Contract Recruiter Jobs in New York
Contract Recruiter jobs in New York are among the most active in the country, with strong demand concentrated in financial services, healthcare, technology, and professional services and openings at every level from coordinator to senior talent acquisition lead. New York City drives the majority of postings, with meaningful activity in Albany and Buffalo as well, and large employers including JPMorgan Chase, Northwell Health, and IBM consistently hire contract recruiters across their New York operations. High-volume hiring, executive search, and diversity recruiting are the specialties that appear most often in current New York listings. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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About the Role
We're looking for an experienced full-cycle Recruiter to join us on an initial 5-month contract, with the potential to convert to a full-time role, to own hiring for our Product and G&A (General & Administrative) functions, with a particular focus on Go-To-Market (GTM)-adjacent roles. This is a high-visibility position for someone who has spent their career recruiting within financial services or FinTech and knows how to run a search, manage a pipeline, and confidently guide senior stakeholders through a hiring process.
What You'll Do
- Own full-cycle recruiting for Product and G&A roles, from intake through offer and close, across a range of levels including senior and executive-level hires.
- Partner directly with hiring managers, department heads, and executive leadership to define hiring strategy, calibrate on candidate profiles, and manage searches with a strong sense of urgency and quality.
- Build and manage talent pipelines for product, GTM-adjacent functions (e.g., Revenue Operations, Strategy, Business Operations) as well as core G&A functions (Finance, Legal, People, Compliance).
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders — confidently pushing back, managing expectations, and navigating competing priorities across the business.
- Source proactively using a mix of direct sourcing, referrals, and market mapping specific to financial services and FinTech talent pools.
- Manage the end-to-end candidate experience, ensuring a high-touch, professional process for candidates at every level, including senior and executive candidates.
- Negotiate offers and manage closing conversations for competitive, senior-level candidates.
- Maintain accurate pipeline data, reporting, and forecasting in Workday to support broader talent planning.
- Continuously refine and improve our recruiting process, tools, and candidate experience for Product and G&A hiring.
What We're Looking For
- 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with the majority of that time spent recruiting within financial services and/or FinTech.
- Demonstrated experience recruiting for GTM and/or GTM-adjacent roles (e.g, Sales Strategy, Revenue Operations) in addition to Product and G&A functions.
- A track record of operating in a fast-moving, high-growth environment and adapting recruiting strategy as business needs shift.
- Strong experience navigating and influencing senior-level stakeholders, including executives — comfortable being a strategic partner in the room, not just an order-taker.
- Deep familiarity with the financial services/FinTech talent landscape: where the talent lives, who the competitor companies are, and what it takes to win candidates in this space.
- Excellent judgment and consultative instincts, able to advise hiring managers on role scoping, leveling, and market realities.
- Strong offer negotiation and closing skills, particularly for senior and hard-to-fill roles.
- Excellent organizational skills and comfort managing multiple concurrent searches at varying levels of seniority.
- Experience with Workday is a plus.
What This Role Is Not
- This is not a technical recruiting role. Candidates should bring deep domain/functional recruiting expertise in Product and G&A — not a background in engineering or technical sourcing.
Contract Details
- Initial engagement: 5 months, full-time hours.
- Strong potential to convert to a permanent, full-time position based on performance, hiring needs, and mutual fit.
- Contractor will be embedded with the TA team and treated as a core member of the org for the duration of the engagement.
- In office 4 days a week ( WFH on Fridays)
Why Join Us
This is an opportunity to be a strategic partner to Product and G&A leadership at a company operating at the intersection of financial services and technology. You'll have real ownership over how we build out these teams, direct access to senior leaders, and the chance to shape hiring practices as we continue to scale — with a clear path to a permanent seat on the team for the right person. $60/hr. - $70/hr. DOE.
Salary Range
$102,000.00 - $144,000.00This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), PTO, parental leave, and medical leave, STD/LTD insurance benefits. Clearwater Analytics is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
About the Role
We're looking for an experienced full-cycle Recruiter to join us on an initial 5-month contract, with the potential to convert to a full-time role, to own hiring for our Product and G&A (General & Administrative) functions, with a particular focus on Go-To-Market (GTM)-adjacent roles. This is a high-visibility position for someone who has spent their career recruiting within financial services or FinTech and knows how to run a search, manage a pipeline, and confidently guide senior stakeholders through a hiring process.
What You'll Do
- Own full-cycle recruiting for Product and G&A roles, from intake through offer and close, across a range of levels including senior and executive-level hires.
- Partner directly with hiring managers, department heads, and executive leadership to define hiring strategy, calibrate on candidate profiles, and manage searches with a strong sense of urgency and quality.
- Build and manage talent pipelines for product, GTM-adjacent functions (e.g., Revenue Operations, Strategy, Business Operations) as well as core G&A functions (Finance, Legal, People, Compliance).
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders — confidently pushing back, managing expectations, and navigating competing priorities across the business.
