Senior Technical Recruiter

About Drive Capital

Drive Capital is a venture capital fund focused on building the next generation of great technology companies–outside of Silicon Valley. Founded in 2013 by two former Sequoia Capital investors, we’ve invested in more than 80 startups across the US and Canada, including Duolingo, Olive, and Branch. The investment platform totals $2 billion. We are a diverse team of founders, operators, and investors; many of us moving lives and careers from Silicon Valley to pursue the opportunity of our lifetime in Columbus.

Drive Capital’s Talent Program

People are the core of our investment strategy. The Drive Capital Talent Program works closely with our founders to help them build workplaces that attract, align, and motivate talented people. Critically, we also introduce our companies to talent from our growing network of relationships with builders, executives, board members, and advisors. Additionally, we are adding a new function to the program: direct, internal recruiting and search, that will be solely focused on mid to senior product and engineering roles for our companies.

About the Role

Working closely with Drive Capital’s Head of Talent, Talent Acquisition Managers and Investment Partners across the firm, the Senior Technical recruiter will identify and attract top engineering and product talent for Drive Capital’s portfolio companies by stewarding a strong candidate sourcing and cultivation strategy. We view Drive’s talent function as a critical part of how we accelerate our portfolio companies’ growth. You’ll support our goal of of delivering to the highest standard while maintaining alignment with the long-term interests of Drive Capital and our companies by:

• Collaborating with portfolio company leadership to understand their talent needs and defining recruitment strategies to attract top talent.

• Developing and maintaining a network of relationships with potential candidates, and industry professionals, to proactively identify and recruit top talent.

• Screening resumes and conducting initial interviews to assess technical and/or product skills, qualifications, and fit with the portfolio company culture.

• Facilitating the interview and selection process, including scheduling interviews and providing feedback to candidates and portfolio company leadership.

• Negotiating offers and closing top candidates.

• Continuously updating and improving the technical recruiting process to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.

The ideal candidate for this role would have a strong technical background and extensive experience recruiting engineering and product talent. They should also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of professionals.

The Senior Technical Recruiter will be a part of a small team, and then will grow based upon the success of early iterations of this offering and the demand generated from our portfolio companies. They will also work closely with the founders and leadership teams of our portfolio companies, providing best practices, tools, and advice to help them execute successful recruiting strategies. This role will be on-site and based in Columbus.

About You

At your core, you care about people. You have an uncanny ability to see people: who they are, where they’re coming from, what drives them, and the greatness waiting to be unleashed. And helping them unleash that greatness is The Stuff – it fuels your engine and gives you energy. You chat up people in just about every context, but with a genuine desire to know them. And you are naturally drawn to network with extraordinary people. You are also a savvy business operator that understands how tech companies are built through people. You understand how startups grow, the anatomy of the teams involved, what the players on the field do, and how everything changes from one stage of growth to the next. You’ve likely spent 3-5 years recruiting for venture-backed tech companies either in-house, through an agency, or search firm work.

You are a rapid learner, a scrappy grinder, and a thoughtful communicator who is not afraid to fail or make mistakes. Your life’s journey is a story of intention, adaptation, and excellence. You already know a lot of smart engineers, startup leaders, and founders and they know, trust, and like you.

If you feel that the above describes you, please email us at apply@drivecapital.com and include a resume and LinkedIn profile.