PhD Recruiter

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Were excited to grow our Early Career team with a unique opportunity! Figmas AI and research strategy is a critical company priority and attracting exceptional research talent is central to how we deliver on it. Were looking for an experienced PhD Recruiter to own hiring strategy across Engineering and evolve our existing program into a scalable year-round this role youll lead end-to-end recruiting shape hiring strategy with engineering leaders and drive Figmas presence at top research conferences. Youll be a trusted strategic partner with a genuine seat at the table helping define how Figma competes for some of the most sought-after AI and research talent in the world.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

What youll do at Figma:

• Manage the full-cycle recruiting process for intern and full-time PhD roles across Engineering including but not limited to Data AI Graphics and Security
• Partner with Eng VPs and Directors to own PhD hiring strategy shaping how Figma approaches and scales research talent across the org
• Lead Figmas presence at research conferences like NeurIPS aligning stakeholders and running on-site logistics from booth setup to interviewer prep
• Own the publication process for PhD roles partnering with hiring teams legal and senior leadership
• Mentor recruiters on the team supporting PhD efforts growing the bench as the function scales
• Lead the strategic direction of the PhD recruiting function building processes from scratch and closing offers with a rare highly sought-after pool of research talent

Wed love to hear from you if you have:

• 6 years of full-lifecycle technical recruiting experience in a high-growth organization including 3 years focused on PhD/research hiring
• A track record of hiring PhD candidates through self-sourced pipelines including conferences research labs and professor connections
• Experience building and running PhD programs
• Demonstrated success partnering with senior engineering leaders and executives on high-priority high-touch candidate and offer scenarios
• Willingness to travel internationally to conferences universities and labs roughly 3-4 trips per year

While its not required its an added plus if you also have:

• Familiar with Figma & FigJam

At Figma one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts experiences and opinions allows our employees our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity/expression veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements.

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Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:

• Holding interviews in an accessible location
• Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
• Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
• Changing the mode or format of interviews

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