Lead Technical Recruiter

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">At Carrum Health, we live and breathe the mission of transforming specialty care to create an unparalleled patient experience. If you are passionate about changing healthcare while thriving in a high-growth, cutting-edge environment with a supportive, people-first culture, we would love to connect with you.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">In 2014, Carrum disrupted the healthcare Centers of Excellence space, first focusing on surgical care, then expanding to cancer care and substance use treatment. Our proven value-based model saves employers up to 45% per episode and reduces unnecessary care and complications. The icing on the cake? Our members pay little to nothing for care, a life-changing benefit when affordability concerns are at an all-time high.  Our team’s execution has been recognized by the venture community, and we’ve raised over $100M in aggregate from top-tier investors like OMERS, Tiger Global Management, and Wildcat Ventures. Our impact has been externally validated in a </span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="text-primary-600 underline underline-offset-2" href="https://www.carrumhealth.com/rand-corp-study-bundled-payments-save/"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><u>RAND Corporation study</u></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""> and featured as a </span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="text-primary-600 underline underline-offset-2" href="https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51867"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><u>Harvard Business School (HBS) case study</u></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">We are seeking a high-trajectory <strong>Lead Technical Recruiter</strong> to join as our founding technical recruiting pillar. This is a unique Player-Coach opportunity designed for a results-driven technical recruiter who wants to remain hands-on closing complex roles today, while explicitly scaling into talent leadership tomorrow.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">As our founding Technical Recruiter, you will step into an environment with a strong foundation but immense room to build, optimize, and scale. Initially, you will hit the ground running to own open tech reqs, while you audit our current infrastructure, minimize the reliance on our RPO partner, and build the definitive playbook for Carrum's technical hiring engine. As you stabilize the pipeline, you will have the opportunity to step into a leadership seat— ideal for someone who is ready to transition from rigorous individual execution to shaping the future of a scaling talent function.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong><em>The salary range for this role is $170,000-$210,000 depending on geography and level of experience, plus competitive equity and a 15% annual bonus.</em></strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>You’re excited about this opportunity because you will own..</strong></span></p><ul><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>The Founding Technical Recruiting Blueprint: </strong>As the foundational lead for this pillar, you will design and execute the end-to-end technical hiring strategy. You aren't just following a process; you are building the playbook for how Carrum identifies, vets, and closes high-quality technical talent.</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>The Player-Coach Transition:</strong> You will start by rolling up your sleeves to personally drive full-cycle execution for our most complex tech roles. Over the next 6–12 months, you have the opportunity to strategically transition into a leadership role, taking over management, performance tracking, and mentorship for our existing recruiting and ops team. </span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>High-Velocity Full-Cycle Execution:</strong> You will treat the candidate journey like a production pipeline—fast, reliable, and automated where possible. You’ll maintain a high volume of active candidates while ensuring an elite candidate experience where no one sits in a stage for more than 48 hours.</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>Creative & Inclusive Sourcing:</strong> You will utilize advanced sourcing techniques to attract and engage high-quality, diverse technical talent. You’re not just waiting for applicants; you act as a strategic "scout" by mapping AI hubs and donor companies to proactively hunt high-conviction, diverse pipelines of technical talent.</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>Data-Driven Funnel Optimization:</strong> You’ll provide weekly "Funnel Health" reports directly to leadership. You will build rigorous tracking systems that eliminate the "black hole" of recruiting, identifying bottlenecks in conversion and pivoting our technical sourcing strategy in real-time.</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>Strategic Talent Advisor:</strong> You will partner directly with technical leadership to proactively evaluate their current team structures and project where they need to grow as we scale. Moving beyond a "ticket-taker" recruiter, you will use market data and consultative insights to help leadership architect their future technical organizations.</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>Strategic Mission Narrative:</strong> You will develop a profound understanding of Carrum’s value-based care model and business goals to effectively pitch our vision and sell high-quality  technical talent on our long-term impact.</span></p></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>We’re excited about you because you…</strong></span></p><ul><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>Are a Veteran Technical Builder:</strong> You bring 6+ years of experience doing technical recruiting, preferably with 3+ years in a high-growth startup environment where you had to build processes from scratch. </span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>Have Leadership Ambitions & High EQ:</strong> You are looking for the next step in your career. You have a passion for mentorship, team performance management, and organizational design, and you are ready to earn a Head of TA title through proven execution.</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>Are Obsessed with Funnel Optimization:</strong> You live and breathe Interview-to-Offer ratios and Candidate NPS. You believe that a technical recruiting pipeline should operate like a well-oiled CI/CD process: fast, automated where possible, and thorough enough to catch every "bug" before the offer stage.</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>Speak the Language:</strong> You understand the nuances between a Data Engineer and a Data Scientist and can spot the difference between a "check-the-box" coder and a true product innovator.