Principal Recruiter
CoinbaseRole Description & Requirements
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
We're hiring a Principal Recruiter to join our Core Recruiting team within People Success. This team owns hiring across Coinbase's G&A, Customer Experience, EAA and IT, and you'll be responsible for owning full-lifecycle recruiting across your portfolio. Depending on business needs, you may also support product group hiring, so flexibility across talent markets is key. You'll partner directly with senior leaders to deeply understand their talent needs, build strong pipelines, and drive process improvements that help the recruiting team scale.
What you'll do:
- Own the full recruitment lifecycle from role intake through close for complex, senior-level searches across your Core portfolio
- Build candidate pipelines through self-sourcing and competitive research, ensuring sufficient depth and quality at each stage to maintain hiring velocity
- Partner with senior leaders across your client groups to translate hiring needs into effective search strategies and a strong candidate and interviewer experience
- Drive data integrity and use pipeline analytics to inform hiring efficiency, surface bottlenecks, and improve outcomes for your hiring teams
- Design and implement recruiting processes and pilot programs that help the team scale its impact across global markets
Required Skills and Experience:
- 8+ years of full-lifecycle recruiting experience in a technology company or similarly fast-paced, high-growth environment, with demonstrated success closing competitive candidates across G&A and/or technical functions
- Experience building and scaling recruiting processes across global markets
- Deep knowledge across the entire candidate lifecycle, from talent mapping and sourcing through interviewing and closing
- Data-driven approach to pipeline management with the ability to translate recruiting metrics into strategic recommendations for stakeholders
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Position ID: P77768
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Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
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