Senior Business Recruiter

About the role

This Senior Business Recruiter position at Alpaca involves comprehensive ownership of the recruitment lifecycle for key business and operational roles. These include areas like brokerage, compliance, finance, and product functions. The role requires translating business objectives into hiring strategies and ensuring a smooth, candidate-focused process to secure top talent in the fintech sector.

The successful candidate will be instrumental in scaling a global, remote-first organization. This means actively building talent pipelines through various sourcing methods and collaborating closely with hiring managers to define strategies and execute interviews efficiently. A key aspect is delivering a high-quality candidate experience through clear communication and timely feedback.

Success in this role involves advising stakeholders on market compensation and hiring competitiveness, utilizing recruiting data to refine processes and improve conversion rates. The recruiter will also contribute to enhancing Alpaca's employer brand and refining recruitment infrastructure, including interview training and ATS management. This role is about attracting specialized fintech profiles and ensuring a rigorous, fair hiring approach.

The annual salary for this position ranges from $98,000 to $162,000 USD, in addition to stock options.

Skills that matter here

• full-cycle recruiting experience: This role requires managing all stages of recruitment for senior-level business and operational positions.
• hiring for regulated fintech roles: The recruiter must have demonstrated success in finding talent for specialized areas such as risk, compliance, and brokerage operations.
• sourcing capability: The ability to proactively build talent pipelines from scratch for specialized roles is essential.
• stakeholder management skills: This involves influencing and coaching senior leaders while maintaining efficient hiring processes.
• structured and efficient interview processes: The role includes building and improving interview processes to enhance hiring quality and decision-making.
• Data-literate: The recruiter will use funnel metrics and analytics to inform hiring decisions and identify areas for improvement.

Who this role suits

• A recruiter with at least 6 years of experience in fast-paced tech environments, specifically hiring at senior levels.
• Someone who excels at building talent pipelines for highly specialized roles, particularly within regulated fintech.
• An individual adept at influencing and collaborating with senior leaders to drive effective hiring strategies.
• A professional who values data-driven decisions and seeks to continuously improve recruitment processes and candidate experience.

From the employer

Your Role

As Senior Business Recruiter, you’ll own full-cycle recruiting for high-impact business and operational roles across Alpaca, including brokerage, compliance, finance, go-to-market, strategy, and product functions. You’ll help us scale a global, remote-first organization building brokerage infrastructure and APIs. You’ll partner closely with functional leaders to translate business goals into hiring plans, run a rigorous and candidate-friendly process, and help us attract, assess, and close world-class talent in fintech.

Things You’ll Do:

• Own full-cycle recruiting for senior and hard-to-fill business roles across Alpaca.
• Build proactive pipelines through outbound sourcing, referrals, networking, and talent mapping — especially for specialized fintech profiles.
• Partner closely with hiring managers to define hiring strategy, drive interview execution, and keep searches moving efficiently.
• Deliver a high-quality candidate experience with clear communication, fast feedback, and thoughtful closing.
• Advise stakeholders on market dynamics, compensation, leveling, and hiring competitiveness across global markets.
• Use recruiting data and funnel metrics to identify gaps, improve conversion rates, and drive hiring decisions.
• Improve recruiting processes and infrastructure, including interview training, ATS hygiene, structured interviewing, and scalable documentation.
• Help strengthen Alpaca’s employer brand and how we position opportunities to top talent.

Who You Are (Must-Haves):

• 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including senior-level hiring in fast-paced tech environments.
• Demonstrated success hiring for regulated fintech roles (risk, compliance, brokerage ops, tax, finance, legal).
• Strong sourcing capability: you’ve built pipelines from scratch and consistently delivered qualified slates for specialized roles.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and coach senior leaders while running efficient hiring processes.
• Experience building structured and efficient interview processes that improve hiring quality and decision-making.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage senior candidates and stakeholders professionally and credibly.
• Data-literate and comfortable using funnel metrics, ATS reporting, and recruiting analytics to drive decisions.
• Experience working in remote or distributed teams across multiple time zones.

How We Take Care of You:

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options
• Health Benefits
• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card

Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.