</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>Are a Natural Storyteller:</strong> You can articulate our value-based care mission to a Senior AI Engineer with infectious enthusiasm, selling candidates on our long-term societal impact. </span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>Are an AI-Optimized Architect:</strong> You aren't just a user of recruiting tools; you are an architect of the talent stack. You leverage AI-driven sourcing and automated workflows to eliminate the mundane, ensuring our hiring engine runs lean while you focus on high-value human conversion. </span></p></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>Why you’ll love working with us...</strong></span></p><ul><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">We’re a hard-working, humble, and compassionate group motivated to solve the hard problems in healthcare today. You’ll work with talented, experienced co-workers from companies like Booz & Company, Teladoc, Hinge Health, Accolade, Angi, and Optum. </span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">We work with some of the most recognized and esteemed health systems in the country. Top hospitals like Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, Stanford Health Care, Scripps Health, and Rush Health have joined our platform. Employers who use our benefit include US Foods, United Airlines, and large public sector organizations like the self-insured schools of California, State of Tennessee, and the State of Maine.</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">We champion a collaborative environment where team members can be autonomous, receive support and healthy feedback, and bring their authentic selves to work.</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">We carve out time to celebrate our successes and have fun. We’re a remote-first company with employees all over the United States. We offer holistic employee support with flexible working hours, generous time off, paid parental leave,  opportunities to connect virtually and in-person, and more.</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">We embrace our team’s diversity of thought, experience, and interests and know that doing so makes us stronger as a company. Carrum has an active employee-led Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) committee alongside several employee resource groups (ERGs) that support parents, women, and various underrepresented groups. </span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">You’ll feel proud that the work you do each day directly impacts people’s lives in big and meaningful ways.</span></p></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">Other benefits:</span></p><ul><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">Stock option plan</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">Flexible schedules and remote work</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">Chicago and San Francisco offices available</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">Flexible PTO, within reason</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">Summer Fridays (sign off @ 1pm local time)</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">15+ paid holidays, including Juneteenth, World Mental Health Day, and Carrum Health Day</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">Annual holiday shutdown in December</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">Paid parental leave</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">Health, vision, and dental insurance</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)</span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">401K retirement plan</span></p></li></ul><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>About Carrum</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">We’re a health tech company that is changing how anyone gets any kind of procedure in the US through a unique value-based care model. By building a two-sided marketplace that connects employers and their members with the top specialty care providers, we deliver a superior patient experience, significantly lower their healthcare spend, and drive better outcomes— a win-win-win for employers, employees and providers. Since launching in 2014, we’ve partnered with high-quality providers across the nation and with numerous Fortune 500 employers, including United Airlines, US Foods, and Prudential. We’ve been recognized by </span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="text-primary-600 underline underline-offset-2" href="https://www.hbs.edu/news/releases/Pages/carrum-health-wins-health-acceleration-challenge.aspx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><u>Harvard Business School and Harvard Medical School</u></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""> and featured in Fierce Healthcare, Fast Company, TechCrunch, MedCity News, The Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and Modern Healthcare, among others. We believe we’re only scratching the surface of our opportunity, and we’re looking for incredible people like you to help us realize our full impact.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">Carrum Health is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all applicants from every background and life experience.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>A Note on Recruitment Safety:</strong> To protect yourself against recruitment fraud, please note that Carrum Health will only communicate via an <strong>@</strong></span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="text-primary-600 underline underline-offset-2" href="http://carrumhealth.com"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>carrumhealth.com</strong></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""> email address. We do not conduct interviews via text or messaging apps, nor do we ever request financial information or fees during the hiring process. All authentic job openings are posted at</span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="text-primary-600 underline underline-offset-2" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fcarrumhealth.com%2Fcareers"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""> <strong><u>carrumhealth.com/careers</u></strong></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">. If you are unsure about the legitimacy of a communication, please verify it at </span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="text-primary-600 underline underline-offset-2" href="mailto:talent@carrumhealth.com"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"=""><strong>talent@carrumhealth.com</strong></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;"="">.</span></p>

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