• Develop and lead a company-wide recruiting strategy that aligns with business priorities, ensuring timely and high-quality hires across all teams and geographies. • Personally own and lead full-cycle recruiting for key and leadership-level roles, ensuring high-caliber, high-readiness hires. • Partner with the ELT and Finance to manage the headcount plan, aligning hiring priorities, budgets, and approvals to business needs. • Manage, coach, and develop the recruiting team, fostering accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. • Build scalable and consistent recruiting programs, processes, and tools that deliver an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience. • Oversee and optimize the recruiting systems and technology to increase recruiter productivity and data accuracy. • Lead talent marketing and employer branding efforts to attract diverse, high-impact talent globally. • Partner closely with the People and Finance teams on forecasting, workforce planning, budget tracking, and onboarding. • Provide ongoing recruiting insights and reporting, including hiring velocity, cost per hire, and candidate quality metrics. • Champion Firstup’s mission and culture throughout the candidate experience, ensuring every hire strengthens the organization’s values and future success.