PsiQuantum

Contract - Senior Technical Recruiter

PsiQuantum • $125K — $175K *
Staffing
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business or related field.
  • 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in tech/STEM sectors.
  • Expertise in sourcing candidates in quantum computing and related fields.
  • Ability to partner strategically with leadership.
  • Strong knowledge of modern recruiting tools and methodologies.
  • Exceptional communication skills and stakeholder management.
  • Deep understanding and passion for quantum computing.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute recruitment strategies with leadership for technical roles.
  • Identify and engage specialized talent using advanced sourcing techniques.
  • Drive recruitment processes for senior-level positions, ensuring a positive candidate experience.
  • Oversee the full recruitment lifecycle from job specification to offer acceptance.
  • Utilize market insights to refine recruitment strategies and attract top talent.
  • Build strong relationships across teams, providing updates on hiring progress.
  • Promote the company's mission and enhance employer branding in the tech ecosystem.
  • Champion DEI initiatives throughout the recruitment process, ensuring attractivity of diverse talent.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence growth at a pioneering tech company.
  • Full-cycle recruitment role with a focus on senior technical positions.
  • Collaborative work environment with a strong focus on innovation.
  • Participation in employer branding initiatives with a leading-edge mission.
  • Involvement in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Full Job Description
Job Summary:

PsiQuantum is seeking a highly skilled Senior Technical Recruiter to drive full-cycle recruitment for advanced technical roles, specifically targeting top-tier candidates, including PhDs, in fields such as quantum computing, engineering, and applied sciences. You will work closely with hiring managers to source, engage, and secure world-class talent, ensuring a pipeline of highly qualified individuals who align with PsiQuantum's mission to revolutionize quantum computing. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the growth of a pioneering company at the cutting edge of technology.

Responsibilities:
  • Talent Partnering: Partner with leadership and hiring managers across the organization to develop and execute talent acquisition strategies that support the company's growth, with a specific focus on attracting top-tier candidates for technical senior roles in quantum computing and advanced technology.
  • High-Level Candidate Sourcing & Engagement: Employ a range of sophisticated sourcing techniques to identify, engage, and recruit highly specialized and diverse talent pools, including passive candidates and those from leading tech, academic, and research institutions globally.
  • Search & Leadership Recruitment: Drive the recruitment for senior roles within the organization, including strategic planning, candidate mapping, outreach, and negotiation, ensuring an exceptional candidate experience while securing the highest-caliber talent.
  • End-to-End Talent Acquisition Leadership: Oversee the full recruitment lifecycle for critical roles, from role definition and job specification through to final offer acceptance. Ensure a seamless, efficient, and positive experience for candidates at every touchpoint.
  • Market Intelligence: Provide thought leadership in leveraging deep market insights, and data-driven approaches to inform recruitment strategies. Stay ahead of trends in the quantum computing and tech industries to ensure the company attracts top talent.
  • Collaboration & Stakeholder Management: Foster strong relationships across internal teams, providing regular updates on hiring progress, market trends, and recruitment strategies.
  • Employer Branding: Actively promote the company's mission, vision, and culture to the broader talent pool. Involved in initiatives to enhance employer branding, both within the quantum computing industry and in the broader tech ecosystem.
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): Champion diversity and inclusion initiatives throughout the recruitment process, ensuring that diverse talent is attracted, assessed, and hired into the organization.
  • Data-Driven Decision Making: Use recruitment metrics, industry insights, and data analytics to measure and continuously improve the effectiveness of recruitment processes, ensuring the timely and high-quality placement of candidates.

Required Qualifications:
  • A Bachelor's degree in Business, or a related field
  • 7+ years of proven experience in full-cycle recruiting, with a strong track record of hiring for highly technical and senior roles, ideally within the tech or STEM sectors.
  • Exceptional expertise in sourcing and engaging candidates for highly specialized and cutting-edge fields such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and related technologies.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with leaders, providing strategic counsel on talent acquisition and organizational growth.
  • Strong knowledge of sourcing tools, advanced Boolean search techniques, and recruiting platforms (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter, Greenhouse, GEM).
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.
  • A deep understanding of the quantum computing landscape and a passion for the industry and its impact on the world.
  • Proven ability to thrive in hyper-growth, constantly evolving, and high-stakes environment.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Direct experience recruiting within quantum computing, AI, or other highly technical, innovative industries.
  • Experience working in a global, distributed environment, with expertise in international talent acquisition.
  • Fluency in additional languages is a plus.
  • Expertise in driving diversity and inclusion initiatives and advancing DEI goals within the recruitment function.

The ranges below reflect the target ranges for a new hire base salary. One is for the Bay Area (within 50 miles of HQ, Palo Alto), the second one (if applicable) is for elsewhere in the US (beyond 50 miles of HQ, Palo Alto). If there is only one range, it is for the specific location of where the position will be located. Actual compensation may vary outside of these ranges and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to a candidate's qualifications including relevant education and training, competencies, experience, geographic location, and business needs. Base pay is only one part of the total compensation package. Full time roles are eligible for equity and benefits. Base pay is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

U.S. Base Pay Range

$125,000-$175,000 USD

About PsiQuantum

PsiQuantum is a California-based company that is developing a quantum computer using photonics technology. The company's goal is to build a fault-tolerant quantum computer with millions of qubits, which would be capable of solving problems that are currently intractable with classical computers. PsiQuantum was founded in 2016 by a team of experts in photonics, quantum computing, and computer science. The company has received funding from investors such as BlackRock, Founders Fund, and Atomico.
Learn more about PsiQuantum
Size
100 employees
Industry
Founded
2016

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