cursor - GTM Senior Recruiter (Contract)

• Partner directly with GTM leaders to understand business goals, hiring priorities, and organizational needs. • Act as a strategic talent advisor, helping leaders define roles, build teams, and make informed hiring decisions. • Own the end-to-end recruiting process from kickoff through close, driving urgency and excellence at every stage. • Build and execute talent strategies for critical and high-impact searches across the GTM organization. • Identify, engage, and close exceptional talent through proactive outreach, referrals, networking, and relationship building. • Maintain an exceptionally high hiring bar and serve as a trusted voice in talent assessment and calibration discussions. • Bring market insights, competitive intelligence, and talent trends to leaders to inform hiring strategy and workforce planning. • Drive an outstanding candidate experience while ensuring every interaction reflects Cursor's values and culture. • Partner with hiring managers to continuously improve interview design, hiring rigor, and selection processes. • Influence offer strategy, negotiation, and close plans for top candidates. • Leverage data and recruiting metrics to identify bottlenecks, improve efficiency, and drive better hiring outcomes. • Help build scalable recruiting programs, processes, and best practices as we continue to grow. • You may be a fit if • 10+ years of recruiting experience, ideally within high-growth technology companies. • Experience hiring GTM talent across Sales, Field Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Customer Success, Partnerships, Revenue Operations, or GTM Leadership. • Proven ability to operate as a strategic partner to executives and hiring managers. • Strong sourcing and talent mapping skills with a track record of identifying and engaging top-tier talent. • Exceptional assessment skills and strong judgment around talent, hiring, and team building. • Excellent communication and influence skills, with the ability to challenge, advise, and build trust with senior stakeholders. • Strong operational rigor and ability to manage multiple high-priority searches simultaneously. • Data-driven mindset with the ability to use insights and metrics to improve outcomes. • Demonstrated success closing highly competitive candidates. • High agency, strong ownership mentality, and a bias toward action. • Excitement about AI, developer tools, and helping build one of the most important companies in software.