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Position Overview
Adaptive is seeking a Senior Recruiter to lead full lifecycle recruiting across the business, partnering closely with hiring managers to bring exceptional talent to open positions and deliver an extraordinary candidate experience. This role is responsible for developing and executing proactive sourcing and recruiting strategies that build diverse, high-quality candidate pipelines for current openings and long-term workforce needs.
The Senior Recruiter operates as a trusted advisor to the business, bringing market insights, influencing hiring decisions, and driving an efficient & data-informed recruiting processes. You will own the end-to-end hiring lifecycle, from talent identification through offer close, while ensuring strong data integrity and process adherence within our ATS.
Success in this role requires a balance of strategic thinking and operational excellence. The ideal candidate is a highly collaborative relationship builder who thrives in a fast-paced environment, can navigate a variety of personality types, and leverages critical thinking to continuously improve outcomes. You'll bring a sense of urgency, a customer-centric mindset, and a passion for building meaningful relationships with candidates and stakeholders that simultaneously deliver results.
This position will require on-site presence in our Seattle and/or Bothell locations.
Key Responsibilities and Essential Functions
- Create the best candidate experience, from initial outreach to close
- Develop strong partnerships with hiring managers and internal stakeholders to deeply understand hiring needs
- Develops sourcing and recruiting strategies to generate diverse candidate pools for current and future roles
- Collaborates with hiring managers on recruiting strategies
- Builds and maintains a strong candidate pipeline through various channels by utilizing LinkedIn, Job boards, and networking events, etc.
- Researches and identifies prospective talent, providing a pipeline of qualified candidates for specialized roles
- Manage the recruiting process with an emphasis on ensuring data integrity in our ATS (Greenhouse)
- Determine applicant qualifications by reviewing resumes, conducting interviews, analyzing responses, and comparing technical qualifications to job requirements
- Be an 'unblocker' for the business and candidates to minimize time-to-fill (TTF) throughout each hiring process
- Assist with Talent Acquisition projects and all other duties as assigned
Position Requirements (Education, Experience, Other)
Required
- Bachelors and 5+ years of related experience, or Masters and 2+ years of related experience
- Progressive experience in Talent Acquisition
- Advanced knowledge of full lifecycle recruiting
- Foundational knowledge of state and federal employment related laws
- Experienced relationship builder with candidates and hiring managers
- Ability to identify problems and use critical thinking skills to drive appropriate solutions
- Ability to effectively manage client and candidate expectations
- Results oriented and track record of goal achievement in a fast-paced environment
- High degree of initiative; must be able to work independently and be a self‐manager
- Ability to handle multiple, competing tasks simultaneously that may include sensitive and confidential information
- Sense of urgency balanced with matching business pacing
- Strong customer service skills; a candidate-centric ideology
- Strong problem solving and interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Compensation
Salary Range: $101,600 - $152,400
Possible “other compensation” elements to include:
- equity grant
- bonus eligible
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Interested in this position, but don’t meet all the requirements? Adaptive is committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams across our organization. Please consider applying even if your experience doesn’t match all the qualifications; you may be the exact candidate we’re searching for!
Adaptive is not currently sponsoring candidates requiring work authorization support for this position.
Adaptive’s posted compensation information includes a base salary (or hourly rate) range and summary of other available total compensation. The base salary range represents a minimum-to-maximum salary (or hourly rate) available to candidates upon extension of offer. Base salary is thoughtfully considered upon offer and is determined through multiple evaluation checks throughout the interview process, including: a candidate’s ability to meet minimum qualifications (skills/experience/education), a candidate’s ability to thoughtfully address preferred qualifications, current market conditions, and internal pay equity. Listed base salary is exclusive of bonus, commission, equity, differential pay, benefits, and other incentives.
Adaptive's benefits at-a-glance.
Adaptive Biotechnologies is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Please refer the “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” Poster for more information. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan or policy statement, please email [email protected].
If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail [email protected]. This email is created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues not related to a disability, will not receive a response.
NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES: Adaptive Biotechnologies values our relationships with our Recruitment Partners and will only accept resumes from those partners who have active agreements with Adaptive. Adaptive Biotechnologies is not responsible for any fees related to resumes that are unsolicited or are received by any employee of Adaptive Biotechnologies who is not a member of the Human Resources team.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of related experience, or master's degree and 2+ years of related experience
- Progressive experience in Talent Acquisition
- Advanced knowledge of full lifecycle recruiting
- Foundational knowledge of state and federal employment-related laws
- Experience building relationships with candidates and hiring managers
- Ability to identify problems and use critical thinking to drive solutions
- Ability to manage client and candidate expectations effectively
- Results orientation and a track record of goal achievement in a fast-paced environment
- High degree of initiative and ability to work independently
- Ability to manage multiple competing tasks involving sensitive and confidential information
- Sense of urgency balanced with business pacing
- Strong customer service skills and candidate-centric mindset
- Strong problem-solving and interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. and has not been reviewed or approved by Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp..
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, and vision coverage are described as comprehensive with strong employer cost-sharing, plus options for HSA or PPO plans. Access to mental wellness support and company-paid disability and life insurance further strengthens the protection package.
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Affordable Benefits — Employer-paid premiums for employees are characterized as high, with meaningful contributions for dependents. HSA funding and covered preventive care help keep typical out-of-pocket costs manageable.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings include Discretionary Time Off for exempt roles, vacation for non‑exempt roles, dedicated sick/safe time, and a substantial set of company holidays. Paid parental leave and commuter supports complement the broader time-off framework.
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. Insights
What We Do
Adaptive Biotechnologies is a pioneer and leader in immune-driven medicine that aims to improve people’s lives by learning from the wisdom of their adaptive immune systems. Adaptive’s proprietary immune profiling platform reveals and translates insights from our adaptive immune systems with unprecedented scale and precision. Working with drug developers, clinicians and academic researchers, we are applying these insights to develop products that will transform the way diseases -- such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, and infectious diseases -- are diagnosed and treated. For more information, please visit adaptivebiotech.com.
