Who we are: Founded in 2001, Vivid Seats (NASDAQ: SEAT) is a leading online ticket marketplace committed to becoming the ultimate partner for connecting fans to the live events, artists, and teams they love. We believe in the power of experiences and are fiercely dedicated to building products that inspire human connections. Named as one of Built In's top places to work in 2024 , we believe that our People are our greatest competitive advantage. To support our People, we have built a company culture that empowers our employees to embrace challenges, encourages unity through collaboration, and seeks to constantly evolve by leveraging data and inspiring innovation.
The Opportunity: At Vivid Seats, recruiting is our top competitive advantage. As a Sr. Technical Recruiter, you’ll directly impact the most valuable part of our company’s success; recruiting the best people with the skills and passion to succeed in our fast-paced, digital environment.
As the owner of end-to-end search engagements, we will look to you to lead everything from inception of new roles to on-boarding with finesse and speed that ensures that we secure the best and brightest. You will be empowered to use your creativity and strategic influence to deliver on great hiring decisions. Our recruitment team partners closely with stakeholders across the organization to create meaningful interview processes and fantastic candidate experiences.
Our technical recruiters understand what motivates candidates and apply our expertise to foster trust-based relationships with talented engineers, designers, and product managers. As you build talent pipelines and drive a portfolio of active searches, we will ensure that your ideas are heard, supported, and funded. Together with the help of a committed internal recruiting team, you will differentiate Vivid Seats as the employer of choice by embodying our values and proudly representing our brand.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with hiring managers to understand business objectives, assess hiring needs, develop job descriptions, and manage searches through the recruiting lifecycle.
- Demonstrate and advise teams on recruitment best practices, including the use of level appropriate objective assessments and score cards.
- Maintain a high bar for talent assessment and actively coach teams to ensure hiring decisions that align with our company values.
- Represent the Vivid Seats brand in the broader talent market.
- Manage candidate and hiring manager expectations to ensure a smooth recruiting process.
- Build offer letters, compensation packages, and handle all negotiations with candidates.
- Manage a portfolio of active searches and proactively seek out talent to build the pipeline.
Experience Requirements:
- Strong talent assessment and coaching skills. You are an expert in assessing behavioral attributes and creating assessment criteria, and can coach others to do the same.
- A proven career in technical recruiting, preferably in a fast-paced digital product focused organization hiring individual contributors and leaders.
- Strong understanding of Chicago’s technical landscape, including where to source and attract a wide range of technical skill sets.
- Strong sourcing and attraction techniques, including the ability to attract and convert passive candidates.
- Intrinsic motivation to take on new responsibilities; proactively partnering with teams and individuals to remove blockers and fulfill immediate hiring needs while contributing to the overall talent acquisition strategy.
- An understanding of basic employment law and interviewing best practices (behavioral and functional).
- An agile mindset, responding quickly and autonomously to change.
- Strong influential and negotiation skills; communication, organization, and attention to detail.
- Experience with both in-house and agency technical recruiting is a plus.
- Desire to scale internal recruitment best practices, including data driven process improvement, stakeholder management, and cross functional collaboration.
Location: Chicago, IL
We believe in a hybrid working model which provides our workforce the flexibility to take advantage of in-person and remote collaboration. This role will require you to be on-site two days a week.
Our Commitment: We are an equal opportunity employer that values the critical importance of a diverse workforce and sense of belonging. Many of our roles have flexible requirements and we encourage you to apply regardless of whether you meet every qualification.
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