Staff Recruiter - Executive & Leadership
Mercury · United States
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- $202,000 / year
- United States
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Job highlights
- Hire exceptional executive talent for a fintech company.
- Lead niche, complex leadership searches.
- Partner with founders and executive leadership.
- Shape and define the recruiting function.
- Build diverse and inclusive executive teams.
About the role
About Mercury
Mercury is revolutionizing finance for startups by building a complete, user-friendly banking stack. It turns out, this requires a lot of talented people, so we’re looking to add a Senior Recruiter to our team to hire exceptional Executive talent to help shape Mercury’s next stage of growth.
Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC.
What You'll Do
- Develop a deep understanding of Mercury’s values, brand, products, and business model.
- Work closely with Mercury’s founders and executive-level hiring managers and interviewers to design interview panels, proactively network within the industry, source strong candidates who meet the needs of the business, and close candidates by positioning Mercury as an innovative fintech leader.
- Shape what success looks like on a newly formed recruiting team, and hold a high culture and hiring bar to ensure we’re able to attract and retain best-in-class Executive talent.
- Position yourself as a true strategic partner to Mercury’s leadership teams by keeping abreast of fintech and banking industry trends and talent market, and building a deep understanding of the U.S. banking and financial regulatory environment.
- Be a strong advocate for building inclusive, diverse teams across all Executive leadership levels, and guide hiring teams towards unbiased hiring decisions.
- Identify and engage top talent through both passive and active channels, and deliver an exceptional candidate experience as an embodiment of Mercury’s culture and values.
- Have the opportunity to lead 0 > 1 recruiting efforts as Mercury expands our business and products, which will require hiring Executives with niche skill sets and/or regulatory knowledge.
- Be comfortable working with data and interpreting the story it tells into actionable insights, business recommendations, performance improvements, and recruiting process enhancements.
What You Should Have
- 7+ years of experience in full-cycle recruiting, with ideally 4+ years focused in leadership and executive hiring.
- Experience hiring technical leaders, with exposure to several technical orgs including Engineering, Product, Design, Data Science, Creative, and/or Marketing.
- Deep experience recruiting for Director to C-Suite Executive talent, ideally in a high-growth, rapidly changing business environment.
- Experience influencing and partnering with founders and/or Executive-level stakeholders and hiring managers, and be a trusted hiring partner and strategic advisor to their teams.
- Strong sourcing, research, and networking skills, with the ability to engage the appropriate talent proactively for longer-term hiring needs and/or when working on confidential searches.
- Experience partnering with Board members, investor talent agencies, external executive search firms, and understand how to broadly leverage relevant industry network ecosystems.
- Experience partnering with the broader People functions, such as HRBP and Compensation, to participate in organizational discussions and understand industry compensation insights.
- Enjoy building diverse, inclusive, and high-performing teams, and lead with deep empathy, kindness, and care for the work you do.
Total Rewards
The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity, and benefits. Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.
Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following:
- US employees in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $199,000 - $225,000
- US employees outside of New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $180,000 - $202,400
Diversity & Belonging
Mercury values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Mercury are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities or special needs. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.
We use Covey as part of our hiring and / or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT. As part of the evaluation process we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound on January 22, 2024.
[Please see the independent bias audit report covering our use of Covey for more information.]
Key skills/competency
- Executive Recruiting
- Leadership Hiring
- Fintech Recruiting
- Talent Sourcing
- Candidate Experience
- Stakeholder Management
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Technical Recruiting
- Executive Search
- Recruiting Strategy
Skills & topics
- Executive Recruiter
- Leadership Hiring
- Fintech
- Recruiting
- Talent Acquisition
- Executive Search
- Startup
- Hiring Manager
- Sourcing
- Candidate Experience
- Director
- C-Suite
- Technical Recruiting
- High-Growth
- Strategic Partner
- Mercury
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting, focusing on 4+ years in executive and leadership hiring, and specific technical leader recruitment experience.
- Showcase strategic partnerships: Emphasize experience influencing founders, executives, and hiring managers, and acting as a strategic advisor.
- Demonstrate sourcing expertise: Detail your skills in passive and active candidate engagement, networking, and managing confidential searches for C-suite roles.
- Quantify impact: Use data and insights to show how you've improved recruiting processes and built diverse, high-performing teams.
- Understand the industry: Research Mercury's fintech focus, banking regulations, and growth environment to tailor your application and interview responses.
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Behavioral questions
Frequently asked questions
- What is the salary range for an Executive Recruiter at Mercury?
- The salary range for an Executive Recruiter at Mercury varies by location. US employees in high cost-of-living areas like New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area can expect a base salary between $199,000 - $225,000. For US employees outside these areas, the range is $180,000 - $202,400. This is in addition to equity and benefits.
- What is Mercury's stance on diversity and inclusion for executive hires?
- Mercury is deeply committed to diversity and belonging. They actively seek to build inclusive, diverse executive teams and guide hiring managers towards unbiased hiring decisions. As an EEO employer, they consider all applicants without regard to protected characteristics and are committed to providing reasonable accommodations.
- What kind of technical leaders will I be recruiting for at Mercury?
- As an Executive Recruiter, you will recruit technical leaders across various organizations, including Engineering, Product, Design, Data Science, Creative, and Marketing. This role requires experience in hiring for Director to C-suite level positions within these domains.
- What is the work environment like for a new Executive Recruiter at Mercury?
- This role is part of a newly formed recruiting team where you will have the opportunity to shape its success. You'll work closely with founders and executive leadership, acting as a strategic partner. The environment is high-growth and rapidly changing, with an emphasis on maintaining a high hiring bar and culture.
- How does Mercury approach compensation for executive roles?
- Mercury offers a competitive total rewards package including base salary, equity, and benefits. Salary and equity ranges are benchmarked against the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly. Offers are determined by experience, expertise, location, and internal pay equity.
- What does 'banking stack' mean in relation to Mercury's services?
- Mercury provides a complete, user-friendly banking stack for startups. It's important to note that Mercury itself is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services are provided through partners like Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC.
- What is the role of Covey in Mercury's hiring process?
- Mercury uses Covey as part of its hiring and promotional process, particularly for roles in NYC. Covey Scout is used for inbound applications, where job requirements and candidate submissions are provided to the system for evaluation. Mercury also provides an independent bias audit report for their use of Covey.
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