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# Director of Recruitment (Commercial Brokerage) at Bisnow

- **Company:** Bisnow
- **Location:** Phoenix, AZ
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-31
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/bisnow/1181e35f-511d-43b5-a57d-c6345b123784

## Job description

Our SelectLeaders client is a specialized commercial real estate brokerage focused exclusively on hospitality investment sales. They are building a best-in-class platform for high-performing agents to scale their production, income, and long-term career trajectory. Their mission is to become the industry leader in hospitality brokerage, driven by elite talent, strong deal flow, and a high-performance culture. The Director of Talent, Recruitment & Development is a high-impact, revenue-adjacent leadership role responsible for designing and scaling our client's agent recruitment engine from the ground up. This is a strategic builder position, not a traditional HR function and not a brokerage production role, but a critical driver of firm growth. In this role, you will build and lead the client's national recruitment strategy for top-tier hospitality investment sales talent, creating a consistent pipeline of high-caliber agents while accelerating their ramp to productivity. You will also play a central role in retaining top performers and establishing the systems, training infrastructure, and standards that define  the firm's talent development foundation. The ideal candidate brings 5–10 years of recruiting experience, with a proven track record of building scalable pipelines, programs, and recruiting infrastructure from the ground up within the commercial real estate industry.

Core Functional Ownership:

- Sales Agent Recruiting & Pipeline Development
- Candidate Database Development & CRM Management
- Agent Onboarding & Time-to-Production
- Agent Retention & Engagement
- The Company's Training & Materials
- Talent Systems, Recruitment and Training Performance Metrics

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead full-cycle recruiting efforts focused on attracting and hiring top commercial real estate brokerage talent across multiple markets.
- Develop and execute creative sourcing strategies to identify, engage, and build relationships with high-performing brokers and industry professionals.
- Conduct market research, talent mapping, and competitive analysis to identify recruiting opportunities and strengthen hiring pipelines.
- Build and maintain a robust talent hiring pipeline, proactively identifying and nurturing relationships with prospective candidates long before hiring needs arise.
- Track market movement, broker transitions, and emerging talent to create a sustainable pipeline of future hires.
- Manage candidate outreach, screening, interview coordination, and offer processes to ensure a seamless candidate experience.
- Partner closely with leadership to understand hiring needs, growth objectives, and market expansion plans.
- Maintain and track recruiting activity, candidate pipelines, and hiring metrics within Salesforce and other recruiting platforms.
- Create and own onboarding efforts and help ensure new hires have a smooth transition into the organization.
- Create and own the development and delivery of internal company training programs for new employees, including onboarding curriculum, role specific training, certification standards, and ongoing education content.
- Ensure training alignment with operational, legal, and brand standards, ensuring compliance with national agent requirements.
- Serve as a brand ambassador, promoting the company's culture, growth opportunities, and value proposition to prospective candidates.
- Internal Sales Training Ownership, including:
- Agent onboarding curriculum
- Role-specific training tracks
- Certification standards and completion requirements
- Ongoing education and performance enablement content
- Alignment of training with operational, legal, and brand standards

Qualifications:

Required

- 5+ years of experience in talent sourcing, recruiting, or lead generation within commercial real estate.
- Experience recruiting within commercial real estate brokerage, investment sales, and related professional services.
- Experience delivering onboarding and training programs for new employees.
- Strong research, sourcing, and talent-mapping skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple markets, searches, and candidate pipelines simultaneously.
- High attention to detail with strong organizational and follow-through skills.
- Proven ability to build relationships and engage passive candidates.
- Ability to travel as needed (up to 15%) if role ends up remote.

## Preferred

- Experience with hospitality investment sales brokerage recruiting.
- Familiarity with Salesforce, LinkedIn Recruiter, ZoomInfo, and other recruiting platforms and sourcing tools.
- Understanding of commercial real estate brokerage models, competitive landscapes, compensation structures, and industry terminology.
- Experience supporting high-growth organizations and scaling recruiting functions.

Compensation and Benefits:

Compensation: $95,000–$130,000 base salary + performance bonus/commission eligibility

Benefits: Competitive PTO package including 6 paid holidays (provided after 90 days of employment). Our client is a growing organization and we do not currently provide medical, dental, vision, or 401(k) but this is part of the company growth plan.

