Executive Recruiter

Position Overview

As Marqeta’s Executive Recruiter, you will own in-house recruiting for roles ranging from Director to Senior Vice President, across all divisions of the company. You will also serve as a member of the Talent Acquisition and Experience Leadership Team, advising on key decisions related to hiring strategy, process improvement, and modeling best-in-class recruiting practices for fellow recruiters.

Employment Type

• Full-time

Location Type

• Remote (within the United States)

Compensation and Benefits

Marqeta is a Flex First company, allowing you to choose your best working environment. To support this, we calibrate pay to a competitive value according to working location within the United States, categorized into three tiers:

• National: A baseline tier for most geographic territories.
• Premium: Slightly elevated for higher cost-of-living areas (e.g., Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA).
• Premium Plus: For the most expensive working areas (e.g., San Francisco Bay Area, New York City).

Please consult with a Recruiter to determine your applicable tier.

When determining salaries, we consider factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior experience, and work location. The new-hire base salary range for this position is:

• National: $153,000 - $191,300
• Premium: $162,700 - $203,400
• Premium Plus: $176,900 - $221,100

Marqeta also believes in recognizing contributions through annual bonuses for eligible employees.

Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of recruiting for roles across the company, ranging from Senior Director to Senior Vice President.
• Partner with C-level and S/VP-level leaders to align on their needs and effectively find, engage, and close talent for these positions.
• Regularly provide market insights on executive talent trends and availability in Marqeta's global and regional markets.
• Serve as the face of Talent Acquisition to leaders at all levels within the company and represent Marqeta to the most senior talent in the market.

Requirements

• 10+ years of recruiting experience, with at least 2 years of in-house executive search experience at a technology company.
• Demonstrated ability to independently source and close executive positions in both technical and non-technical job families.
• Strong business acumen, with the ability to reliably deliver actionable insights about the executive talent market for a given job family / industry.
• Exceptional advisory and collaboration skills, able to rapidly build trust with a company’s seniormost executives and influence their talent strategy.
• Exceptional judgment, discretion, and ability to serve as a role model for more junior recruiting colleagues.

Nice-To-Haves

• Experience recruiting for FinTech / Payments companies.

How You’ll Start (First Quarter Expectations)

• Develop a deep understanding of Marqeta’s business and divisions.
• Provide actionable market insights related to executive roles open at the time of your start.
• Build robust self-sourced pipelines for all executive positions open at the time of your start, with your first hire either closed or reaching final stages.
• Establish rapport and trust with C-level executives, their directs, and their HR business partners.
• Draft an executive hiring strategy optimized for minimizing third-party agency use and elevating the hiring bar for senior leaders and their successors.

Your Manager

• Dan Seifert, Senior Director, Talent Acquisition & Experience

Typical Process

1. Application Submission
2. Recruiter video call
3. Hiring manager video call
4. Virtual “Onsite” (4-5, 45-minute calls)
5. Offer!