Recruitment Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colombia.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the complete recruitment cycle for a range of client roles across Latin America, from sourcing candidates to the acceptance of offers.

• Conduct outbound sourcing for specialized and challenging-to-fill positions.

• Evaluate and present candidates through a structured assessment process.

• Oversee client communications, including initial discussions, candidate presentations, interview scheduling, and feedback management.

• Act as the final quality assurance before candidates are submitted to clients.

• Establish and uphold recruiting standards, process design, and candidate criteria for ongoing searches.

• Maintain process integrity with clients in accordance with MSA agreements.

• Step in for complex, senior, and high-stakes searches as required.

• Mentor and develop recruiters and sourcers.

• Manage the distribution of workloads within the team.

• Own team metrics such as pipeline coverage, time to first qualified candidate, submission-to-interview ratio, time to fill positions, offer acceptance rates, and 90-day retention statistics.

• Ensure team accountability to targets and identify capacity or performance risks at an early stage.

• Draft and maintain recruiting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) encompassing intake, sourcing, screening, presentation, offers, and handover to onboarding.

• Create and uphold structured evaluation frameworks, scorecards, interview guides, and assessment criteria.

• Develop and refine Applicant Tracking System (ATS) workflows in Ashby, covering pipeline stages, sequences, templates, and reporting.

• Define the operational structure for external and project-based recruiters.

• Document recruiting processes for training purposes and continuity.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in recruitment, including at least 2 years managing full-cycle searches independently.

• Proven experience in leading a recruitment team; involving management, coaching, or direction of recruiters.

• A successful history of creating recruitment processes from the ground up, including SOPs, workflows, evaluation frameworks, and documentation.

• Direct recruitment experience in Latin American markets, particularly in Colombia.

• Strong skills in outbound sourcing.

• Proficiency in English and Spanish, both written and spoken.

• Experience in presenting candidates to and managing expectations with external clients or hiring managers.

• Preferably have hands-on experience with Ashby; experience with other modern ATS platforms is also considered valuable.

• A background in staffing, RPO, EOR, or agency recruitment is preferred.

• Experience collaborating with external, agency, or commission-based recruiters is advantageous.

• A proven track record in placing specialized or senior roles is preferred.

• A structured mindset is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full responsibility for Handoff's recruiting function.

• Direct collaboration with leadership from day one.

• A blend of hands-on recruiting duties and people leadership.

• The chance to influence how LATAM talent is assessed and presented to U.S. clients.

• An opportunity to contribute to the growth of the team, tools, and client base.

• The chance to establish a reputation for leading recruitment in a company focused on the LATAM talent market.