Contract Technology Recruiter at Versant Media — NeverHard

Job Description Versant is seeking an experienced Contract Technology Recruiter to help build critical technology, data, AI, and product capabilities across a rapidly evolving organization. This is a hands-on role for a recruiter who combines deep technical recruiting experience, advanced sourcing expertise, and strong consultative stakeholder management . You will recruit specialized and difficult-to-find talent while serving as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders—helping them understand the talent market, calibrate requirements, and develop effective strategies for building their teams. What You’ll Do Recruit specialized technology talent across software engineering, data engineering, AI/machine learning, analytics/data science, infrastructure/platform, and product, with searches ranging from individual contributor through senior leadership levels. Lead advanced sourcing strategies for difficult-to-find talent. Proactively identify and engage passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Boolean/X-ray search, talent and market mapping, targeted communities, networking, referrals, and other creative sourcing approaches. Serve as a consultative talent advisor to hiring managers and senior leaders. Lead intake and calibration discussions around role requirements, must-have versus trainable skills, talent availability, target companies, level, compensation, and realistic hiring expectations. Bring market intelligence into hiring decisions. Use sourcing results, candidate feedback, competitive intelligence, compensation considerations, and talent-market data to challenge assumptions and recommend changes to search strategy or role requirements when appropriate. Own the full recruiting lifecycle from intake and sourcing through assessment, interview, offer, and close while managing approximately 15–25 concurrent requisitions and maintaining a strong candidate and stakeholder experience. Build strong stakeholder relationships across hiring managers, HR, Compensation, interview teams, and recruiting partners through proactive communication, clear expectations, frequent updates, and early identification of risks or challenges.