Job description

We are seeking a strategic, hands-on HR Business Partner with deep talent acquisition expertise to support a growing technology organization. This role will serve as a trusted partner to business leaders while leading recruiting strategy, proactive sourcing, pipeline development, hiring execution, and recruiting operations. The ideal candidate brings experience in payments, fintech, SaaS, or a similarly fast-paced environment and is highly proficient with applicant tracking systems, preferably Lever. This is a hybrid position based out of our headquarters in Philadelphia. Main Job Responsibilities Serve as a trusted HR Business Partner to leaders and employees, translating business priorities and workforce needs into practical people and hiring strategies. Own full-cycle recruiting for assigned functions, including intake meetings, sourcing, pipeline development, candidate assessment, interview coordination, offer development, closing, and onboarding partnership. Build proactive sourcing strategies for technical and business roles using LinkedIn Recruiter, professional networks, referrals, job boards, market research, and other sourcing tools. Develop diverse, high-quality candidate pipelines and maintain ongoing talent communities for recurring and business-critical roles. Coach hiring managers on role definition, interview design, candidate evaluation, selection decisions, and an effective candidate experience. Administer and optimize the applicant tracking system, preferably Lever, including requisition workflows, candidate stages, interview plans, data accuracy, reporting, user adoption, and process improvements. Use recruiting metrics and market insights to identify trends, assess funnel effectiveness, improve time to fill and quality of hire, and provide clear recommendations to leaders. Partner with leaders on workforce planning, talent gaps, succession considerations, organizational effectiveness, and retention priorities. Provide practical employee relations and performance-management guidance, including coaching, policy interpretation, conflict resolution, and investigations support as needed. Support compensation and offer decisions through market benchmarking, internal equity analysis, job leveling, and total rewards alignment. Use AI and automation responsibly to improve sourcing, outreach, documentation, reporting, recruiting operations, and the candidate experience. Required Skills and Experience Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. 6+ years of progressive HR, recruiting, or talent acquisition experience, including meaningful experience partnering with leaders in a fast-paced technology environment. Strong full-cycle recruiting and sourcing capability, including demonstrated success building pipelines for technical and business roles. Hands-on experience administering and using an applicant tracking system to manage workflows, candidate data, reporting, compliance, and process improvements. Demonstrated ability to influence hiring managers, manage multiple searches, drive timely decisions, and deliver a high-quality candidate experience. Working knowledge of HR Business Partner disciplines, including workforce planning, employee relations, performance management, compensation, talent management, and employee engagement. Strong analytical skills and proficiency with Excel-based recruiting and workforce reporting. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, sound judgment, high attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities independently. Proficiency with Microsoft Office and a willingness to adopt AI-enabled tools that improve recruiting and HR effectiveness. Must be able to pass a background check and credit check and have authorization to work in the U.S. Preferred Skills Direct experience with Lever ATS, including workflow configuration, reporting, integrations, data quality, and user support. Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter and modern sourcing, scheduling, assessment, and recruitment marketing tools. Experience recruiting for engineering, product, implementation, data, cybersecurity, AI, infrastructure, sales, or other technology-focused teams. Experience supporting distributed, hybrid, or global teams.

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Main Job Responsibilities
Serve as a trusted HR Business Partner to leaders and employees, translating business priorities and workforce needs into practical people and hiring strategies.
Own full-cycle recruiting for assigned functions, including intake meetings, sourcing, pipeline development, candidate assessment, interview coordination, offer development, closing, and onboarding partnership.
Build proactive sourcing strategies for technical and business roles using LinkedIn Recruiter, professional networks, referrals, job boards, market research, and other sourcing tools.
Develop diverse, high-quality candidate pipelines and maintain ongoing talent communities for recurring and business-critical roles.
Coach hiring managers on role definition, interview design, candidate evaluation, selection decisions, and an effective candidate experience.
Administer and optimize the applicant tracking system, preferably Lever, including requisition workflows, candidate stages, interview plans, data accuracy, reporting, user adoption, and process improvements.
Use recruiting metrics and market insights to identify trends, assess funnel effectiveness, improve time to fill and quality of hire, and provide clear recommendations to leaders.
Partner with leaders on workforce planning, talent gaps, succession considerations, organizational effectiveness, and retention priorities.
Provide practical employee relations and performance-management guidance, including coaching, policy interpretation, conflict resolution, and investigations support as needed.
Support compensation and offer decisions through market benchmarking, internal equity analysis, job leveling, and total rewards alignment.
Use AI and automation responsibly to improve sourcing, outreach, documentation, reporting, recruiting operations, and the candidate experience.
Required Skills and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
6+ years of progressive HR, recruiting, or talent acquisition experience, including meaningful experience partnering with leaders in a fast-paced technology environment.
Strong full-cycle recruiting and sourcing capability, including demonstrated success building pipelines for technical and business roles.
Hands-on experience administering and using an applicant tracking system to manage workflows, candidate data, reporting, compliance, and process improvements.
Demonstrated ability to influence hiring managers, manage multiple searches, drive timely decisions, and deliver a high-quality candidate experience.
Working knowledge of HR Business Partner disciplines, including workforce planning, employee relations, performance management, compensation, talent management, and employee engagement.
Strong analytical skills and proficiency with Excel-based recruiting and workforce reporting.

Nice-to-haves

Direct experience with Lever ATS, including workflow configuration, reporting, integrations, data quality, and user support.
Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter and modern sourcing, scheduling, assessment, and recruitment marketing tools.
Experience recruiting for engineering, product, implementation, data, cybersecurity, AI, infrastructure, sales, or other technology-focused teams.
Experience supporting distributed, hybrid, or global teams.

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Platform: lever
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