Lead Technical Recruiter (Contract)

Life360’s mission is to keep people close to the ones they love. Our category-leading mobile app and Tile tracking devices empower members to protect the people, pets, and things they care about most, with a range of services including location sharing, safe driver reports, and crash detection with emergency dispatch. Life360 serves approximately 83.7 million monthly active users (MAU), as of May 2025 across more than 150 countries. 

Life360 delivers peace of mind and enhances everyday family life with seamless coordination for all the moments that matter, big and small. By continuing to innovate and deliver for our customers, we have become a household name and the must-have mobile-based membership for families (and those friends that basically are family).

Life360 has more than 500 (and growing!) remote-first employees. For more information, please visit life360.com.

Life360 is a Remote First company, which means a remote work environment will be the primary experience for all employees. All positions, unless otherwise specified, can be performed remotely (within the US) regardless of any specified location above. 

• Actively drives full desk recruiting, acting as a  project leader on the roles you are running, driving the search forward, identifying blockers and bottlenecks along the interview process, search parameters and/or candidate funnel, and ensuring we are constantly learning and making progress.
• Conduct very thorough initial screens that include carefully crafted interview questions, analyze the key requirements for the roles you are leading to craft, conduct, and iterate on the questions you are asking during the initial recruiter screen stage to surface the most valuable insights including evidence for candidates' track record of high performance, whether candidates are exceeding our bar on the skills, traits and any other dimensions that are critical to success .
• Be the talent coach and advisor to the hiring manager ensuring we are maintaining a high talent bar and using a structured interview process.
• Able to manage difficult conversations with hiring teams in a nuanced way and be able to coach through data and metrics to set reasonable expectations. 
• Consistently improving the process. 

The US Based pay for this role is $80/hr. 

• You are deeply curious. You seek to really understand the business and the teams you are supporting, the people you are trying to recruit, and you're constantly striving for greater depth in your understanding as opposed to being okay with drawing surface level conclusions.
• You are a driver. You are impatient and dissatisfied when progress is stalled, and you relentlessly push yourself and your team members to produce results.
• You are as comfortable operating within defined parameters as you are with a high degree of ambiguity.
• You appreciate the complexity and nuance involved in delivering a truly stellar recruiting experience, and you are passionate about perfecting your craft.
• You balance speed with Quality and keep the Talent Bar high while keeping Time to Fill in mind.

Ideal Profile

• 7+ years of recruiting experience with progressively increasing complexity in the types of searches you are running.
• Prior experience recruiting experienced candidates across a wide variety of functions such as product, software engineering, data science, finance and marketing
• Prior experience managing and driving progress across multiple searches.
• Track record of being successful in a high velocity, outcome driven culture. 

Our company’s mission driven culture is guided by our shared values to create a trusted work environment where you can bring your authentic self to work and make a positive difference 

• Be a Good Person - We have a team of high integrity people you can trust. 
• Be Direct With Respect - We communicate directly, even when it’s hard.
• Members Before Metrics - We focus on building an exceptional experience for families. 
• High Intensity, High Impact - We do whatever it takes to get the job done. 

We believe that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better results. Together, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we serve. We strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic best selves to work.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Life360. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any legally protected status.  

We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. We believe that a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the below qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying!

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