- Source proactively using a mix of direct sourcing, referrals, and market mapping specific to financial services and FinTech talent pools.
- Manage the end-to-end candidate experience, ensuring a high-touch, professional process for candidates at every level, including senior and executive candidates.
- Negotiate offers and manage closing conversations for competitive, senior-level candidates.
- Maintain accurate pipeline data, reporting, and forecasting in Workday to support broader talent planning.
- Continuously refine and improve our recruiting process, tools, and candidate experience for Product and G&A hiring.
What We're Looking For
- 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with the majority of that time spent recruiting within financial services and/or FinTech.
- Demonstrated experience recruiting for GTM and/or GTM-adjacent roles (e.g, Sales Strategy, Revenue Operations) in addition to Product and G&A functions.
- A track record of operating in a fast-moving, high-growth environment and adapting recruiting strategy as business needs shift.
- Strong experience navigating and influencing senior-level stakeholders, including executives — comfortable being a strategic partner in the room, not just an order-taker.
- Deep familiarity with the financial services/FinTech talent landscape: where the talent lives, who the competitor companies are, and what it takes to win candidates in this space.
- Excellent judgment and consultative instincts, able to advise hiring managers on role scoping, leveling, and market realities.
- Strong offer negotiation and closing skills, particularly for senior and hard-to-fill roles.
- Excellent organizational skills and comfort managing multiple concurrent searches at varying levels of seniority.
- Experience with Workday is a plus.
What This Role Is Not
- This is not a technical recruiting role. Candidates should bring deep domain/functional recruiting expertise in Product and G&A — not a background in engineering or technical sourcing.
Contract Details
- Initial engagement: 5 months, full-time hours.
- Strong potential to convert to a permanent, full-time position based on performance, hiring needs, and mutual fit.
- Contractor will be embedded with the TA team and treated as a core member of the org for the duration of the engagement.
- In office 4 days a week ( WFH on Fridays)
Why Join Us
This is an opportunity to be a strategic partner to Product and G&A leadership at a company operating at the intersection of financial services and technology. You'll have real ownership over how we build out these teams, direct access to senior leaders, and the chance to shape hiring practices as we continue to scale — with a clear path to a permanent seat on the team for the right person. $60/hr. - $70/hr. DOE.
Salary Range
$102,000.00 - $144,000.00This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), PTO, parental leave, and medical leave, STD/LTD insurance benefits. Clearwater Analytics is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
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What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in contract recruiter jobs across New York.
- Two or more years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a corporate or agency setting
- Demonstrated sourcing ability using applicant tracking systems and talent databases
- Experience recruiting for financial services, healthcare, or technology roles in New York
- Strong knowledge of employment law and Equal Employment Opportunity compliance requirements
- Ability to manage high-volume requisitions and meet time-to-fill targets independently
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, psychology, or a related field preferred
Contract Recruiter Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a contract recruiter in New York?
New York does not require a state-issued license to work as a contract recruiter, so the path centers on education and experience. Most hiring managers expect at least a bachelor's degree in human resources, business, or a related field, along with hands-on sourcing or coordination experience. Professional certifications such as PHR or SHRM-CP are well recognized by New York employers and strengthen a candidate's profile considerably, particularly for roles in financial services and healthcare.
How much do contract recruiters make in New York?
Contract recruiters in New York earn a median of about $84,380 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $56,040 for the lowest 10% to over $149,990 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire contract recruiters in New York?
Employers hiring contract recruiters in New York right now include Colgate-Palmolive, Wilson, and Writer, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. New York's density of financial institutions, health systems, and global technology firms means contract recruiting assignments here tend to run longer and cover higher volumes than in most other states.
Which New York cities have the most contract recruiter jobs?
New York, Fairport, and Purchase account for the largest share of contract recruiter openings in New York. New York City dominates because of its concentration of investment banks, law firms, health systems, and corporate headquarters that require ongoing talent acquisition support, while Albany draws volume from state government and healthcare networks, and Buffalo's growing healthcare and financial sectors anchor activity in western New York.
Are there remote contract recruiter jobs in New York?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 100% of contract recruiter openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, reflecting how much of the work, sourcing, screening, and coordination, can be done without being on-site. The roles most likely to be fully remote are those focused on corporate technology or professional services hiring, while healthcare and high-touch executive search roles more often require at least some in-person presence.
How can I get hired as a contract recruiter in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a recruiting coordinator or talent acquisition assistant role, which large New York employers use as a structured on-ramp to full-cycle work. Northwell Health, JPMorgan Chase, and major staffing firms headquartered in New York City regularly post associate-level recruiting roles that require no prior recruiting background. Candidates coming from adjacent roles in HR administration, customer success, or account management tend to interview well, and earning a SHRM-CP or PHR while building a candidate pipeline gives a concrete edge.
Where can I find and apply to contract recruiter jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to contract recruiter jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current New York openings updated regularly. Find the roles that fit your experience and location and apply directly to the employer through each listing.
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