Senior Technical Recruiting Manager

Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses. Mapbox is the only platform that equips organizations with the full set of tools to power the navigation of people, packages, and vehicles everywhere. More than 4 million registered developers have chosen Mapbox because of the platform’s flexibility, security and privacy compliance. Organizations use Mapbox applications, data, SDKs and APIs to create customized and immersive experiences that delight their customers. 

What You'll Do

• Lead and develop a high-performing recruiting team (technical recruiters and sourcers spanning the US and Europe), offering mentorship, performance guidance, and professional growth opportunities.

• Own end-to-end technical hiring strategy across global engineering and product functions, aligning recruiting initiatives with organizational priorities and ensuring consistent attainment of headcount goals.

• Drive operational excellence and process scalability, implementing best-in-class tools and workflows to improve hiring throughput, recruiter efficiency, and candidate experience.

• Design, track, and interpret recruiting metrics and KPIs, such as time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, quality-of-hire, and offer acceptance rates, using these insights to optimize recruiting effectiveness and make strategic staffing decisions.

• Lead workforce planning and operational alignment, building forecasting models and headcount plans that align with business growth, engineering roadmaps, and global supply-demand dynamics.

• Partner with senior engineering and business leaders, advising on hiring forecasts, talent trends, and operational resource planning to inform strategic workforce decisions.

• Coordinate cross-functionally with HR, compensation, legal, and onboarding teams to ensure streamlined hiring operations, compliance across regions, and smooth new-hire integration.

What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role

• Strategic Thinker – Able to connect long-term talent acquisition strategies with immediate business needs across multiple geographies.

• Data-Driven Decision Maker – Uses recruiting metrics and analytics to guide strategy, measure impact, and continuously improve processes.

• Global Talent Expertise – Deep understanding of international recruiting markets, cultural nuances, and compliance requirements.

• Operational Excellence Mindset – Skilled at building scalable, efficient recruiting processes that balance speed, quality, and experience.

• Executive Influence – Confident working with senior leaders, challenging assumptions, and shaping organizational hiring priorities.

• People Leader – Proven ability to inspire, develop, and retain high-performing recruiters and sourcers in a fast-paced environment.

• Adaptability – Thrives in ambiguous, evolving environments and adjusts strategies quickly based on market, business, or organizational shifts.

• Exceptional Communication Skills – Clear and persuasive communicator across written, verbal, and visual formats, capable of aligning diverse stakeholders.

What We Value

In addition to our core values, which are not unique to this position and are necessary for Mapbox leaders:

• We value high-performing creative individuals who dig into problems and opportunities.

• We believe in individuals being their whole selves at work. We commit to this through supportive health care, parental leave, flexibility for the things that come up in life, and innovating on how we think about supporting our people.

• We emphasize an environment of teaching and learning to equip employees with the tools needed to be successful in their function and the company.

• We strongly believe in the value of growing a diverse team and encourage people of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, abilities, and sexual orientations to apply.

We will keep this position posted for 2 days, and every application will be reviewed.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge that you have received the Mapbox Non-US Privacy Notice for applicants, which is linked here. Completing this application requires you to provide personal data, such as your name and contact information, which is mandatory for Mapbox to process your application.

We are committed to a fair and equitable hiring process. We do not discriminate against any protected class.

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