Lead Technical Recruiter - - Washington DC / Philadelphia / Wilmington / Chicago / New York

The Lead Technical Recruiter is responsible for sourcing, attracting, and hiring top technical talent to support Corporate Functions with a strong emphasis on Digital Technology roles in management and non-agreement. As a key member of the Amtrak Talent Acquisition team, this recruiter partners closely with hiring managers across the Digital Technology organization and collaborates with HR Business Partners to understand workforce needs and deliver high-quality recruiting solutions. This role involves developing and executing targeted sourcing strategies for a wide range of technical positionsfrom early-career to executive-level roles. The Technical Recruiter will conduct market and talent pool analyses, advise hiring managers on recruitment best practices, streamline and influence end-to-end hiring processes, and monitor pipeline quality, candidate experience, and cycle time throughout the recruitment lifecycle. Additional recruiting initiatives and special projects may be assigned as organizational needs evolve.

A Lead Technical Recruiter drives hiring strategy, oversees the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for technical roles, and ensures alignment between talent needs and business goals. Their role blends strategic workforce planning, candidate sourcing expertise, stakeholder management, analytics, and team leadership.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of training, education and relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting with 4+ years focused on technical roles in high-growth or enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated success filling senior and niche technical roles (e.g., Staff/Principal Engineers, Cloud/SRE, Security, Data/AI, Architecture).
• Expertise with ATS/CRM systems
• Strong command of structured interviews, competency modeling, and bias mitigation.
• Data fluency: ability to build and interpret recruiting dashboards, forecast pipelines, and advise leaders using evidence.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, negotiation, and closing skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ years of relevant experience focused on technical roles in high-growth or enterprise environments.
• Experience with SuccessFactors ATS system
• Experience in a fast-paced, high requisition load recruitment environment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of full-cycle technical recruiting practices, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer creation and negotiation
• Knowledge of IT and technology roles, skill sets and terminology (e.g. software engineering, cloud platforms, cybersecurity, data, product, infrastructure).
• Knowledge of applicant tracking systems (ATS), candidate relationship management (CRM) tools and recruiting analytics
• Knowledge of employment laws, compliance requirements and hiring practices
• Ability to lead and prioritize multiple technical recruiting workflows simultaneously while meeting established performance metrics
• Advance sourcing skills using applicant tracking systems (ATS), LinkedIn Recruiter, professional social platforms, Boolean search techniques, referrals, and pipeline management.
• Ability to lead technical recruiting initiatives that align with organizational goals and workforce strategies.
• Ability to influence and advise hiring managers on talent availability, realistic requirements, and hiring timelines.

The salary/hourly range is $94,300.00 $122,256.00. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. Depending on an employee's assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee's base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.