the company

Zilliz builds data infrastructure for AI, founded in 2017 by the creators of Milvus, an open-source vector database. Its Zilliz Cloud product is used by more than 10,000 enterprise users, and the company has $113 million in funding.