Astera Labs
Senior Principal Executive Recruiter
$190K–$240K
San Jose, California, United States +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States
California - Experience
- 15+ years of relevant recruiting or talent acquisition experience, including at least 5 years focused on executive recruiting.
About the job
Develops proactive executive talent strategies and pipelines to help Astera Labs anticipate leadership needs and support company growth.
What you'll do
- Partner with executive leaders to identify organizational priorities, capability gaps, and future leadership needs.
- Analyze semiconductor and silicon talent markets and build executive talent maps and long-term candidate relationships.
- Advise stakeholders on search strategy and lead executive searches from kickoff through close.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of relevant recruiting or talent acquisition experience, including at least 5 years focused on executive recruiting.
- Proven recruiting experience in the semiconductor, silicon, or adjacent hardware technology industry.
- Experience advising VP, C-suite, and other executive stakeholders on talent decisions.
- Track record closing Senior Director through C-suite candidates.
Nice to have
- Experience with executive talent reviews, succession planning, workforce planning, or organization design.
- Experience building talent intelligence frameworks or partnering on multi-year leadership planning.
Pay
$190,000 to $240,000 (base salary)
AI focus
Supports leadership hiring for a company advancing rack-scale AI infrastructure; no AI-specific recruiting work is stated.
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