Location

Phoenix preferred; Open to remote if outside Arizona. Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

## EEO Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.

## About Bisnow

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Bisnow is the leading B2B platform serving the commercial real estate industry, delivering news, events, marketing services, and recruiting solutions to over 1.7 million subscribers worldwide.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Axel Springer in 2016)
- **Headquarters**: New York City, USA
- **Founded**: 2005
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Online Media / Commercial Real Estate B2B Platform
- **Target customers**: B2B – commercial real estate professionals including developers, owners, investors, brokers, and service providers (Enterprise, SMB)
- **Mission or purpose**: “To inform, connect and advance the commercial real estate community to do more business.” [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/bisnow-media)

## Products & Services
- **Bisnow News**: Award-winning daily journalism covering the most pressing CRE trends across 50 metro markets in North America and Europe. [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about)
- **Live & Digital Events**: 340+ events per year (webinars, digital summits, in-person conferences, and premier leadership retreats like Elevate, Escape & Ascent) attended by over 75,000 people and 2,000 sponsors. [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about)
- **Studio B (Marketing Services)**: Custom content creation, targeted lead generation campaigns, and brand awareness solutions for CRE clients. [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about)
- **SelectLeaders (Recruiting)**: A real estate job network connecting talent with the industry’s most prominent companies. [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about)
- **Biscred (Sales Enablement)**: A platform providing CRE-specific contact data, email addresses, phone numbers, and LinkedIn profiles to help sales teams close deals. [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about)
- **Newsletters**: Morning briefs and sector-specific newsletters reaching more than 1.5 million executives. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/bisnow)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Acquired by Axel Springer in May 2016 for $50 million (not currently trading publicly). [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/bisnow)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of ~$40 million (LinkedIn estimate). [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/bisnow)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Axel Springer (parent company); acquired SelectLeaders in December 2019.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 172 (+13.3% year-over-year); operates across 7 countries (U.S., UK, Philippines, Indonesia, Germany, etc.); hosts 340+ events annually; reaches over 1.7 million subscribers. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/bisnow) [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/about)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Vertically integrated CRE platform**: Combines news, events, marketing services, recruiting, and sales intelligence – a one-stop ecosystem for the industry.
- **Deep market penetration**: Active in 47+ local markets across North America and Europe, providing hyper-local coverage alongside global perspective.
- **Data-driven sales tools**: Biscred offers proprietary CRE-specific contact data that competitors lack.
- **Most Loved Workplace® Certified**: Recognized for culture and employee experience. [mostlovedworkplace.com](https://certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/bisnow)

## Strategic Focus
- Expand the data and intelligence capabilities of the platform (e.g., Biscred).
- Continue scaling the events business both in-person and digitally.
- Deepen presence in existing markets and explore international expansion (already in UK/Ireland).
- Enhance recruitment offerings through SelectLeaders and cross-selling to the existing subscriber base.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Fast-paced, collaborative, and ownership-driven. Values include “Bold, Collaborative, Accountable, Curious, Fast-paced, Authentic, Respectful.” [mostlovedworkplace.com](https://certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/bisnow)
- **Work environment**: Hybrid-first with many roles offering hybrid or remote arrangements. Offices in New York City (HQ), Atlanta, and Washington D.C. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/bisnow-media)
- **Perks & benefits**: Unlimited vacation, health insurance with HSA, mental health support via Talkspace, fertility care through Kindbody, generous parental leave, wellness incentives, and dependent care support. [mostlovedworkplace.com](https://certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/bisnow)
- **Career development**: Individual Development Plans, quarterly ROCKS goal-setting, clear internal promotion paths, and cross-departmental mobility. [mostlovedworkplace.com](https://certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/bisnow)
- **Engineering/technology culture**: Data-driven mindset; leverages AI tools in the hiring process; small, agile teams with high ownership. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/bisnow)

## Sources
1. [Bisnow](https://www.bisnow.com/about)
2. [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/bisnow)
3. [Built In](https://builtin.com/company/bisnow-media)
4. [Most Loved Workplace](https://certcheck.mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/bisnow)
5. [Bisnow Careers (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/bisnow)

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