Senior Recruiter
Adaptive Biotechnologies
$101,600 - $152,400 / year
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Description
At Adaptive, we’re Powering the Age of Immune Medicine. Our goal is to harness the power of the adaptive immune system to transform the way diseases are diagnosed and treated.
As an Adapter, you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives. With Adaptive, you’ll create a career highlight through collaboration with bright, curious colleagues working at the apex of innovation and application.
It’s time for your next chapter. Discover your story with Adaptive.
Position Overview
Adaptive is seeking a Senior Recruiter to lead full lifecycle recruiting across the business, partnering closely with hiring managers to bring exceptional talent to open positions and deliver an extraordinary candidate experience. This role is responsible for developing and executing proactive sourcing and recruiting strategies that build diverse, high-quality candidate pipelines for current openings and long-term workforce needs.
The Senior Recruiter operates as a trusted advisor to the business, bringing market insights, influencing hiring decisions, and driving an efficient & data-informed recruiting processes. You will own the end-to-end hiring lifecycle, from talent identification through offer close, while ensuring strong data integrity and process adherence within our ATS.
Success in this role requires a balance of strategic thinking and operational excellence. The ideal candidate is a highly collaborative relationship builder who thrives in a fast-paced environment, can navigate a variety of personality types, and leverages critical thinking to continuously improve outcomes. You'll bring a sense of urgency, a customer-centric mindset, and a passion for building meaningful relationships with candidates and stakeholders that simultaneously deliver results.
This position will require on-site presence in our Seattle and/or Bothell locations.
Key Responsibilities and Essential Functions
- Create the best candidate experience, from initial outreach to close
- Develop strong partnerships with hiring managers and internal stakeholders to deeply understand hiring needs
- Develops sourcing and recruiting strategies to generate diverse candidate pools for current and future roles
- Collaborates with hiring managers on recruiting strategies
- Builds and maintains a strong candidate pipeline through various channels by utilizing LinkedIn, Job boards, and networking events, etc.
- Researches and identifies prospective talent, providing a pipeline of qualified candidates for specialized roles
- Manage the recruiting process with an emphasis on ensuring data integrity in our ATS (Greenhouse)
- Determine applicant qualifications by reviewing resumes, conducting interviews, analyzing responses, and comparing technical qualifications to job requirements
- Be an 'unblocker' for the business and candidates to minimize time-to-fill (TTF) throughout each hiring process
- Assist with Talent Acquisition projects and all other duties as assigned
Position Requirements (Education, Experience, Other)
Required
- Bachelors and 5+ years of related experience, or Masters and 2+ years of related experience
- Progressive experience in Talent Acquisition
- Advanced knowledge of full lifecycle recruiting
- Foundational knowledge of state and federal employment related laws
- Experienced relationship builder with candidates and hiring managers
- Ability to identify problems and use critical thinking skills to drive appropriate solutions
- Ability to effectively manage client and candidate expectations
- Results oriented and track record of goal achievement in a fast-paced environment
- High degree of initiative; must be able to work independently and be a self‐manager
- Ability to handle multiple, competing tasks simultaneously that may include sensitive and confidential information
- Sense of urgency balanced with matching business pacing
- Strong customer service skills; a candidate-centric ideology
- Strong problem solving and interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Compensation
Salary Range: $101,600 - $152,400
Possible “other compensation” elements to include:
- equity grant
- bonus eligible
ALERT: Malicious groups posing as Adaptive employees have recently used fraudulent email aliases to extend employment offers, provide fake documents, and request sensitive personal and financial information. Legitimate Adaptive employment opportunities are initiated through our careers page and extended after multiple interviews with verified employees. Adaptive does not ask new hires to purchase anything out-of-pocket, including home office supplies and equipment.
Interested in this position, but don’t meet all the requirements? Adaptive is committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams across our organization. Please consider applying even if your experience doesn’t match all the qualifications; you may be the exact candidate we’re searching for!
Adaptive is not currently sponsoring candidates requiring work authorization support for this position.
Adaptive’s posted compensation information includes a base salary (or hourly rate) range and summary of other available total compensation. The base salary range represents a minimum-to-maximum salary (or hourly rate) available to candidates upon extension of offer. Base salary is thoughtfully considered upon offer and is determined through multiple evaluation checks throughout the interview process, including: a candidate’s ability to meet minimum qualifications (skills/experience/education), a candidate’s ability to thoughtfully address preferred qualifications, current market conditions, and internal pay equity. Listed base salary is exclusive of bonus, commission, equity, differential pay, benefits, and other incentives.
Adaptive's benefits at-a-glance.
Adaptive Biotechnologies is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Please refer the “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” Poster for more information. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan or policy statement, please email hr@adaptivebiotech.com.
If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail accommodations@adaptivebiotech.com. This email is created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues not related to a disability, will not receive a response.
NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES: Adaptive Biotechnologies values our relationships with our Recruitment Partners and will only accept resumes from those partners who have active agreements with Adaptive. Adaptive Biotechnologies is not responsible for any fees related to resumes that are unsolicited or are received by any employee of Adaptive Biotechnologies who is not a member of the Human Resources team.
Benefits
- stock options
About this role
Adaptive Biotechnologies is looking for a Senior Recruiter to own full-cycle hiring across the organization, working from their Seattle or Bothell locations. You'd partner directly with hiring managers to source diverse talent, manage candidate pipelines, and shepherd candidates from initial outreach through offer close. The role demands both strategic thinking—developing sourcing strategies, identifying market insights, and influencing hiring decisions—and operational discipline, particularly around data integrity in Greenhouse and adherence to recruiting processes.
This position suits someone with at least five years of talent acquisition experience (or a master's degree plus two years) who excels at relationship building with both candidates and stakeholders. You'll need to navigate competing priorities, handle sensitive information, and think critically to solve problems and reduce time-to-fill. Strong communication, a customer-centric approach, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced biotech environment are essential. Familiarity with employment law and comfort using LinkedIn and job boards for sourcing round out the core requirements.
The role offers a salary range of $101,600 to $152,400, along with equity and bonus eligibility. This is an in-office position with no remote flexibility.
Typical pay for this role
$120,000
Typical range: $100,000 to $140,000
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