Matthew Gomez
New York,USA
Summary
Mission-driven recruiter with over a decade of experience placing top technical and GTM talent in high-growth, fast-paced environments. Skilled at sourcing passive talent, optimizing recruiting operations, and delivering exceptional candidate experiences across the full hiring lifecycle. Proven track record working directly with leadership at startups and enterprise clients to scale technical teams, implement best-in-class hiring processes, and drive results with a mix of creativity and precision. Excited to join an in-person team focused on transforming foundational industries like housing and healthcare.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Recruiter
Next Ventures
New York, USA
06.2023 - Current
- Hired as the 2nd employee for the U.S. expansion; instrumental in building a book of business across engineering, sales, and operations roles for clients in consulting, logistics, entertainment, and media sectors
- Founded and led the data contracting practice focused on analytics, cloud data engineering, and transformation projects, including talent for the Snowflake and Databricks ecosystems.
- Led full-cycle recruiting across technical and non-technical roles, directly partnering with hiring managers to define ideal candidate profiles, and streamline hiring workflows.
- Delivered standout candidate experiences and worked cross-functionally with recruiting coordinators and senior leadership to ensure efficient and inclusive interview processes
- Designed and facilitated recruiter enablement programs on tools like Bullhorn and ZoomInfo; created documentation to support data-driven and consistent recruiting practices
- Sourced passive talent using creative and non-traditional channels beyond LinkedIn, regularly tracking market trends and candidate engagement metrics
- Organized brand-building partnerships and events that generated new business opportunities and increased network reach
- Actively participated in debriefs and intake meetings; known for raising the bar on interview quality and reducing time-to-fill through structured hiring calibration
- Created and executed an innovative partnership with Tech Pickleball NYC; $2K marketing investment resulted in $45K+ in closed deals
- Advised leadership during the new hire process; participated in interviews and presented feedback on cultural and skill alignment
Recruiter
Google
New York, USA
09.2019 - 04.2023
- Sourced and recruited software engineers for YouTube Search, Music, and Kids
- Worked directly with hiring managers to define role requirements and calibrate selection criteria
- Guided interview panels through structured hiring practices
- Served as a talent advisor across multiple engineering teams
Senior Recruiter
Capital One
New York, USA
11.2016 - 08.2019
- Owned recruiting for cloud engineering and sales roles across Paribus and Wikibuy
- Partnered with business and tech leaders to create scalable hiring processes
- Delivered over 125 placements; reduced time-to-fill by 30%
Practice Manager / Lead Recruiter / Recruiter
Motion Recruitment Partners
New York, USA
03.2014 - 11.2016
- Promoted from recruiter to practice manager; led a team of five recruiters
- Continued hands-on recruiting while mentoring team
- Built strong client relationships with mid-market and enterprise accounts
Business Development Representative
SevOne Inc
Wilmington, USA
05.2013 - 01.2014
- Prospected and built relationships with C-level buyers
- Qualified accounts and handed off warm leads to senior sales team
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behaviors
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJSkills
- Full-Cycle Technical & GTM Recruiting
- Internal Stakeholder & Client Management
- ATS Optimization (Bullhorn)
- CRM (ZoomInfo)
- Recruiter Onboarding & Enablement
- Data/Cloud Talent Strategy (Snowflake, Databricks)
- Process Design & Interview Ops
- Enterprise Engagement & MSA Negotiation
- Sourcing Strategy & Market Intelligence
- Full-cycle recruiting
- Candidate engagement
- Hiring strategy development
- Client relationship management
- Talent market analysis
- Onboarding processes
- Data-driven decision making
- Recruitment process optimization
- Employer branding
- Recruitment budget management
- Recruitment analytics
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Principal Recruiter
Next Ventures
06.2023 - Current
Recruiter
Google
09.2019 - 04.2023
Senior Recruiter
Capital One
11.2016 - 08.2019
Practice Manager / Lead Recruiter / Recruiter
Motion Recruitment Partners
03.2014 - 11.2016
Business Development Representative
SevOne Inc
05.2013 - 01.2014
Some College (No Degree) - Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behaviors
Rutgers University
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