Staff/Senior Recruiter

This role can be filled at the Senior Recruiter or Staff Recruiter level, depending on experience.

The Recruiter is responsible for full cycle recruiting for multiple functions, including but not limited to IT, R&D, Corporate Functions,, etc.  This includes creating and implementing strategies to identify candidates while ensuring a best-in-class candidate experience from first contact through on-boarding.  You can expect high-impact responsibility, owning full-cycle recruiting, implementing hiring strategies, programs to drive building a diverse pipeline, while serving as an internal advisor to hiring managers. As an expert in your craft, you will influence talent decisions based on data insights and market intelligence.

Position is Hybrid: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday onsite in South San Francisco

What You’ll Be Doing 

• Serve as an internal advisor to hiring managers to deeply understand business strategies and talent needs for today and the future.


• Build a trusted advisor relationship with hiring managers through coaching and influencing on an effective search, compensation and assessment strategies, closing candidates, etc.


• Responsible for full cycle recruiting including sourcing, screening, selecting, assessing, closing, etc. while ensuring a best-in-class candidate experience


• Leverage our ATS (Greenhouse) as the source of truth for all things related to the recruiting/selection process.


• Partner with hiring managers to understand the specific needs of the role and tailor recruiting strategies to find the best candidates that align with Twist’s guiding principles


• Develop and execute end to end proactive sourcing strategies to ensure a diverse pipeline of candidates


• Use compelling communication skills to help differentiate Twist as an employer of choice to potential candidates


• Contribute to operational excellence of the team through the leadership of strategic projects


• Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies and market dynamics to offer guidance to hiring managers


• Provide recruiting program oversight with planning and implementing successful recruiting strategies i.e. diversity recruiting, building talent pipelines, skills/competency assessment, interviewing, etc.


• Ability to bring creativity to the recruiting process to attract a diverse candidate pool


• Use hiring metrics to develop new and more efficient hiring solutions


• Maintain/follow employment laws/regulations


• Prepare various HR Reports e.g. Recruitment, Retention, candidate pipeline, etc.;


• Follow regulatory and ISO 13485 requirements

What You’ll Bring to the Team 

• BA/BS degree or equivalent combination of education and experience


• 6+ years experience full cycle recruiting experience


• Experience hiring within the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industries a plus


• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, G-Suite and Applicant Tracking Systems


• Experience managing/rolling out programs to improve the selection process


• Must be customer focused and can provide a high touch experience for candidates and hiring managers


• Knowledge of employment law and compliance as it relates to the recruiting process


• Experience networking, sourcing and finding diverse talent


• Experience and knowledge of best practices of to train hiring managers on how to interview/select the best qualified candidates


• Collaborative approach. The ability to work with globally dispersed teams, diverse, cross-functional teams


• Adaptability and creativity. Goals and priorities can change fast. Must have the ability to anticipate and react quickly and take on complex projects


• The ability to communicate complex ideas effectively.


• High Level of Attention to Detail


• Analytical mindset


• Organization and the ability to work with a sense of urgency

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.

San Francisco applicants: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.