Senior Legal Recruiter (Contract, US)

About the Position

Senior Legal Recruiter (Contract, US)

Location: New York, United States

About Nscale

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.

We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

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Responsibilities

• Own hiring delivery for Legal roles
• Run full-cycle recruiting from intake, calibration, sourcing strategy, assessment design, interview process, offer management, and closing.
• Bring market intelligence on talent - including compensation trends, competitor mapping, and realistic time-to-fill expectations
• Develop pipelines for recurring and hard-to-fill profiles across corporate teams
• Improve structured interviewing and selection quality (clear competencies, calibrated scorecards, consistent debriefs)
• Ensure an exceptional candidate experience - timely, transparent, and high-touch where needed

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Requirements

• Deep experience of Legal hiring
• Proven track record recruiting across a range of seniorities, including senior specialist and leadership roles
• Strong stakeholder management with the ability to influence and challenge senior leaders constructively
• Demonstrated sourcing capability (market mapping, outreach strategy, talent research) and comfort operating in competitive markets
• High bar for quality and process where structured interviewing, evidence-based decisioning, and strong candidate experience are paramount
• Experience recruiting in high-growth tech, infrastructure, or regulated environments
• Familiarity hiring across UK/EU and navigating location, compliance, and compensation complexity
• Comfort partnering on compensation/leveling discussions and advising on market benchmarks

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We Offer

• Collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment
• Opportunity to contribute to building the technology that powers the future

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Equal Opportunities Statement

We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

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