Recruiting Lead at Meta in Sunnyvale, California

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to join our team as a Recruiting Lead. In this role, you will not only play a crucial part in managing candidates through the interview and hiring process but also have the unique opportunity to lead a team of talented recruiting professionals who are working at Meta. The ideal candidate will bring a track record of successfully sourcing and recruiting top-tier talent while demonstrating exceptional leadership skills to guide and mentor our recruiting team.

Recruiting Lead Responsibilities:

• Manage full cycle recruiting for multiple, complex searches, creating innovative sourcing strategies and engagement to bring the best talent to each role.


• Develop and execute fully comprehensive sourcing plans, analyzing requirements to determine target profile needs and matches.


• Coordinate closely with recruiting team members to innovate our research strategy for talent pooling, market mapping and competitor analysis.


• Collaborate closely with hiring managers throughout the recruiting process to ensure we meet their hiring needs and goals.


• Regularly manage pipeline activity and maintain data integrity, and proactively share data-centric updates with internal stakeholders.


• Facilitate and lead meetings and key initiatives and projects with client groups, and with the recruiting teams, that will continuously improve and scale our recruiting operations and results.


• Establish and maintain meaningful relationships with management and key cross-functional stakeholders internally (e.g. Recruiting, HR, Compensation, and Diversity teams).


• Drive offer process - including extending offers, negotiations, closing candidates, and generating offer letters.


• Actively engage in diversity and inclusion hiring strategies. Demonstrates Data Integrity and experience understanding Data to help influence hiring decisions.


• Onboard and train recruiters/sourcers


• Ensure recruiters and/or sourcers are managing to appropriate milestones and metrics


• Set clear expectations, deliver feedback, and manage performance outcomes within the team


• Drive diversity recruiting strategy and impact results in support of broader teams


• Responsible for team, goals, and delivery to meet both short term and long term goals

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years of recruiting experience with a search firm or in-house recruiting team


• 4+ years of experience managing a team of recruiters and/or sourcers


• Recruiting experience must include the following, 1/ Sourcing, engaging and activating passive candidates , 2/ Candidate care and balancing process with candidate experience, 3/ Recruiting tools, applicant tracking systems, data management and reporting techniques, and software collaboration tools and 4/ Creating and fostering partnerships with internal leadership and executive teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven experience in hiring talent within Eng and or Tech XFN functions - including Software Engineering and/or Artificial Intelligence (AI) related roles (IC or leadership).

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today-beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.



Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.


$141,000/year to $206,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits


Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta. Apply Now