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Staff Recruiter - Commercial
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recruitment consultant — ESCO, the EU occupation classification
Recruitment consultants provide the suitable candidates to employers according to the specific job profile requested. They perform testing and interviewing with job seekers, shortlist few candidates to present to the employers and match candidates to appropriate jobs. Recruitment consultants maintain relationships with employers to offer their services on a more long-term basis.
Also known as: job placement consultant, recruiting process consultant, employment agent, recruitment officer, employee recruiter, job placement officer
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Twist is hiring a Staff Recruiter to own hiring for our Commercial organization: Sales, Marketing, Business Development and Commercial Operations, plus select roles in other functions. This is a senior individual contributor role for a recruiter who already operates as a strategic talent advisor.
You will run complex, confidential and hard-to-fill searches end to end with minimal oversight. You will find the people who aren't looking, guide senior leaders through every decision from intake to offer, and use data, market intelligence and AI-enabled tools to make hiring faster and better.
What you'll be doing
• Act as a strategic talent advisor to Commercial leaders and hiring managers, translating business strategy and growth plans into current and future hiring needs.
• Lead rigorous intake meetings that define success in the role, the profile, the market reality and the assessment plan before a search opens.
• Manage hiring managers through the process: set expectations, hold teams to timelines and feedback SLAs, and push back with data when a profile, process or offer won't land.
• Coach leaders on structured interviewing, calibrated assessment, compensation positioning and closing, raising the bar on hiring decisions across the business.
• Independently own a portfolio of Commercial searches, from sourcing and screening through assessment, offer negotiation, close and onboarding handoff.
• Negotiate and close competitive offers, managing counteroffers and complex candidate situations.
• Design and execute proactive sourcing strategies to reach passive, hard-to-find talent, including competitive and market mapping, talent intelligence and direct outreach.
• Use Greenhouse as the source of truth for every search, with clean data and disciplined process.
• Apply AI and modern recruiting tools (sourcing platforms, outreach automation, AI-assisted research, resume screening and scheduling) to increase speed and quality, and share what works with the team.
• Use hiring metrics and market data (time to fill, funnel conversion, pipeline health, compensation benchmarks, talent availability) to diagnose problems and guide decisions.
• Ensure every process complies with employment laws and regulations, and follow regulatory and ISO 13485 requirements.
What you'll bring
• 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a track record of owning complex, senior and hard-to-fill searches independently.
• Experience in both agency or search-firm and in-house corporate recruiting. You bring the hunter's sourcing and closing skills of agency work and the partnership and process discipline of in-house.
• Deep experience recruiting Commercial talent (sales, marketing, market access, business development, commercial operations), ideally in biotech, life sciences, diagnostics or pharma.
• Proven ability to manage and influence senior leaders and hiring managers, including holding them accountable to process and pushing back with data.
• Hands-on fluency with recruiting technology and AI tools, and a habit of experimenting with new ones. Advanced Greenhouse (or comparable ATS), LinkedIn Recruiter, and Google Workspace.
• Strong command of recruiting metrics and compensation data, with the ability to turn them into clear recommendations.
• Experience designing or rolling out programs that improve hiring, such as structured interviewing, interviewer training, assessment frameworks or pipeline programs.
• Experience building diverse candidate slates and inclusive hiring processes.
• Working knowledge of employment law and compliance as it applies to recruiting.
• Sharp judgment, high attention to detail and a strong sense of urgency. You stay organized across many searches when priorities shift quickly..
• BA/BS degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience building commercial teams from the ground up, such as a new territory, product launch or market expansion.
• Familiarity with ISO 13485 or other regulated quality environments.
About Twist Bioscience
Twist Bioscience synthesizes genes from scratch, known as “writing” DNA. Just as children learn to both read and write, the next phase of development for the genomics revolution is the ability to write DNA.
At Twist Bioscience, we work in service of people who are changing the world for the better. In fields such as health care, agriculture, industrial chemicals and data storage, our unique silicon-based DNA Synthesis Platform provides precision at a scale that is otherwise unavailable to our customers.
