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About the Role

As Lead Tech Recruiter, you will attract and secure top technical talent for our data science, engineering, and product teams. You will develop and execute recruiting strategies that reflect how AI is changing the work our teams do and the way we find, evaluate, and win the people who do it. You will own sourcing, screening, and interviewing for mission-critical roles, act as a strategic thought partner to hiring managers and leadership, and continuously push our recruiting process to be smarter, faster, and more rigorous through the intelligent use of AI tools.

Responsibilities

Manage your own requisition load end-to-end, from sourcing through offer, holding every hire to a high bar.
Partner with hiring managers and leadership to discuss headcount, prioritize requisitions, and shape hiring strategy for critical technical roles.
Act as a true business partner to directors, VPs, and CTOs, advising on market trends, salary benchmarks, and best practices in technical and AI talent recruiting.
Bring an AI-native mindset to every part of the role: use AI tools to source candidates, calibrate evaluation, streamline workflows, and continuously raise the quality and speed of our process.
Stay genuinely obsessed with AI and technology, tracking where the field is moving so we know exactly who the best people are and how to reach and win them.
Have a perspective on and interest in developing employer branding strategies that position Formation Bio as the place builders come to solve the hardest problems in drug development.
Act as a thought leader in the technical talent market: identify and participate in events, partnerships, and non-obvious channels to find candidates others miss.
Use data and recruiting metrics to identify where our process can improve, and drive those improvements yourself rather than waiting to be asked.
Organize and participate in events relevant to our target candidate pools to build a pipeline of exceptional technical talent.

Requirements

At least 5 years of technical recruiting experience, with at least 3 in-house at a tech startup, with bonus points for life sciences, health technology, or AI-focused companies.
A demonstrated obsession with AI and technology, not just as a nice-to-have but as a lens you bring to how you source, evaluate, and think about talent.
Fluency using AI tools (Claude Code, Codex, or similar) to make recruiting materially faster and more effective, with real examples of how you've done this.
Experience filling roles across levels, from senior engineers to management, with a track record of hiring people who had outsized impact after joining.
Experience as a genuine strategic partner to directors, VPs, and CTOs.
Strong project management skills and a track record of delivering process improvements that measurably raised the bar for hiring quality.
Demonstrated expertise in non-standard, creative sourcing strategies for hard-to-find technical talent.
Strong alignment with how we work: curiosity, high ownership, and a bias toward efficiency and impact.
Ability to build trust quickly with both hiring managers and candidates, and to operate with little direction while staying closely connected to the team.

Skills

AI tools (Claude Code, Codex, and similar)
Technical recruiting
Sourcing
Screening
Interviewing
Strategic partnership
Market trends analysis
Salary benchmarking
AI talent recruiting
Employer branding
Data analysis
Recruiting metrics
Project management
Creative sourcing strategies

Location

New York City metro area
Boston metro area
Research Triangle (NC)
San Francisco Bay Area

Work Type

Hybrid (3 days per week in office)

Experience Level

Lead

Salary/Compensations

$154,500 - $202,000

Benefits

Equity
Comprehensive benefits
Generous perks

About the Company

Formation Bio is a tech and AI driven pharma company differentiated by radically more efficient drug development.
Advancements in AI and drug discovery are creating more candidate drugs than the industry can progress because of the high cost and time of clinical trials.
Formation Bio, founded in 2016 as TrialSpark Inc., has built technology platforms, processes, and capabilities to accelerate all aspects of drug development and clinical trials.
The company partners, acquires, or in-licenses drugs from pharma companies, research organizations, and biotechs to develop programs past clinical proof of concept and beyond, ultimately helping to bring new medicines to patients.
The company is backed by investors across pharma and tech, including a16z, Sequoia, Sanofi, Thrive Capital, John Doerr, Spark Capital, SV Angel Growth, and others.
At Formation Bio, our values are the driving force behind our mission to revolutionize the pharma industry.
Every team and individual at the company shares these same values, and every team and individual plays a key part in our mission to bring new treatments to patients faster and more efficiently.

Equal Opportunity

Formation Bio is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.