Director of Recruiting, Mozilla
€130-173k
Offers performance-based bonus
Internet software for people, not profit
Be an early applicant
Internet software for people, not profit
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
€130-173k
Offers performance-based bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To ensure the internet remains open and accessible.
Role
Who you are
- 7-10 years of experience in recruiting, with at least 3 years in a senior leadership role
- Proven experience in a fast-paced, high-growth company
- Demonstrated success in building and scaling high-performance recruiting teams with a focus on data driven decision making
- Strong strategic thinking and leadership abilities
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Proficiency with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and other recruiting technologies, Greenhouse preferred
- Ability to analyze data and metrics to drive decisions
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Deep understanding of talent acquisition best practices and industry trends
What the job involves
- The Director of Recruiting will lead the development and execution of a high-performance recruiting function aligned with the company’s growth objectives
- This role combines operational focus with strategic, company-based philosophical grounding to ensure our hiring approach supports both immediate hiring needs and broader organizational priorities
- Talent Team and Hiring Strategy: You will drive an effective and targeted sourcing strategy that maximizes reach and minimizes wasted resources. This includes operationalizing a response system for candidate outreach. A strong, targeted approach here is critical for optimizing our recruiting spend and creating an efficient candidate engagement process
- Metrics and Reporting: Establish a foundational, accurate, and timely reporting system to track hiring progress across roles. Automation can be pursued as we scale, but reliability and immediacy are the starting points
- Hiring Skills Development Across the Organization: Elevate hiring capability organization-wide, enhancing beyond current programs to grow competencies in talent assessment, inclusive interviewing, and candidate experience. This focus will foster a stronger culture of recruiting excellence and contribute to long-term talent strategy success
- Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement a comprehensive recruiting strategy aligned with the company’s growth objectives and high-performance standards
- Team Building and Development: Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing recruiting team, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement
- Metrics and Reporting: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track the effectiveness of recruiting strategies and make data-driven decisions
- Scalability: Design and implement scalable recruiting processes and systems to meet the demands of the organization
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with senior leadership, hiring managers, and business partners to understand workforce needs and develop effective recruiting plans
- Diversity and Inclusion: Promote diversity and inclusion in all recruiting efforts
- Technology Utilization: Leverage advanced recruiting technologies and tools to optimize the talent acquisition process
Our take
Mozilla develops a range of free and open-source software, with its most familiar product being Firefox. Operated with a mission-driven, not0for-profit ethos, Mozilla champions online privacy, open standards and user-choice.
Beyond Firefox, Mozilla has focused on privacy forward offerings such as Mozilla VPN, which allows users to browse securely without being tracked. The company has also streamlined its product portfolio to concentrate on initiatives that align closely with its core mission, ensuring resources are dedicated to improving user experiences while fostering safer, more open digital environments.
Alongside this, its impact extends into the developer and tech community, having played a pivotal role in the creation of Rust, a systems programming language celebrated for its speed and efficiency. With a loyal user base, ongoing innovation, and a clear commitment to privacy and open-source principles, Mozilla remains an influential player in the technology landscape.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2018
$1.2m
GRANT
Jan 2005
$0.3m
ANGEL
Total funding: $3.5m
Company benefits
- Health and wellness: Mozilla covers medical, dental and vision plan premiums at 100% for U.S. and Canadian employees. Our offerings give you the options you need to manage your health — and your family’s — the way you want.
- Mental health: Mental health is as important as our physical health. That’s why Mozilla’s health benefits include therapy and coaching sessions to make sure our people have access to the care they need.
- Time away: With all of life’s demands, time away from work to disconnect and recharge is essential. In addition to country-specific holidays (12 in the U.S. and Canada), vacation and sick time start accruing right away (specifics vary by country). Everyone also takes a pause together on quarterly all-company wellness days, plus you get to celebrate the most personal holiday of all: your birthday.
- Parental leave: While Mozilla’s parental leave policies vary globally, our U.S. and Canadian-based employees can look forward to 26 weeks of paid leave for childbearing parents and 12 weeks of paid leave for non-childbearing parents.
- Financial: Mozilla is a private company, so our compensation isn’t tied to stock options or equity plans. Instead, we offer generous, performance-based bonus plans to all regular employees to underscore that we share in our success as one team. As for retirement savings for US and Canadian employees, Mozilla contributes a percentage of your eligible base salary each year to the 401(k) Plan/RRSP (regardless of whether you contribute or not), with 100% vesting.
- Learning and development: We’re big believers in learning by doing, and we also want to invest in your education and development beyond your role. Every employee is eligible for an annual professional development budget. Mozillians can put it toward technical or management training, certifications, conferences and more.
- Help when you need it: Life is full of surprises; that’s why it’s important to be prepared. Mozilla provides Life/AD&D and Short and Long Term Disability insurance (offerings may vary by locale) to ensure that you and your family will have a safety net in place should you ever need it.
- Plus a bit more: A few other benefits include a quarterly wellbeing stipend (to use on those things just for you), an employee referral bonus, internet reimbursement if you’re remote, and a budget for office essentials to make working remotely ergonomically comfortable.
Company HQ
Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Laura Chambers
(CEO)Alongside serving as the CEO at Mozilla, Laura is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School. Previously, she was the CEO and PResident at Willow Innovation, Director at Patelco Credit Union, and General Manager of Core Hosts & Community at Airbnb.
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