Director, Technical Recruiting

At WHOOP, we're on a mission to unlock human performance and healthspan. WHOOP empowers members to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives.

WHOOP is hiring a Director of Technical Recruiting to lead the strategy, execution, and evolution of technical hiring across the company. In this role, you will lead and develop a high-performing technical recruiting team that partners closely with Engineering, Product, Data Science, Hardware, and our leadership team to attract exceptional talent and accelerate innovation. You are both a strategic talent leader and an operational builder - equally comfortable shaping long-term workforce strategies, coaching recruiters, and diving into complex searches yourself when needed.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and develop a world-class technical recruiting organization, fostering a high-performance, quality-driven, candidate-centric culture.

• Partner with executive leadership, hiring managers, People Operations, and Finance to develop hiring strategies aligned with the business priorities of WHOOP and long-term growth plans.

• Own technical recruiting performance, including capacity planning, role assignment, funnel health, quality of hire, time-to-fill, offer acceptance, and candidate experience metrics, using data to continuously improve outcomes.

• Build scalable recruiting processes, interview frameworks, and talent programs that enable consistent, high-quality hiring across Engineering, Product, Data Science, AI/ML, Hardware, and other technical functions.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to technical leaders, providing market intelligence, compensation insights, interview process guidance, and recommendations on hiring strategy.

• Champion proactive talent engagement through employer branding, talent mapping, networking, and pipeline development for critical and emerging technical skill sets.

• Partner cross-functionally to ensure recruiting practices support a high-performing hiring process while maintaining an extremely high hiring bar.

• In tandem with Talent Operations, continuously evaluate and support implementing recruiting technologies, AI-enabled sourcing tools, and operational improvements that increase recruiter productivity and hiring effectiveness.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 10+ years of recruiting experience with significant leadership experience managing technical recruiting teams in high-growth technology organizations.

• Proven track record of building, scaling, and leading recruiting organizations that consistently deliver exceptional technical talent.

• Deep understanding of recruiting for a wide variety of technical disciplines that include software engineering, machine learning, data science, hardware, embedded systems, product, manufacturing, and other highly technical disciplines.

• Experience partnering with executive leadership on workforce planning, organizational scaling, and executive-level hiring.

• Strong analytical mindset with experience leveraging recruiting metrics, market data, and forecasting to drive strategic decisions.

• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, navigate ambiguity, and balance competing business priorities in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.

• Experience implementing and optimizing recruiting technologies, applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, and AI-enabled recruiting workflows.

• Excellent leadership, coaching, communication, and relationship-building skills with a passion for developing high-performing teams.

• Comfortable wearing multiple hats and operating with a "no task too small" mindset, recognizing that building a great organization requires both strategic thinking and hands-on execution.

• Strong commitment to embracing and leveraging AI tools in day-to-day tasks, ensuring AI-assisted work aligns with the same high-quality standards as personal contributions.