Senior Manager, Recruiting

About this role

ABOUT QUINCE

Quince is a destination for builders, creators, innovators, and operators who want to come together and challenge the status quo. Our mission is simple: make really high quality essentials for really low prices, fairly and sustainably. We deliver on that mission through a unique manufacturer-to-consumer (M2C) model eliminating the layers of traditional retail that add cost and result in consumers paying more than they need to. We find, build relationships with, and work directly with the manufacturing partners behind some of the world’s finest products. From there, our teams design smart, efficient operational processes and build and deploy proprietary technology, AI, and analytics to help us scale fast.

What began with a small assortment of elevated basics has quickly grown into a cross-category brand spanning apparel, accessories, home goods, and more. Today, tens of millions of people across a growing number of countries come – and return – to Quince because they trust us to deliver.

OUR CULTURE

Quince is a culture built for builders by builders. Our way of working starts with a blank sheet of paper. We question conventional thinking, use technology and data to uncover new opportunities, and move quickly to turn ideas into reality. We aren’t interested in replicating how others do retail. We’re building a better way – at a speed and scale unlike anything that’s been done before.

• We dream big and chase the hard problems others shy away from. Rejecting long-held assumptions is part of our company's DNA. Where conventional wisdom says you have to choose – soft or durable, speed or rigor, quality or price – we ask why that trade-off has to exist in the first place.

• Our pace is fast and the bar is high because our customers expect a lot from us and we refuse to let them down. We believe the best results come from challenging ourselves, learning from one another, and building on each other's strengths.

• Here, responsibility is not determined by role, tenure, or seniority. Every team member - no matter their level - has the opportunity to drive our business and shape our trajectory.

If you’re someone who likes to imagine new possibilities and build better systems rather than plug-in to outdated ones, Quince is the place for you.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Recruiting to join our growing team to lead and scale a team of recruiters, based out of our Palo Alto office. This is a high-impact player-coach role based in Palo Alto where you will sit closely with senior leaders, act as a strategic talent partner, manage and coach a team of recruiters and sourcers, and personally drive critical hiring..

This is a "build from the ground up" role focused on building out full organizations, teams, and functions, as well as establishing our brand presence. You will be responsible for defining how we hire across teams, from passive sourcing search strategy, stakeholder partnership to interviewing operations, process design, assessment rigor, team coaching, and executive communication. The right candidate brings strong recruiting depth, excellent leadership judgment, and the ability to operate both strategically and hands-on in a high-growth, high-bar environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a team of recruiters, setting clear priorities, and raising the overall bar for recruiting craft.

• Act as a strategic partner to leadership. Work closely with Palo Alto-based leaders to drive business priorities, workforce needs, and deliver against critical hiring goals.

• Own high-priority technical searches. Personally drive select critical searches, including senior leadership, and business-critical roles where strong judgment and hands-on execution are required.

• Drive rigorous search strategy from intake through close. Build and execute effective search plans, including role calibration, market mapping, target company strategy, sourcing strategy, assessment design, and closing plans.

• Improve interviewing operations and hiring process quality. Partner with Recruiting, People, and business leaders to improve interview design, interviewer calibration, and overall process efficiency.

• Raise the hiring bar. Improve slate quality, assessment rigor, stakeholder alignment, candidate evaluation, and decision-making consistency across technical hiring processes.

• Use data to drive recruiting performance. Track funnel health, search velocity, recruiter productivity, candidate conversion, offer acceptance, and hiring outcomes to identify bottlenecks and improve execution.

• Develop strong talent intelligence. Build market maps, competitive insights, talent pipelines, and proactive sourcing strategies across key technical domains.

• Lead through expertise, coaching, and example-setting. Model excellent recruiting judgment, stakeholder management, candidate management, and execution discipline for the broader team.

• Drive local branding initiatives to create buzz in the market about Quince, and drive onsite hiring strategies and world class experiences.

Qualifications

Required:

• 8+ years of recruiting experience, including meaningful experience managing or leading recruiters and/or sourcers. Experience working with G&A, Tech and/or Product teams is ideal.

• 4+ years of managing and leading recruiting teams.

• Proven success hiring for teams in high-growth, high-bar technology environments.

• Demonstrated ability to act as a strategic talent partner to senior leaders, influencing hiring strategy, role design, prioritization, calibration, and decision-making.

• Experience operating as a player-coach, with the ability to manage a team while personally owning and closing critical searches.

• Strong understanding of recruiting fundamentals, including sourcing strategy, talent mapping, candidate assessment, interview design, funnel management, and closing.

• Track record of improving recruiting processes, interview operations, stakeholder alignment, and hiri

Similar jobs

• Senior Manager, Recruiting — Coinbase · Remote
• Senior Recruiting Manager — Formenergy · Berkeley, CA
• Senior Manager, Technical Recruiting — Crusoe · San Francisco, CA - US
• Senior Manager, Tech Recruiting — Capital One · McLean, VA | Richmond, VA
• Manager, Recruiting — Gartner · Arlington, VA
• Senior Manager, Program Management - Recruitment — Careaccess · Remote
• Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition — Collectors · Santa Ana, CA
• Senior Recruiter — KLA · Ann Arbor, MI