We are looking for a Founding Talent Partner with 3-5 years of experience to build the recruiting function from scratch. You'll be an ambitious, hands-on builder who has seen what great hiring looks like at a fast-growing startup and is ready to own the entire talent process, from sourcing through onboarding, at a company that's hit $3M ARR in 11 months and is scaling rapidly.
What will you be doing?
- Own full-cycle recruiting across technical (engineers, AI/ML, SAP consultants) and non-technical roles (chief of staff, sales/AEs), roughly 70/30 split
- Build and refine the recruiting process end-to-end: define interview questions, screening criteria, and evaluation frameworks for a team of junior hiring managers
- Act as a strategic partner to founders and hiring managers, challenge assumptions, align on requirements, and think critically about what each role actually needs
- Own compensation benchmarking and negotiation, helping create consistency as the company builds out its first leveling structure
- Drive employer branding and creative sourcing strategies to find exceptional talent that competitors aren't looking at
- 3-5 years of recruiting experience, ideally at an early-stage startup that scaled quickly (Seed to Series C)
- Has built or closely observed a recruiting function being built from zero, knows what good looks like and can define the playbook
- Comfortable recruiting technical roles (engineers, AI/ML) and able to think critically rather than just take orders from hiring managers
- Based in San Francisco and able to be in-office 4 days/week
- Ambitious, proactive, and creative, not someone who needs everything defined for them or takes a purely transactional approach to filling roles
- 3+ years in full-cycle recruiting, ideally at a fast-growing startup (Seed to Series C)