The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was founded by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg in 2015 to help solve some of society's toughest challenges - from eradicating disease and improving education to addressing the needs of our local communities. Our mission is to build a more inclusive, just, and healthy future for everyone.
The Team
Across our work in Science, Education, and within our communities, we pair technology with grantmaking, impact investing, and collaboration to help accelerate the pace of progress toward our mission. Our Operations organization provides the support needed to push this work forward.
Operations consists of our Brand & Communications, Central Tech, Finance, People, Real Estate/Workplace/Events/Facilities/Security (REWFS), Strategy & Operations, and Ventures teams. These teams provide the essential operations, services, and strategies needed to support CZI's progress toward achieving its mission to build a better future for everyone.
The Opportunity
At CZI, our people power our mission to build a better future for everyone. The Recruiting team plays a critical role in advancing that mission by identifying, attracting, and hiring exceptional, mission-aligned talent.
In this role, you'll lead full-cycle recruiting across both our core Business and G&A functions (including Operations, People, Legal, Finance, and Communications). You'll partner closely with hiring managers and cross-functional collaborators to ensure we're bringing in individuals who offer both immediate impact and long-term potential.
As part of our small but mighty team, you'll balance hands-on execution with opportunities to innovate-bringing curiosity, structure, and care to each stage of the hiring process.
We're looking for someone who is collaborative, organized, and proactive-someone who thrives in a mission-driven environment and brings a high level of attention to candidate experience and stakeholder partnership. Most importantly, you're someone who makes the team better-by sharing knowledge, offering fresh perspectives, and raising the bar on how we recruit with purpose and impact.
This is a hybrid position: team members are expected to work from our office in Redwood City, CA, 60% of the working month (about 3 days per week).
What You'll Do
- Full-Cycle Recruitment: Own and execute the end-to-end recruiting process-including sourcing, screening, advising, and closing-for a variety of roles across Operations and Business teams
- Strategic Hiring Partnership: Act as a consultative partner to hiring managers-building strong relationships, aligning on hiring needs, advising on market trends, and driving accountability through each stage of the search
- Candidate Experience: Champion a high-quality, human-centered candidate experience by ensuring clarity, responsiveness, and empathy at every stage of the process
- Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve recruiting tools, workflows, and team practices that help us work more efficiently and effectively
- Data-Driven Recruiting: Use recruiting tools and data insights to monitor trends, optimize process performance, and inform broader talent strategies
- Emerging Talent Support: Contribute to early-career and academic initiatives-such as internships or research-to-industry pathways-when aligned with team priorities or hiring needs.
- 3-5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a mix of business / G&A (e.g., Legal, Finance, People, Brand & Communications, Operations)
- Skilled in sourcing, engaging, and closing high-quality candidates across diverse roles and experience levels
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with a track record of driving searches forward efficiently and meeting key milestones
- Comfortable using recruiting metrics and data to guide decisions and improve outcomes
- Experience with ATS and sourcing tools such as Workday, Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, or SeekOut
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; able to build trust and credibility with both senior stakeholders and early-career candidates - A growth mindset and a passion for operational excellence, inclusive hiring, and long-term talent development
- Experience recruiting early-career talent through internships, universities, or academic-to-industry programs (e.g., STEM, research, or PhD/postdoc engagement)
- Familiarity with academic institutions, technical student communities, or emerging talent development pipelines
The Redwood City, CA base pay range for a new hire in this role is $120,000 - $165,000. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range, enabling employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range is based on job-related skills and experience, as evaluated throughout the interview process.
Benefits for the Whole You
We're thankful to have an incredible team behind our work. To honor their commitment, we offer a wide range of benefits to support the people who make all we do possible.
- CZI provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.
- Annual benefit for employees that can be used most meaningfully for them and their families, such as housing, student loan repayment, childcare, commuter costs, or other life needs.
- CZI Life of Service Gifts are awarded to employees to "live the mission" and support the causes closest to them.
- Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
- Funding for select family-forming benefits.
- Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving to the Bay Area
- And more!
If you're interested in a role but your previous experience doesn't perfectly align with each qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply as you may be the perfect fit for this or another role.
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