Job Description

Senior Hiring Manager

OptiNizers partners with businesses to build exceptional remote teams by connecting them with top Filipino talent. We pride ourselves on delivering a high-quality hiring experience for both our clients and candidates through a structured, people-first recruitment process.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Hiring Manager to support the Head of Talent Experience & Development in leading our recruitment function.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll oversee day-to-day hiring operations, assign requisitions, manage recruiter workloads, conduct interviews, ensure hiring quality, and step into sourcing when needed. As you grow into the role, you'll gradually take on more leadership responsibilities, helping drive team performance while maintaining an active role in recruitment.

If you enjoy leading people, improving recruitment processes, and still love recruiting, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the day-to-day recruitment process across multiple client roles.
• Assign and prioritize requisitions based on business needs and team capacity.
• Manage, mentor, and support Recruitment Admins to ensure quality and productivity.
• Conduct interviews and assess candidates against client requirements.
• Review candidate endorsements before submission to clients.
• Personally source candidates for priority, urgent, or difficult-to-fill roles when needed.
• Monitor recruitment pipelines, hiring timelines, and recruiter performance.
• Collaborate with Sales and Client Success teams to ensure hiring goals are met.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes, systems, and efficiency.
• Assist with onboarding and training new recruiters.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruitment experience.
• At least 2 years of experience as a Hiring Manager, Recruitment Manager, Talent Acquisition Manager, Team Lead, or similar leadership role.
• Proven experience managing or mentoring a recruitment team.
• Experience assigning requisitions, prioritizing workloads, and overseeing recruitment operations.
• Strong sourcing experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, Boolean search, and other sourcing strategies.
• Excellent interviewing and candidate evaluation skills.
• Experience recruiting for multiple industries and professional-level roles.
• Experience in a recruitment agency, RPO, or outsourcing environment is highly preferred.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Highly organized with strong leadership, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with ATS platforms (BambooHR preferred), Notion, and AI tools such as ChatGPT or Claude is an advantage.

This is an opportunity to play a key leadership role in a growing recruitment team while working alongside the Head of Talent Experience & Development to shape the future of our hiring operations.

You'll have the chance to influence processes, mentor recruiters, and grow into a larger leadership role as the company continues to scale.

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