Recruiter

Job Title: Recruiter

Location: Portland, OR

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Hiring Range: $85,000 - $110,000

Who We Are

Propeller is a people-focused management consulting firm that helps organizations accelerate transformation and move forward faster. We work with clients to solve complex problems, clear hurdles, and bring transformation to life—building the momentum needed to make change stick with solutions that are right-sized, scalable, and built to last.

Our teams bring a mix of strategic thinking and practical know-how across strategy, enterprise technology, and organizational effectiveness. We collaborate closely with clients, adapt quickly to their needs, and show up ready to do the work together.

Our clients are typically large and mid-sized organizations in the retail, technology, public sector, and energy and utility industries. These are the spaces where we drive the most impact, but our experience spans many others. We have offices in Portland, San Francisco, and Denver, and work with clients across the country.

Propeller may be the place for you if you're energized by solving hard problems, guiding leaders and teams through change, and making progress that sticks. You're curious, collaborative, and resilient—with the grit to keep moving forward, even when the path is ambiguous, and the answers aren’t clear.

What You’ll Do

As a Recruiter, you’ll play a critical role in attracting, hiring, and onboarding top talent at Propeller. Reporting to the Director of People, this role owns the end-to-end recruiting process—from sourcing and candidate experience through onboarding—while partnering closely with hiring managers and leadership across the firm.

You’ll serve as a strategic talent partner, ensuring we bring in exceptional people who align with our values and business needs. This is a highly visible, hands-on role for someone who thrives on relationship-building, ownership, and delivering a best-in-class candidate experience.

Lead Full Cycle Recruiting

• Own the full recruitment lifecycle from intake through onboarding across a variety of roles
• Proactively source and engage top talent through a variety of channels, including LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, and networking
• Manage and advance candidates through the interview process, ensuring a seamless, thoughtful experience
• Partner with hiring managers to guide and inform hiring decisions by sourcing, evaluating, and presenting high-quality candidates aligned to role requirements and team needs

Drive Candidate Experience & Employer Brand

• Ensure a high-quality, inclusive, and consistent candidate experience from first touchpoint through start date
• Partner with marketing and People teams to strengthen employer branding and talent attraction strategies
• Gather and synthesize candidate feedback to continuously improve the recruiting experience

Manage Recruiting Operations & Processes

• Maintain and optimize recruiting workflows, tools, and systems (ATS, sourcing platforms, etc.)
• Track and report on recruiting metrics, pipeline health, and hiring progress
• Ensure accurate documentation and compliance throughout the hiring process
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, and effectiveness of recruiting operations

Support Onboarding & Hiring Success

• Partner with People and hiring teams to ensure smooth onboarding and successful new hire integration
• Stay connected with new hires and managers during early tenure to support a successful transition
• Continuously refine onboarding processes to enhance engagement and retention

What You’ll Bring to the Team

A wide variety of backgrounds and experiences may be aligned to this role. If you believe you have the qualifications—even if your previous titles don’t match exactly—we encourage you to apply. A real person reads every application, and we assess experience holistically.

Must Have

• 4–6 years of relevant experience in recruiting or related role
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities
• Comfort working with ambiguity and shifting between tactical and strategic work
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office; comfort learning new tools
• Strong communication skills and the ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders
• Willingness to lean in and support all aspects of the business
• Availability to work occasional evenings to support events and ensure smooth execution and great experiences
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S.

Nice To Have

• Experience using Greenhouse ATS
• Experience recruiting technical talent
• Experience in a professional services or consulting environment
• Bachelor’s degree

More About This Opportunity

Compensation: We believe in fairly and equitably compensating our employees for their time, skills, and experience. The hiring base salary range for this position is $85,500 to $110,000, which represents a portion of the role’s overall pay range. Individual starting salaries are determined based on factors such as relevant experience, specific skill sets, and internal pay equity. Base pay ranges are reviewed and updated annually, with opportunities for increases based on performance. This role is also eligible for a performance-based bonus, targeted between 4–8% of base salary, based on individual and company performance. Our compensation plan also includes a generous benefits package, which you can learn more about here

Location: We believe being physically present with each other and our clients strengthens our relationships, promotes creativity and innovation, and ultimately produces a stronger, more durable result for our clients and ourselves. This role requires being in the office 2 - 3 days per week.

Propeller is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing the most talented individuals regardless of their race, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, disability status or any other dimension of diversity. In any materials you submit, please redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

Also, Propeller is committed to meeting our applicant’s accessibility needs throughout the hiring process. If you need any accommodation during the process, such as accessibility accommodations to assist with email, phone, or video communications, or other accommodation matters, please do not hesitate to email [email protected].

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