Twist Bioscience Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Twist Bioscience Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic characteristics, or any other category protected by law.
The base cash compensation for this Massachusetts-based role is below. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for bonus, equity, and a generous benefits package. Final compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate skill, experience, expertise, and location and may vary from the amount listed above. Compensation may be different in other locations.
Massachusetts Pay Range
$132,000—$167,000 USD
You will run complex, confidential and hard-to-fill searches end to end with minimal oversight. You will find the people who aren't looking, guide senior leaders through every decision from intake to offer, and use data, market intelligence and AI-enabled tools to make hiring faster and better.
What you'll be doing
• Act as a strategic talent advisor to Commercial leaders and hiring managers, translating business strategy and growth plans into current and future hiring needs.
• Lead rigorous intake meetings that define success in the role, the profile, the market reality and the assessment plan before a search opens.
• Manage hiring managers through the process: set expectations, hold teams to timelines and feedback SLAs, and push back with data when a profile, process or offer won't land.
• Coach leaders on structured interviewing, calibrated assessment, compensation positioning and closing, raising the bar on hiring decisions across the business.
• Independently own a portfolio of Commercial searches, from sourcing and screening through assessment, offer negotiation, close and onboarding handoff.
• Negotiate and close competitive offers, managing counteroffers and complex candidate situations.
• Design and execute proactive sourcing strategies to reach passive, hard-to-find talent, including competitive and market mapping, talent intelligence and direct outreach.
• Use Greenhouse as the source of truth for every search, with clean data and disciplined process.
• Apply AI and modern recruiting tools (sourcing platforms, outreach automation, AI-assisted research, resume screening and scheduling) to increase speed and quality, and share what works with the team.
• Use hiring metrics and market data (time to fill, funnel conversion, pipeline health, compensation benchmarks, talent availability) to diagnose problems and guide decisions.
• Ensure every process complies with employment laws and regulations, and follow regulatory and ISO 13485 requirements.
What you'll bring
• 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a track record of owning complex, senior and hard-to-fill searches independently.
• Experience in both agency or search-firm and in-house corporate recruiting. You bring the hunter's sourcing and closing skills of agency work and the partnership and process discipline of in-house.
• Deep experience recruiting Commercial talent (sales, marketing, market access, business development, commercial operations), ideally in biotech, life sciences, diagnostics or pharma.
• Proven ability to manage and influence senior leaders and hiring managers, including holding them accountable to process and pushing back with data.
• Hands-on fluency with recruiting technology and AI tools, and a habit of experimenting with new ones. Advanced Greenhouse (or comparable ATS), LinkedIn Recruiter, and Google Workspace.
• Strong command of recruiting metrics and compensation data, with the ability to turn them into clear recommendations.
• Experience designing or rolling out programs that improve hiring, such as structured interviewing, interviewer training, assessment frameworks or pipeline programs.
• Experience building diverse candidate slates and inclusive hiring processes.
• Working knowledge of employment law and compliance as it applies to recruiting.
• Sharp judgment, high attention to detail and a strong sense of urgency. You stay organized across many searches when priorities shift quickly..
• BA/BS degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience building commercial teams from the ground up, such as a new territory, product launch or market expansion.
• Familiarity with ISO 13485 or other regulated quality environments.
About Twist Bioscience
Twist Bioscience synthesizes genes from scratch, known as “writing” DNA. Just as children learn to both read and write, the next phase of development for the genomics revolution is the ability to write DNA.
At Twist Bioscience, we work in service of people who are changing the world for the better. In fields such as health care, agriculture, industrial chemicals and data storage, our unique silicon-based DNA Synthesis Platform provides precision at a scale that is otherwise unavailable to our customers.
Twist Bioscience Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Twist Bioscience Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic characteristics, or any other category protected by law.
The base cash compensation for this Massachusetts-based role is below. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for bonus, equity, and a generous benefits package. Final compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate skill, experience, expertise, and location and may vary from the amount listed above. Compensation may be different in other locations.
Massachusetts Pay Range
$132,000—$167,000 USD