Senior Recruiter

Company is based in Santa Monica, CA

Position is Remote (US/Canada)

Maximus (https://www.maximustribe.com/) is a mission-driven consumer health company that provides men with content, community, and clinical support to optimize them in mind and body. Maximus has raised $15M from top Silicon Valley VCs such as Founders Fund and 8VC as well as leading angel investors/operators from companies like Bulletproof, Tinder, Coinbase, Daily Stoic, & Shopify.

Maximus is entering an exciting growth phase and we’re seeking a Senior Recruiter to lead our hiring efforts.

This is not your typical recruiting role. We are looking for someone who is exceptionally strategic, deeply operational, and thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. You will work directly with the executive team to define needs, design roles, and project-manage hiring processes that set a new standard for excellence in talent acquisition.

Please note: Culture is key at Maximus, so we get to know candidates holistically through our questionnaire. You will receive an invite in a separate email upon submitting an application. Please fill it out as honestly and intuitively as possible since it is designed to detect exaggeration, which will cause your application to be automatically rejected. The questionnaire is optional to submit now with your application, but candidates that do so will get strongly prioritized. Note, we do not have access to individual questions’ answers/choices.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Hiring Strategy:

  • Partner closely with the executive team to define talent needs, align on hiring priorities, and design roles that support current and future growth stages.

  • Act as a central hiring leader, deeply embedding yourself into team goals to ensure every hire is strategic and impactful.

• Recruiting Excellence:

  • Work with hiring managers to understand job requirements, advise on compensation structure, and own job descriptions.

  • Build and execute customized, full-cycle staffing plans that attract top talent across engineering, research, design, and operations.

  • Create innovative sourcing strategies (e.g. active and passive sourcing campaigns, job boards, conferences, social media, employee networks, outside agencies, etc) tailored to each role and industry, ensuring a robust and diverse talent pipeline

  • Manage the candidate experience, ensuring every touchpoint is exceptional—even for those not moving forward.

• Enablement & Branding:

  • Elevate the entire Maximus team as recruiters through training on intake calibration, candidate qualification, decision-making, and closing.

  • Build and promote Maximus’s employer brand, weaving our mission and values into every step of the recruiting process.

The ideal candidate must have the following:

Experience:

• In-house recruiting experience, ideally within high-growth, mission-driven organizations.

• Proven track record of successfully scaling teams across diverse functions, including engineering, research, product, marketing, and operations.

• Strong experience in developing and executing full-cycle recruitment strategies, including sourcing, interviewing, and hiring top-tier candidates.

Skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with executive leadership, hiring managers, and candidates.

• Demonstrated ability to design and implement creative sourcing strategies using a variety of channels 

• Exceptional organizational and project management skills, with keen attention to detail and ability to manage multiple high-priority tasks in a fast-paced environment.

• Deep understanding of competitive talent markets and the ability to attract high-quality candidates through innovative approaches.

• Experience with candidate experience management, ensuring a seamless, positive journey for all applicants.

Qualities:

• High Conscientiousness: Highly effective, organized, dutiful, self-disciplined, and careful. You are the type of person who used multiple colors of highlighters, and everyone wanted to borrow notes from. You never forget a task, execute it flawlessly, and are as reliable as clockwork.

• High Horsepower & Humility: High intellectual and physical energy. You eagerly solve big, complex, and ambiguous company problems, while having the humility to “roll your sleeves up” and do the dirty work without complaint.

• Creative Thinker: Highly creative thinker who tends to find solutions that others don’t see or inappropriately dismiss. Not content to do the safe bet everyone else takes.

• Relentlessly Resourceful: Highly proactive, does not quit, and finds innovative solutions with little guidance. Bias for action and ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment with a high degree of autonomy.

• Passion for Men’s Health & Development: Interest in helping men develop a healthy masculinity. Demonstrates personal dedication and interest in health optimization (e.g. diet, exercise, sleep, focus, and relationships).

World-Class Benefits:

• Premium Blue Shield Platinum PPO & HMO Plans (up to 80% coverage)

• Full Suite: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance

• Best-in-class 401K options

• Flexible vacation/time-off policies

• Liquidity of options whenever available

• Extended options exercise window for loyal employees (3 months for every year of service; e.g. 1 year for 4+ year employees)

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer, which not only includes standard protected categories, but the additional freedom from discrimination against your free speech and beliefs, as long as they are aligned with company values. We celebrate intellectual diversity.