Head of Talent

Responsibilities

• Build and run the recruiting engine, including process, pipeline, reporting, and hiring systems across company functions.
• Own and raise the company-wide hiring bar; personally source and close senior and executive candidates.
• Manage concurrent searches across go-to-market, operations, engineering, and design, from individual contributor through director and executive levels.
• Own and optimize the recruiting stack, including Ashby, Juicebox, and LinkedIn Recruiter; provide leadership with live pipeline reporting and automate coordination work.
• Manage the recruiting team, hire additional recruiters, establish recruiting standards, and support team career growth.
• Evaluate and manage agency partners, negotiate terms, and determine when retained search firms are appropriate.
• Establish the employer brand in the New York City and Washington, DC markets.
• Partner with the COO and founding team on headcount planning and talent strategy.

Requirements

• Experience scaling a talent function through significant headcount growth, with demonstrable outcomes.
• Experience partnering directly with founders and company leadership.
• Strong understanding of and relationships within the New York City engineering community.
• Experience managing recruiters, coordinators, and sourcers, including career development.
• Experience running concurrent searches across engineering and go-to-market functions, including senior and executive roles and roles without obvious candidate pools.
• Hands-on use of AI and automation in recruiting workflows.
• Experience configuring an applicant tracking system; Ashby experience is preferred.

Nice-to-Haves

• Recruiting experience in government, defense technology, or another regulated industry.
• Experience running or managing retained executive searches.
• Interest in expanding into broader people operations.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary: $250,000–$300,000.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance fully covered for employees and dependents.
• $100,000 fully paid life insurance; FSA and Dependent Care FSA.
• One Medical membership and fertility and family-building support.
• 401(k) with a 2% company match.
• Fully paid parental leave: 16 weeks for birthing parents and 10 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• Unlimited PTO with a two-week minimum, federal holidays, and a company winter break.
• Home office setup stipend, commuter benefit, expensed office lunches, and company-provided laptop.
• Fully covered gym membership for office-based employees or fitness reimbursement for remote employees.
• Utility, professional development, recreation, and pet care stipends.