The Role
The Senior Recruiter will lead full-cycle recruitment for specialized roles, develop sourcing strategies, manage hiring processes, and advise leadership.
Summary Generated by Built In
At MissionWired, we help our partners create revolutionary fundraising strategies that advance their mission, change our country, and have a positive impact on the world.
MissionWired is the only wholly integrated direct marketing agency for nonprofits and Democratic organizations. We help our partners tell big, ambitious stories that invite their supporters into communities to raise mission-changing revenue. Our results are unrivaled, having converted more than $4.5 billion in donations to the world’s most trusted philanthropies and groundbreaking campaigns. We do it over email and SMS, in the mail, across social media, everywhere. We don’t think in terms of channels; we’re single-minded in pursuit of your success.
We’re innovative, progress-obsessed, do-gooders who care deeply about social change and continuing to push the limits on what we can accomplish together. We’ve brought strategies to life for nonprofit organizations working around the world, including Sandy Hook Promise, Human Rights Watch, The Humane Society of the U.S., Save the Children, and Friends of the Earth. Over the years, we have worked with various progressive political organizations and believe that each election cycle is an opportunity for us to support organizations across the country and elect Democrats to legislative bodies up and down the ballot.
We’re an equal-opportunity employer and take seriously our commitment to equality and equity. Our efforts to be inclusive and create opportunity don’t end when someone joins us – they begin.
We’ve set our sights on changing the world through our work and with our clients, and representation is at the foundation of what we do. We know that diversity of thought and background makes us stronger. That’s why we’re committed to building and maintaining a diverse community.
Every new team member broadens our perspective and allows us to think bigger. We’ll be at our best when people from underrepresented communities and people with a range of perspectives and lived experiences want to come, stay, and push the boundaries of what’s possible.
Overview: We are seeking a proactive and skilled Senior Recruiter to join our small but mighty recruiting team. In this role, you will own full-cycle recruiting for a wide range of niche and technical positions – including .NET developers, Blackbaud CRM and Salesforce specialists, data engineers, functional consultants, and other advancement and fundraising-tech roles. You will partner closely with leadership to define ideal candidate profiles, develop data-driven sourcing strategies, and build diverse, high-quality talent pipelines.
This is a role for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, can create clarity and process out of ambiguity, cares deeply about equitable and inclusive hiring practices, and can serve as a trusted advisor to both candidates and internal stakeholders. You will also help strengthen MissionWired’s employer brand and continuously improve our recruiting processes, tools, and workflows.
Successful candidates will be responsible for:
- Leading full-cycle recruitment for niche technical, consulting, and fundraising-technology roles across the organization.
- Building and executing tailored sourcing strategies for specialized talent pools, including proactive outbound search, technical communities, and executive-style search.
- Screening, interviewing, and assessing candidates to evaluate technical skills, project experience, role fit, and values alignment – while centering DEIB practices.
- Managing all elements of the hiring process, including drafting job postings, interview design, candidate debriefs, reference checks, salary recommendations, and offer delivery.
- Maintaining precision and consistency throughout the recruiting lifecycle using Lever, including pipeline management, documentation, workflows, and reporting.
- Acting as a strategic advisor to hiring managers, helping them understand talent market realities and refining hiring profiles accordingly.
- Communicating updates to hiring managers and aligning on priorities regularly through standing meetings and written communications.
- Supporting hiring managers through capacity planning and guiding them through continuous pipeline building and talent acquisition strategies to get ahead of urgent and anticipated needs.
- Collaborating with the rest of the recruitment team to standardize processes, recommend improvements, and mitigate bottlenecks.
- Promoting MissionWired as an employer of choice by collaborating with the marketing team and participating in networking events, job fairs, and community engagements.
Must-have qualifications:
- 2–4+ years of experience in full-cycle recruiting, including direct experience sourcing and hiring for specialized or technical roles.
- Expertise using an ATS (Lever beneficial) and maintaining accurate, high-volume pipelines.
- Demonstrated success with proactive sourcing tools and platforms, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean/X-ray search, and niche talent communities.
- Proven ability to manage end-to-end recruiting processes at scale while meeting deadlines and maintaining high quality.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience advising senior leaders and managing expectations.
- Excellent organization, time management, and written communication skills.
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
- Deep understanding of recruiting best practices, DEIB principles, and equitable hiring practices.
Nice-to-have qualifications:
- Experience mentoring and developing junior talent; supervisory experience is a plus.
- Prior experience hiring in a consulting, fundraising-tech, or nonprofit technology environment.
- Experience recruiting for roles and/or familiarity with the talent markets of roles such as CRM specialists (Salesforce/Blackbaud), software developers, SQL/data professionals, data conversion specialists, technical consultants or similar niche/technical functions.
- Ability to use metrics, dashboards, or basic analytics to advise decision-making.
- Experience supporting employer brand, recruitment marketing, or community-building efforts.
Salary range for this role is $80,000 to $85,000 per year, depending on experience.
Location
We are currently working remotely with no return to office date. Applicants may reside in the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MO, NE, NC, NJ, NY, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WA. Due to FL legislation, MissionWired is required to participate in e-verify.
Benefits
100% employer-paid premiums for platinum-level medical plan on a national health care network
100% employer-paid life insurance and short term disability
50% employer-paid vision and dental insurance
401(k) with 3% employer contribution
17 vacation days in addition to 12 paid holidays, sick days, bereavement leave, and a volunteer day off.
Paid parental leave at 100% of your salary
Financial support for reproductive and transgender care
Flexible telecommute and remote work policies
Company issued Mac products for home offices
Cell phone service reimbursement, meal and ride-share reimbursement, and other perks available
*Supporting your team on some nights and weekends as we approach high-volume times such as elections may be required.
If you feel you can do the job and are excited about this opportunity but are not sure if you meet all the qualifications, consider applying anyway. We’d love to hear from you!
Top Skills
Boolean Search
Lever
Linkedin Recruiter
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The Company
What We Do
At MissionWired, we harness the power of digital storytelling and connectivity. We’ve deployed millions of emails, motivated countless Facebook likes and shares and generated untold tweets and retweets. We’ve crafted strategic communications for dozens of members of both houses of Congress, large national nonprofit organizations and even The White House. We were at the vanguard of digital advocacy, inventing the tactics in wide use today.
We are a full-service agency that can tackle any challenge thrown our way. From online fundraising, acquisition advertising and analytics to coding, graphic design and writing, we have top-flight talent who’ve been recognized as the best in their fields.
Our clients include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the USO, Sandy Hook Promise, Democratic political committees and members of the U.S. Senate.
