Lead Recruiter Job at Turing in San Francisco

Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises looking to deploy advanced AI systems. Turing accelerates frontier research with high-quality data, specialized talent, and training pipelines that advance thinking, reasoning, coding, multimodality, and STEM.

We are seeking a Lead Recruiter who will drive end-to-end hiring efforts for Delivery and R&D functions while leading and mentoring a team of recruiters. The ideal candidate will balance hands-on recruiting responsibilities with leadership duties, ensuring both individual hiring targets and team-wide goals are achieved.

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and coach a team of recruiters to achieve hiring targets across Delivery and R&D.
• Own individual requisitions while ensuring consistent high-quality delivery against hiring needs.
• Set, monitor, and report on team performance metrics and drive accountability for meeting shared goals.
• Partner closely with Delivery and R&D leadership to understand workforce planning, role requirements, and hiring priorities.
• Design and execute effective sourcing strategies to attract top-tier talent across technical and non-technical roles.
• Drive a data-driven recruiting culture, ensuring consistent use of metrics to track progress and improve outcomes.
• Collaborate with HR, People Ops, and business stakeholders to ensure smooth candidate experience and timely onboarding.
• Support employer branding initiatives to position Turing as an employer of choice in the global talent market.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of recruiting experience with at least 2+ years in a team lead or managerial capacity.
• Proven track record of hiring for technical roles in Delivery, R&D, or related functions.
• Strong understanding of recruiting best practices, sourcing strategies, and ATS/CRM systems (e.g., Greenhouse).
• Demonstrated ability to manage individual requisitions while leading a high-performing team.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in fast-paced, hypergrowth, or startup environments is highly desirable.

What We Offer

• Remote-first work culture with a truly global team.
• Competitive compensation
• Exposure to cutting-edge recruiting practices in AI/LLM and engineering domains.
• Career growth opportunities with increasing scope as Turing continues to scale.

Values:

• We are client first: We put our clients at the center of everything we do, because their success is the ultimate measure of our value.
• We work at Start-Up Speed: We move fast, stay agile and favor action because momentum is the foundation of perfection
• We are Al forward: We help our clients build the future of Al and implement it in our own roles and workflow to amplify productivity.

Advantages of joining Turing:

• Amazing work culture (Super collaborative & supportive work environment; 5 days a week)
• Awesome colleagues (Surround yourself with top talent from Meta, Google, LinkedIn etc. as well as people with deep startup experience)
• Competitive compensation