Job Description
Our client, a confidential startup at the intersection of AI, education, and gaming, is seeking a seasoned recruiter to take ownership of their hiring strategy and execution. This person will be instrumental in shaping a world-class recruitment function—from process design to candidate experience—laying the foundation of an exceptional hiring engine as the company scales globally.
Responsibilities:
- Own full-cycle recruitment across a range of technical and non-technical roles, with a particular focus on sourcing high-caliber, hard-to-reach candidates.
- Champion the candidate journey—from outreach to offer—ensuring every interaction is thoughtful, consistent, and aligned with the company’s brand and values.
- Partner closely with hiring managers and internal stakeholders to align recruiting strategies with business goals and hiring needs.
- Manage international recruitment efforts, navigating global hiring logistics and expanding the reach of the company’s talent brand.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
- Drive improvements in recruiting workflows, tools, documentation, and internal best practices to support a seamless and scalable hiring process.
- Provide structure and transparency to interview coordination, feedback collection, and hiring decisions to ensure speed and alignment.
- Collaborate with People Operations on broader initiatives and help establish internal documentation for future team growth.
- Contribute to laying the foundation for a future recruiting team, including scalable systems, playbooks, and mentorship opportunities.
Qualifications:
- Proven success leading recruitment efforts in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, ideally across both distributed and on-site teams.
- Strong command of full-cycle recruiting—from sourcing through close—with experience attracting passive talent in highly competitive sectors.
- Expert-level familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS); capable of using these tools to streamline communications, track data, and drive efficiency.
- Confident in influencing stakeholders and clearly communicating the value of an in-person work culture to prospective candidates.
- A proactive operator with strong initiative and an ownership mentality—you anticipate needs, move quickly, and don’t wait to be asked.
- Strategic thinker with a builder’s mindset; eager to iterate on processes and elevate how talent is acquired across the organization.
- Experience mentoring or managing junior recruiting team members or sourcers.
- Familiarity with Ashby or similar next-gen ATS platforms.
- Prior experience as an early hire in a people/recruiting function at a scaling company.
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