Technical Recruiting Manager

About Us: Here at Ambience, we never set out to be just another scribe. We’re building the AI intelligence platform that restores humanity to healthcare and drives meaningful ROI for health systems across the country. Our technology helps providers focus on delivering great care by removing the administrative burden that pulls them away from patients and away from their most impactful work. Ambience delivers real-time coding-aware documentation and clinical workflow support across ambulatory, emergency and inpatient settings at the top health systems in North America. Our teams operate relentlessly with extreme ownership to build the best solutions for our health system partners. We value candor, positivity and deep thought — and we expect a lot from each other because we know the problems we’re solving truly matter. Ambience was ranked #1 for Improving the Clinician Experience in the KLAS Research Emerging Solutions Top 20 Report, recognized by Fast Company as one of the Next Big Things in Tech, named one of the best AI companies in healthcare by Inc., and selected as a LinkedIn Top Startup in 2024 and 2025. We’re backed by Oak HC/FT, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), OpenAI Startup Fund, and Kleiner Perkins — and we’re just getting started. THE ROLE: We’re looking for a mission-driven Technical Recruiting Manager to build and scale Ambience’s technical hiring engine. In this hybrid hands-on and managerial role, you’ll partner closely with engineering and product leaders to drive headcount planning, role scoping, and allocation across software, ML, platform, infrastructure, and security. You’ll own end-to-end recruiting—designing high-signal processes, elevating candidate experience, and executing closing strategies that consistently attract world-class technical talent. You’ll also mentor and coach hiring managers, acting as a strategic advisor, strengthen interviewing capabilities, and bring operational rigor and data-driven decision-making to our talent systems. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, moves with urgency, and combines technical fluency with people leadership to help scale a high-performing technical organization. WHAT YOU’LL DO: FULL-CYCLE TECHNICAL HIRING - Own end-to-end recruitment for high-priority technical roles across Engineering and Machine Learning, including headcount management, role allocation, prioritization, and overall talent strategy. - Partner closely with hiring managers to align on ideal candidate profiles, define MOCs, and drive clarity in role scoping—ensuring high-signal, efficient processes that deliver the right hiring outcomes. BUILD SYSTEMS OF SCALE, NOT JUST PIPELINES - Design scalable, repeatable recruiting processes—including structured interviews, events, rubrics, scorecards, and interviewer enablement programs. - Implement tooling, automations, and workflows in Ashby to increase speed, quality, and signal across the hiring funnel. DRIVE SOURCING & MARKET STRATEGY - Collaborate with sourcers and hiring managers to build high-impact sourcing strategies across channels—including AI tools, referrals, communities, social platforms, outbound programs, event-based hiring, and creative networking. - Create compelling content, engagement materials, and activation campaigns, supported by talent maps and market insights that inform workforce planning and ensure pipeline health. OWN CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE & CLOSING - Lead candidate communication with thoughtful, transparent, and personalized touchpoints that uphold a best-in-class experience. - Develop tailored closing strategies that effectively communicate Ambience’s mission, technical challenges, and long-term career trajectory. PARTNER WITH LEADERSHIP - Serve as a trusted advisor to engineering, product, and executive leaders on hiring strategy, headcount planning, and organizational design. - Provide data-driven insights on pipeline health, talent trends, and process improvements—delivering clear executive summaries and recommendations. WHO YOU ARE: EXPERIENCED TECHNICAL RECRUITER - 10+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, preferably 5+ years in high-growth startup environments, with a track record of hiring across backend, full-stack, platform, infrastructure, security, and ML. - Demonstrated leadership capability, including at least 2 years formal management and effectively influencing executive stakeholders. DEEP TECHNICAL ACUMEN - Strong understanding of modern software engineering and machine learning domains, enabling credible and high-signal technical assessments. - Able to communicate fluently with engineers and technical leaders to align on requirements, evaluate fit, and drive sound hiring decisions. 0-TO-1 BUILDER - Adept at building recruiting systems, processes, documentation, and workflows from the ground up in ambiguous, fast-scaling environments. - Brings a bias toward action—experimenting, iterating, and refining rapidly based on data and results. PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATOR - Skilled at storytelling and selling top talent on Ambience’s mission, technical roadmap, and long-term opportunities. - Effective at influencing executives, aligning cross-functional stakeholders, and presenting clear, data-backed recommendations. CHAMPION OF CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE - Deep commitment to fairness, inclusion, and transparency throughout every stage of the hiring process. - Creates thoughtful, trust-building interactions that leave candidates with an exceptional impression of Ambience. Pay Transparency We offer a base compensation range of approximately $170,000–$220,000 per year, exclusive of equity. This intentionally broad range provides flexibility for candidates to tailor their cash and equity mix based on individual preferences. Our compensation philosophy prioritizes meaningful equity grants, enabling team members to share directly in the impact they help create. If your expectations fall outside of this range, we still encourage you to apply—our approach to compensation considers a range of factors to ensure alignment with each candidate's unique needs and preferences. Life at Ambience Working at Ambience means opting into a high-ownership, high-trust environment built for people who want to grow fast, operate decisively and focus on work that matters. This could be the right place for you if you want to - Work on mission-critical AI technology that directly improves clinicians’ day-to-day lives and health system financial health across some of the most complex, high-stakes workflows in the world. - Join a “dream team” culture where we hire exceptional people, expect exceptional outcomes and invest deeply in feedback and continuous growth. We operate as a championship team, and that means being ok with hard, uncomfortable, ambiguous problems that lead to real greatness. - Operate with real ownership and accountability in an environment where there are no bystanders: If something is broken, we fix it! You will have meaningful autonomy and be expected to drive work to completion. To help you do your best work, we pair these expectations with benefits intentionally designed to help you feel supported and safe at Ambience and beyond. Some of our key benefits include - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents - 401(k) with a company match of up to 3% of base salary - A remote-friendly culture (with a San Francisco HQ) and full equipment provisioning to ensure you can work effectively from wherever you’re based. - Parental leave to support your family needs - Annual company-wide off-sites, team off-sites and regular team lunches and all-hands gatherings, with travel, lodging and meals covered - Flexible time off with no annual cap, company-wide holidays and an annual holiday shutdown from December 24–January 1 designed to support real rest and long-term sustainability. Ambience Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. Ambience is committed to supporting every candidate’s ability to fully participate in our hiring process. If you need any accommodations during your application or interviews, please reach out to our Recruiting team at accommodations@ambiencehealthcare.com recruiting@ambiencehealth.com. We’ll handle your request confidentially and work with you to ensure an accessible and equitable experience for all candidates. Ambience Healthcare has become aware of scams targeting jobseekers with fake jobs and even interviewing people. Our emails will always come from @ambiencehealthcare.com. We would never our ask candidates to download apps or make any form of payment(s). 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