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Manager, Recruiting

UniversalAGI· Talent & Operations
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San FranciscoFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Manager of Recruiting at UniversalAGI, leading a team of recruiters and coordinating full-cycle hiring across technical and non-technical roles, partnering with CEO and founding team to scale the company’s talent engine.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and grow a team of technical and non-technical recruiters, sourcers, and recruiting coordinators
  • Carry your own full-cycle requisition load across technical (AI/ML, research, CFD/physics simulation, engineering) and non-technical (GTM, sales, operations) searches
  • Own recruiting OKRs and capacity planning: translate hiring plans into team capacity, requisition allocation, and reallocate fast as priorities shift
  • Partner with CEO, founding team, and hiring managers to shape role definitions, ideal candidate profiles, and hiring strategy for every open requisition
  • Build and protect talent pipelines in the hardest-to-fill niches while staying weeks ahead of demand
  • Own the recruiting metrics that matter: pipeline conversion, time-to-hire, sourcing effectiveness, offer acceptance
  • Set the standard for candidate experience across every discipline, from first outreach through offer and close
  • Build UniversalAGI's reputation as the destination for top talent across AI/ML, research, CFD/physics simulation, engineering, GTM, sales, and operations
  • Coach your team and hiring managers alike on sourcing strategy, technical/business fluency, and closing

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with 2+ years directly managing a team of recruiters, sourcers and coordinators
  • A track record that spans both technical (engineering, AI/ML, research, or similarly specialized deep-tech roles) and non-technical (GTM, sales, operations, or business) hiring
  • Experience building or scaling a recruiting function inside a fast-growing startup
  • Expert-level sourcing chops (LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean/X-ray search, AI sourcing tools, Ashby) and a track record of closing top talent with multiple offers
  • High agency and ownership - you operate with extreme urgency and bias to action - you don't wait for a playbook, you build one
  • Strong data fluency: you build and utilize recruiting dashboards to guide team and process decisions, not just track them
  • Execution velocity that holds up under pressure - comfortable running multiple open requisitions and a team's pipeline against aggressive targets
  • Executive-level communication and judgment- you're trusted by CEO, founding team, and hiring managers for hard calls
  • Comfortable operating in a high-intensity, in-person, fast-paced startup environment where priorities shift fast

Skills

Required:Full-cycle recruitingTeam leadershipStrategic workforce planningSourcing proficiencyStakeholder management

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation with significant equity upside
  • Competitive health, dental, vision benefits paid by the company
  • 401(k) plan offering
  • Flexible vacation
  • Team Building & Fun Activities
  • Great scope, ownership and impact
  • AI tools stipend
  • Monthly commute stipend
  • Monthly wellness/fitness stipend
  • Daily office lunch & dinner covered by the company
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About UniversalAGI

Foundation models for automating physical systems engineering

The platform for engineering teams building and operating Physics AI at scale. Predict aerodynamic performance, structural loads, and thermal behavior in seconds.

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