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Lead Technical Recruiter - Research at Harvey

Lead Technical Recruiter - Research

Harvey · CA, US

1 months ago

Lead Technical Recruiter - Research

Harvey · CA, US

a month ago
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About the Role

We are looking for a Lead Technical Recruiter to partner closely with our Chief Research Officer and technical leadership to build Harvey Labs, our AI research organization, from the ground up. This hands-on role involves owning searches end-to-end, developing talent strategies for specialized AI talent markets, and defining how we identify and attract exceptional technical talent as Harvey Labs scales.

Responsibilities

  • Partner closely with our Chief Research Officer and Harvey Labs leadership to translate technical priorities into recruiting strategies
  • Own full-cycle recruiting across specialized AI/ML, research, and engineering roles
  • Build deep talent maps across leading AI companies, research labs, startups, academia, and open-source communities
  • Develop creative, high-touch sourcing and engagement strategies for exceptional talent, from experienced researchers to emerging new grads
  • Help leaders define new profiles, calibrate talent bars, and evolve search strategies based on market insights
  • Advise leadership on talent availability, competitive dynamics, compensation, and candidate motivations
  • Drive searches from initial market mapping through offer strategy, negotiation, and close
  • Use data and market intelligence to continuously improve our recruiting strategy
  • Help build scalable recruiting processes and raise the bar for technical recruiting across Harvey

Requirements

  • 7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments
  • Experience recruiting for technical AI research teams or similarly specialized technical roles
  • Strong aptitude for understanding complex technical domains and evaluating candidate qualifications
  • Exceptional sourcer who enjoys identifying hard-to-find talent across research labs, startups, academia, open source, and other nontraditional channels
  • Willing to take creative, white-glove approaches to engaging and closing exceptional talent
  • Trusted advisor who can build credibility with highly technical leaders and candidates
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and able to help shape searches when the profile isn't fully defined
  • Strong instincts for talent and a genuine interest in the evolving AI landscape
  • Data-driven and highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple complex searches without sacrificing candidate experience
  • High ownership, low ego, strong judgment, and a willingness to roll up your sleeves
  • Leads by example and helps elevate the broader recruiting team
  • Highly resourceful and fluent with modern AI tools, using them to accelerate research, sourcing, outreach, market mapping, and recruiting operations without sacrificing judgment or the candidate experience

Skills

  • Technical Recruiting
  • AI/ML Recruiting
  • Research Recruiting
  • Engineering Recruiting
  • Talent Mapping
  • Sourcing
  • Candidate Engagement
  • Candidate Closing
  • Market Intelligence
  • Recruiting Process Improvement
  • AI Tools for Recruiting

Experience Level

  • 7+ years of experience

Salary/Compensations

  • $163,900 - $245,900 USD

About the Company

  • At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate by combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise.
  • We are reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.
  • This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point.
  • We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support.
  • We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time.
  • Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence.
  • We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished.
  • The future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.

Equal Opportunity

  • Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
  • We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai