Job Description

Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. By collaborating with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners, Astera Labs enables organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI. Astera Labs’ Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates CXL®, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe®, and UALink™ semiconductor-based technologies with the company’s COSMOS software suite to unify diverse components into cohesive, flexible systems that deliver end-to-end scale-up, and scale-out connectivity. The company’s custom connectivity solutions business complements its standards-based portfolio, enabling customers to deploy tailored architectures to meet their unique infrastructure requirements. Discover more at www.asteralabs.com.

Senior Principal Executive Recruiter

Role Overview

The Senior Principal Executive Recruiter will serve as a strategic talent advisor to executive leaders, helping Astera Labs understand its leadership needs before a requisition opens. translate business priorities into proactive executive talent strategies that support the company’s next phase of growth.

Working six or more months ahead of anticipated hiring needs, you will combine semiconductor and silicon market intelligence with a deep understanding of Astera Labs’ organization. This fully in-person role in San Jose will shape how a hyper-growth company builds the leadership capacity required to advance rack-scale AI infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Organizational & Executive Talent Strategy
• Market Intelligence & Strategic Advisory
• Proactive Executive Pipeline Development
• Executive Partnership & Search Leadership

Basic Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant recruiting or talent acquisition experience, including at least 5 years focused on executive recruiting.
• Must-have: Proven recruiting experience within the semiconductor, silicon, or adjacent hardware technology industry.
• Demonstrated ability to understand organizational priorities, diagnose leadership gaps, and turn business needs into proactive talent plans.
• Track record advising VP, C-suite, and other executive-level stakeholders on critical talent decisions.
• Demonstrated success closing candidates from Senior Director through C-suite roles, including navigating complex motivations, stakeholders, and offers.
• Excellent judgment, discretion, communication skills, and ability to influence senior leaders in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading executive talent reviews, succession planning, workforce planning, or organization-design initiatives.
• Experience building talent intelligence frameworks that connect business strategy, capability gaps, market data, and future hiring priorities.
• Established long-term relationships with senior leaders across semiconductor, silicon, hardware, systems, or related AI infrastructure markets.
• Experience partnering with CEOs, executive leadership teams, and board-level stakeholders on multi-year leadership planning.
• Experience recruiting across multiple executive functions, including engineering, product, operations, sales, or go-to-market leadership.

Salary range is $190,000 to $240,000 depending on experience, level, and business need. This role may be eligible for discretionary bonus, incentives and benefits.

We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.