Contractor, Technical Recruiter

Lila Sciences
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Workplace: OnsiteContractFunction: People, HR & TalentExperience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Stakeholder management","Communication","Relationship-building","Ability to manage multiple priorities","Process improvement"]

Lead full-cycle technical recruiting for contract roles and select full-time hires across the Autonomous Science Platform, covering hardware & controls, physical sciences, life sciences, and sustaining engineering/lab operations. Serve as the primary relationship manager for external staffing agencies, partnering with hiring managers to define talent profiles and recruiting strategies. Manage requisitions, expectations, candidate experience, and recruiting metrics in Greenhouse while improving recruiting operations in a fast-paced R&D environment.

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Lila Sciences
Lila Sciences
1 month ago

Contractor, Technical Recruiter

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Job Summary

Lead full-cycle technical recruiting for contract roles and select full-time hires across the Autonomous Science Platform, covering hardware & controls, physical sciences, life sciences, and sustaining engineering/lab operations. Serve as the primary relationship manager for external staffing agencies, partnering with hiring managers to define talent profiles and recruiting strategies. Manage requisitions, expectations, candidate experience, and recruiting metrics in Greenhouse while improving recruiting operations in a fast-paced R&D environment.
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Job Function: People, HR & Talent
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead full-cycle recruiting for contract positions and select full-time roles across the Autonomous Science Platform (ASP).
  • •Act as the primary relationship manager for staffing agencies supporting contingent hiring across ASP.
  • •Partner with hiring managers to develop recruiting strategies, align on talent profiles, and drive hiring decisions.
  • •Manage contract requisitions and set expectations for candidate quality, timelines, and service levels.
  • •Maintain recruiting data, pipeline activity, and hiring metrics in the applicant tracking system.

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience supporting engineering and scientific organizations.
  • •Experience recruiting for hardware & controls engineering, manufacturing engineering, automation, laboratory operations, or scientific organizations.
  • •Experience managing staffing agency relationships and contingent workforce recruiting.
  • •Strong understanding of engineering and scientific talent markets.
  • •Experience using an applicant tracking system such as Greenhouse.
Experience:4+ yearsTechnical recruitingEngineeringScientific organizationsLife sciencesBiotechnologyAdvanced manufacturingRoboticsAutomationDeep technologyStartupHigh-growthR&D
Skills:Stakeholder managementCommunicationRelationship-buildingAbility to manage multiple prioritiesProcess improvement
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GreenhouseApplicant tracking systemAI-enabled recruitingSourcing tools

Company Brief

Lila Sciences
Develops AI-driven platforms to accelerate drug discovery and biological research by integrating machine learning with chemical and biological data to predict molecular properties, streamline candidate selection, and enable faster therapeutic development.
Industry: Biotech
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Funding: Seed
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