Senior Talent Partner, PRE

What youll do

As the Senior Talent Partner Product Research and Engineering (PRE) you will own full-cycle recruiting for technical and product-facing roles across Engineering Product Management Product Design Data Security and Research. Youll serve as a strategic partner to technical leaders including up to C-Level shaping hiring strategy elevating candidate experience and helping us build a diverse high-performing Product Research & Engineering organization.

• Own end-to-end recruiting for PRE roles (e.g. Software Engineers Engineering Leadership Product Managers Product Designers Data Scientists Security Engineers Applied Researchers) from intake through offer acceptance.
• Lead a high-touch high-caliber recruitment process that combines clear proactive communication with a technically rigorous evaluation ensuring an exceptional candidate experience from start to finish.
• Run intake/kickoff meetings to define technical success profiles required competencies interview panel design leveling and timelines.
• Build and execute strategic sourcing strategies (outbound referrals networks technical communities events tools) to attract top technical talent in competitive markets.
• Create and maintain diverse candidate pipelines for priority and recurring roles including proactive talent pooling for future engineering and product needs.
• Partner closely with hiring managers Engineering and Product leaders People Partners and cross-functional stakeholders as a trusted advisor on talent market insights trade-offs and hiring decisions.
• Facilitate structured competency-based and skills-based interviews and debriefs ensuring fair consistent and evidence-driven hiring decisions.
• Be data-obsessed. Maintain absolute accuracy and completeness in Greenhouse and use funnel metrics to identify bottlenecks drive measurable improvements and clearly report progress.
• Serve as a true partner to Finance and People Operations ensuring headcount planning leveling alignment offer approvals and compensation calibration are executed with precision and total responsibility
• Bring a strong innovation mindset and applied AI expertise to continuously elevate recruiting processes streamline workflows and improve assessments interview training tools and candidate communications in support of a scalable high-performance talent engine.

Who you are

• You are a driver of company success. You understand that bringing in the right talent determines the trajectory of the business and you refuse to settle for mediocrity. You hold a high bar and hire accordingly.
• You are an innovator in highly competitive markets. You know how to identify attract and close niche hard-to-find technical talent and you are relentless in pursuing the highest caliber candidates.
• You are a relationship-driven recruiter who builds trust quickly with technical hiring managers and top-tier candidates.
• You are intellectually curious and comfortable learning complex technical domains in order to assess challenge and advise credibly.
• You are resilient in the face of competing priorities shifting roadmaps and evolving technical requirements.
• You are data-driven and comfortable using metrics to diagnose bottlenecks inform decisions and continuously improve performance.
• You are resourceful and proactive constantly testing new sourcing strategies across technical communities and networks.
• You take accountability follow through on commitments and consistently deliver high-quality results.
• You are adaptable when priorities shift while maintaining a long-term view of technical talent strategy.

Your skill-set

Must-haves:

• 7 years of full-cycle recruiting experience with at least 4 years focused on Product Engineering Research Data or other highly technical roles. You understand that talent quality directly determines company trajectory.
• Experience recruiting in a high-growth SaaS or technology environment ideally with remote or distributed teams where speed and precision both matter.
• A demonstrated track record of sourcing engaging and closing senior-level technical talent in highly competitive markets. You do not settle for good enough. You pursue and close the best.
• Deep proficiency with an ATS (Greenhouse preferred) and modern sourcing platforms (LinkedIn Recruiter GitHub technical communities) paired with a near-maniacal standard for data accuracy. Your systems are audit-ready at all times.
• Proven ability to influence and challenge senior technical stakeholders (Directors VPs Heads of Engineering/Product). You understand the business implications of every hire and operate accordingly.
• A relentless drive to support the business. You move with urgency own outcomes and do not drop balls. Sloppy process missed follow-ups and inaccurate data are unacceptable.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI to build smarter recruiting workflows automating where appropriate increasing efficiency improving candidate screening rigor and continuously modernizing processes. You think in systems not tasks.
• Strong operational instincts and organizational discipline with the ability to manage multiple complex searches simultaneously without sacrificing accuracy rigor or candidate experience.

Whats in it for you

At Pindrop you are not just filling roles- you are shaping the future of trust.

We build the most advanced voice authentication and deepfake detection technology in the an era where synthetic media fraud and identity manipulation are accelerating we ensure that every interaction involves the real human and the right human. Our work directly protects financial institutions enterprises and consumers from fraud deception and identity compromise.
You will wake up every day knowing your work has real-world impact. The talent you bring in will directly influence the trajectory of the company; the engineers researchers and product leaders you hire will build the systems that protect millions of people.

This is not transactional recruiting. This is building the team that defines the category.

You will work alongside some of the best technical minds in security AI and voice intelligence. We are intense about excellence but we are also a team that enjoys the journey.
If you want to build something that matters- and be proud of the company you help shape- this is that opportunity.

Within 30 days you will:

• Understand Pindrops mission products and how PRE (Product Research & Engineering) drives innovation.
• Develop a working knowledge of our architecture product roadmap and the strategic technical capabilities we must hire for.
• Shadow technical interviews and debriefs to understand our structured high-bar evaluation approach.
• Take ownership of the PRE requisition process and begin building a high-caliber pipeline.

Within 60 days you will:

• Fully own a portfolio of PRE searches across Engineering Product and/or Research.
• Establish disciplined intake and operating rhythms with technical hiring leaders.
• Deliver actionable pipeline and funnel insights that improve hiring velocity and candidate leveraging AI-driven tools and automation to increase sourcing precision and process efficiency.

Within 90 days you will:

• Serve as the primary talent advisor for your PRE portfolio influencing hiring strategy and challenging the bar when needed.
• Propose and implement measurable process improvements that elevate candidate quality technical assessment rigor or hiring at least one innovative sourcing tactic AI-enabled workflow or market insight that strengthens our competitive position in attracting top-tier talent.
• Demonstrate that the hires you are bringing in materially strengthen the technical depth and trajectory of the company.

What we offer

As a part of Pindrop youll have a direct impact on our growing list of products and the future of security in the voice-driven economy. We hire great people and take care of them. Heres a snapshot of the benefits we offer:

• Competitive compensation including equity for all employees
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Generous health and welfare plans to choose from including one employer-paid employee-only plan
• Best-in-class Health Savings Account (HSA) employer contribution
• Affordable vision and dental plans for you and your family
• Employer-provided life and disability coverage with additional supplemental options
• Paid Parental Leave including birth adoptive & foster parents
  • One year of diaper delivery for your newest addition to the family our way of welcoming new Pindroplets
• Identity protection through Norton LifeLock
• Recurring monthly phone and internet allowance
• One-time home office allowance
• Remote-first environment meaning you have flexibility in your day
• Company holidays
• Annual professional development and learning benefit
• Pick your own Apple MacBook Pro
• Retirement plan with competitive 401(k) match
• Wellness Program including Employee Assistance Program and 24/7 Telemedicine

This position will be posted for 30 days after Jan 23rd 2026