Senior Recruiting Manager, Gusto
$165-240k
Salary dependent on location
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2-3 days a week in office
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
Open for applications
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$165-240k
Salary dependent on location
More information about location
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To grow the small business economy.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of recruiting experience, including 7+ years leading people in high-growth, scaling environments (tech or startup preferred)
- Experience managing a team of 8+ recruiters across levels, with proven success balancing high-volume hiring and niche, senior talent searches
- Deep craft expertise with a track record of building programs, pipelines, and practices that drive scalable and sustainable results with an ability to iterate over time and changes
- Curiosity and proven ability to learn and apply AI-driven tools to improve operational efficiency and recruiting effectiveness; not an expert, but eager to experiment and adopt innovations that drive impact
- Hands-on leader who thrives in the trenches with their team while setting clear strategic direction
- Strong analytical skills; able to use data for capacity modeling, sourcing strategies, and investment planning—plus the storytelling ability to influence senior executives (VP and above)
- Proven ability to build inclusive, creative, and high-performing recruiting teams
- Executive presence and communication skills, with a business-forward mindset that connects hiring strategies to business leaders’ goals, customer impact, and revenue growth
- Energized by the opportunity to rebuild, innovate, and leave a lasting mark on Gusto’s talent strategy
What the job involves
- As a Senior Recruiting Manager, you’ll lead, empower, and develop a team of recruiters while partnering closely with senior business leaders to shape hiring strategy
- This role is more than leadership—it’s an opportunity to influence and evolve how we operate as a recruiting team & driving proactive, creative, and data-informed strategies that balance high-volume hiring with targeted, niche searches
- You will directly influence how Gusto scales our CX (Customer Success) or GTM (Go-To-Market) organizations (yes, we are hiring TWO roles!) and create a recruiting model that will fuel our business well into the future
- Lead & Empower: Manage and develop a team of recruiters supporting CX or GTM hiring needs, from high-volume frontline roles to specialized, senior-level searches
- Strategic Partnering: Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, aligning hiring strategies with business goals, customer outcomes, and workforce plans
- Program Building: Design and implement scalable recruiting programs that support long-term growth while fostering innovation and creativity in pipeline generation
- Data & Insights: Build and leverage data infrastructure to forecast capacity, shape sourcing strategies, and influence executive decision-making with compelling insights
- Innovation & Emerging Technologies: Experiment with new sourcing strategies, employer brand approaches, and tools—including AI—to elevate how we attract top talent, improve efficiency, and increase recruiter productivity
- Team Development: Empower recruiters through coaching, development plans, and clear frameworks for growth, while removing roadblocks to execution
- Business Impact: Ensure recruiting strategies directly drive business outcomes and customer impact, enabling Gusto to scale with speed and quality
Our take
For many small businesses, vital administrative tasks such as payroll, taxes, and benefits are manual tasks that take time and energy which many SMB owners don’t have. The three co-founders of Gusto – all coming from small business backgrounds – collaborated on a Fintech company that would handle employee payments, benefits administration, and compliance support specifically for small businesses.
The company may have started slowly, as the founders focused on nailing each individual aspect of Gusto’s operations, but has now skyrocketed to unicorn status with more than 400,000 customers and a multi-billion dollar valuation. And in 2021, Gusto began acquiring other companies to strengthen its offering and its position in a competitive market, including two other fintech startups, Ardius and Symmetry.
Through its continued acquisitions and fundraising efforts, the company has carved out a strong position for itself in the space. Although Gusto has found itself impacted by the macroeconomic situation, through the significant effect it has had on its clientele, the company still appears positive for the future after raising funds in 2023 that has seen it reach key profitability benchmarks. It continues to expand its platform, most recently partnering with Parafin to launch a payroll line of credit for small businesses. With a growing suite of services and a clear focus on supporting small businesses through changing economic conditions, Gusto looks set to sustain its momentum and further strengthen its position in the HR and payroll technology market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
45% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
May 2022
$55m
SERIES E
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES E
Total funding: $706.3m
Company benefits
- Health and Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents. Family care and support, including family planning and fertility benefits. Gender-affirming care and support. A variety of mental health resources.
- Time Away: It's important to take time away for yourself or to take care of your family. Gusto offers paid vacation, sick time, bereavement, and holidays, paid leaves, sabbatical, and more!
- Free meals and refreshments: If you work at one of our offices, enjoy food, drinks, and snacks— on us. Conversation and community is an added bonus!
- Perks:
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Joshua Reeves
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford and went onto co-found Gusto in 2011.
Tomer London
(Co-Founder & CPO)Has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Was a Researcher at Intel, and then interned at Bump Technologies. Co-founded Vizmo, a mobile self-service technologies company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
Edward Kim
(Co-Founder & Head of Engineering)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford. Was Senior Project Engineer at Volkswagen of America Electronics Research Lab and then co-founded Picwing, a printed photos company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
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