Contract Technical Recruiter
- Role
- HR
- Experience
- Mid
- Employment
- Contract
- Company size
- Startup
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No BS summary
Contract technical recruiter with 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in high-growth tech environments. Must be able to run engineering searches, source technical talent, partner with hiring managers, and manage multiple recruiting workstreams.
1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but most providers don't accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people. Headway’s mission is to fix this by building a new mental healthcare system everyone can access. We started by solving the biggest barrier to care: insurance. The admin work - credentialing, claims, payment reconciliation - is a nightmare. We've automated that.
But we're going further. Over 75,000 providers across all 50 states run their practice on our software, serving over 1 million patients. We are building the best tools for therapists to run their entire practice, reimagining the experience of finding a therapist, and investing in the platform foundations to enable this at scale. We aren't just a billing layer; we are becoming the platform where care actually happens.
We're a Series D company with $325M+ in funding (a16z, Accel, Spark Capital, etc.), looking for exceptional people to help us achieve this mission. We want your time here to be the most meaningful experience of your career. Join us, and help change mental healthcare for the better.
Headway is hiring Contract Technical Recruiters to help build the engineering teams that will power our next stage of growth. You’ll partner closely with the larger Headway Engineering Recruiting team to run high-impact searches alongside Engineering leaders, focusing on selling, pitching, and closing high quality candidates who will make immediate impact on our mission.
As a member of the recruiting team, you’ll operate as a talent partner and collaborator with hiring managers and the larger TA team, driving predictable hiring outcomes in a high-growth environment with a high talent bar. Your work will directly shape Headway’s ability to deliver for providers and patients nationwide.
You will:
- Support full-cycle searches across the engineering org, spanning both aggressive sourcing at top of funnel and strategic close motions in late stages
- Partner closely with Senior Recruiters on the Eng Recruiting team as well as coordinators, interviewers, and hiring managers
- Act as a strategic and adaptable partner to hiring managers, quickly refining the approach and/or process as needed to accelerate progress
- Build Olympic-level pipelines through targeted sourcing strategies
- Ensure every candidate follows a consistent, structured, inclusive process that raises teh hiring bar and improves consistency across teams
- Deliver an exceptional candidate experience through every step of the process
You’d be a great fit if you…
- Bring 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in high-growth, tech-enabled environments (in-house, agency, or relevant experience even if you didn't carry the TA title)
- Have a proven ability to learn new domains quickly and efficiently and can immediately begin delivering value when provided with a new focus
- Operate as a strategic and positive partner to your stakeholders, maintaining progress and acting as a true collaborator even in moments of ambiguity
- Can break down complex searches into clear plans, diagnosing challenges and proposing solutions proactively
- Manage multiple workstreams with structure, balancing high volume with attention to detail and predictable execution
- Think creatively about sourcing and outreach to find and engage top technical talent
- Care about operational excellence with a focus on constantly improving your workflow and reducing friction for candidates and stakeholders
- Communicate clearly and with presence, whether aligning with hiring managers or guiding candidates through the process
We believe a team's strength is in its people, and we cannot achieve this mission without a team that reflects the diversity of this problem – across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, national origin, religion, family status, disability, military status, and experience. Headway is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Headway will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please inform the recruiter when they contact you to schedule your interview.
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What you'll do
- Support full-cycle searches across the engineering organization, spanning aggressive top-of-funnel sourcing and strategic late-stage closing motions.
- Partner closely with Senior Recruiters on the Engineering Recruiting team, coordinators, interviewers, and hiring managers.
- Act as a strategic and adaptable partner to hiring managers, refining the recruiting approach or process as needed to accelerate progress.
- Build strong candidate pipelines through targeted sourcing strategies.
- Ensure every candidate follows a consistent, structured, inclusive process that raises the hiring bar and improves consistency across teams.
- Deliver an exceptional candidate experience through every step of the process.
What they require
- 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in high-growth, tech-enabled environments, including in-house, agency, or relevant experience without a TA title.
- Ability to learn new domains quickly and efficiently and deliver value immediately when given a new focus.
- Ability to operate as a strategic and positive partner to stakeholders, maintaining progress and collaborating through ambiguity.
- Ability to break down complex searches into clear plans, diagnose challenges, and propose solutions proactively.
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams with structure, balancing high volume with attention to detail and predictable execution.
- Creative approach to sourcing and outreach to find and engage top technical talent.
- Care about operational excellence, improving workflows, and reducing friction for candidates and stakeholders.
- Clear, confident communication with hiring managers and candidates.
Benefits
- Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities during the application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive employment benefits and privileges.
Headway is building a new mental healthcare system by automating insurance-related admin work and building tools for therapists to run their practice and patients to find care.