Leadership Recruiter at Abridge in SF Office

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About Abridge Founded in 2018, Abridge is the first AI-native clinician intelligence platform organized around the patient, built for clinicians, and designed to help health systems coordinate the clinical, financial, and evidence-based decisions for every moment of care. Powered by purpose-built AI for healthcare, Abridge connects patients, providers, payers, and life sciences companies. This year, the platform will support more than 100 million patient-clinician conversations across more than 300 of the largest and most complex health systems in the U.S. With deep workflow integration, the Abridge clinician intelligence platform has been validated to support encounters in 28+ languages across specialties and care settings. Abridge is setting the industry standard for the responsible deployment of Al across health systems with continual and transparent Al evaluation. Clinical decision support references and cites gold-standard sources of evidence, and features like Linked Evidence map AI-generated documentation to source data, helping clinicians quickly trust and verify the output. Abridge was awarded Best in KLAS for Ambient AI in 2025 and 2026, in addition to other accolades, including TIME Best Inventions of 2024 and 2025, CNBC Disruptor 2025, and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies 2025. We are a growing team of practicing clinicians, AI scientists, PhDs, creatives, technologists, and engineers working together to transform healthcare. We have offices located in San Francisco, New York, and Pittsburgh. The Role We're hiring an Leadership Recruiter, Tech to lead searches for our most critical technology, product, and design leaders. You'll own VP, Head-of, and Director-level searches in Engineering, AI/Research, Product, and Design. You'll work directly with our CTO and VP, Product to shape how Abridge hires leaders as we scale. This is a senior individual contributor role with no direct reports. You'll report to to the leader of Exec Recruiting. What You’ll Do Run confidential, high-stakes searches for leaders in Engineering, AI/Research, Product, and Design Partner with executives to define role scope, success criteria, and interview panels Build your own pipeline through direct sourcing, networks, and referrals Work with external search firms when it makes sense, and decide when to use them Assess leadership strength, including scope, judgment, and how someone builds teams Guide candidates through the process and close them with a compelling story about our mission, team, and growth Structure and negotiate senior offers with Recruiting leadership and Finance Track market intelligence on talent, compensation, and competitors, and share it with leadership Improve our executive hiring process, scorecards, and candidate experience Use data to report on search progress and pipeline health What You’ll Bring 10+ years of recruiting experience, with 5+ years leading executive searches in tech (in-house, at a search firm, or both) A track record of closing VP+ hires in Engineering, AI/ML, Product, or Design Credibility with CEOs and executive teams, and comfort pushing back with data Strong judgment on leadership talent and the ability to give candid, evidence-based feedback Discretion with confidential searches Experience negotiating offers and equity for senior roles This is a hybrid (Mondays and Wednesdays) role based in San Francisco. Why Work at Abridge? At Abridge, we’re transforming healthcare delivery experiences with generative AI, enabling clinicians and patients to connect in deeper, more meaningful ways. Our mission is clear: to power deeper understanding in healthcare. We’re driving real, lasting change, with millions of medical conversations processed each month. Joining Abridge means stepping into a fast-paced, high-growth startup where your contributions truly make a difference. Our culture requires extreme ownership—every employee has the ability to (and is expected to) make an impact on our customers and o