# Core Business Recruiter (Fixed Term Contract)

**Company**: Stripe
**Location**: Chicago
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: HR
**Industry**: Finance

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/stripe/jobs/8163187?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_71f8d8fa-5b9

## Description

Stripe is looking for a consultative, creative recruiter to support critical Core Business functions. You will partner with senior leaders who shape Stripe's financial strategy, external narrative, long-term growth, and company-wide decision-making.

This is a high-impact portfolio with varied talent markets, senior stakeholders, and roles where the quality of each hire can influence how Stripe operates and grows. You will own full-cycle recruiting, advise leaders on hiring strategy and market conditions, and build trusted relationships with candidates and hiring teams.

## Responsibilities

- Partner with senior leaders to understand business priorities, define hiring plans, and develop recruiting strategies that support headcount goals.

- Own the full recruiting lifecycle, from intake and sourcing through offer acceptance and onboarding handoff.

- Advise hiring teams on talent-market conditions, candidate availability, competitive dynamics, and hiring approaches for specialized and senior roles.

- Develop and execute sourcing strategies that build broad, qualified candidate pipelines for current and future hiring needs.

- Build strong candidate relationships and deliver a thoughtful, timely candidate experience throughout the process.

- Use recruiting data to track progress, identify risks and opportunities, and provide clear updates to business leaders.

- Improve recruiting processes where needed, testing practical changes that help hiring teams move with clarity and consistency.

- Partner closely with cross-functional teams, including Finance, People Operations, Benefits, Onboarding, and Legal, to support a smooth offer and onboarding experience.

- Uphold structured, competency-based hiring practices and help hiring teams assess candidates against the requirements of each role.

## Minimum requirements

- 4+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, including in-house recruiting experience.

- Experience partnering with senior leaders on hiring strategy, talent-market insights, and complex searches.

- Ability to build trust with senior stakeholders and influence decisions through sound judgment, data, and market knowledge.

- Experience developing sourcing strategies and engaging candidates for specialized or senior roles.

- Ability to use recruiting data to identify trends, communicate progress, and improve recruiting outcomes.

- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple searches and shifting priorities.

- A collaborative approach and comfort working across functions to solve problems and improve the hiring experience.

- Curiosity about emerging AI tools and a practical approach to testing and adopting new ways of working.

## Skills

### Required
- recruiting
- talent acquisition
- hiring strategy
- sourcing
- candidate experience
- recruiting data
- stakeholder management

### Nice to have
- recruiting for business, corporate, finance, communications, strategy, legal, or other specialized professional functions
- supporting senior-level hiring or roles with complex stakeholder groups
- working across multiple geographies or advising on location strategy
- familiarity with recruiting systems and sourcing tools, including applicant tracking systems, candidate relationship management tools, and LinkedIn Recruiter

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