Skip to content
Wispr FlowWispr FlowSan Francisco, CA

Head of Talent

Build and lead the talent organization for a fast-growing AI company scaling from 80 to 250 people this year. Personally source/close exceptional senior talent in ML research, engineering, sales and more while building recruiting systems, coaching managers, shaping employer brand and using the company's voice AI product daily.

250k – 400k
On-site8+ YOERecruiting

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Personally source, pitch, and close senior candidates including researchers from frontier labs, former founders, and staff engineers with competing offers.
  • Build the talent organization from first principles, pairing a small senior team with real AI leverage.
  • Hire and lead an exceptional recruiting team, holding hires to the highest bar.
  • Instrument the hiring pipeline with metrics such as pass-through rates, source effectiveness, time to offer, and offer acceptance rates; identify bottlenecks proactively.
  • Coach hiring managers to excel as interviewers and closers; provide candid feedback to managers and founders when candidates do not meet exceptional standards.
  • Design an outstanding candidate experience where candidates feel deeply understood; even rejected candidates should speak positively about the process.
  • Partner with the executive team on employer branding to position Wispr as the premier place for impactful work.
  • Create creative, competitive offers and navigate complex negotiations involving equity, competing offers, and non-standard structures.
  • Act as a power user of the Flow product, providing feedback that shapes the roadmap.

Requirements

  • Proven ability to distinguish strong hires from exceptional ones in short conversations.
  • Candidates and recruiters trust you; you are perceptive about true motivations and maintain strong relationships even with non-closed candidates.
  • Empathetic selling skills with credibility pitching to frontier researchers and early sales hires alike.
  • Track record of improbable closes through creativity.
  • Ability to attract and lead top recruiters who would follow you.
  • Systems and data-oriented thinking; experience scaling hiring through hypergrowth from 100 to 1000+ employees.
  • Comfort delivering hard truths to hiring managers and founders about their processes.
  • View employer brand as a compounding asset and desire involvement in shaping it.
  • Genuine enthusiasm as a power user of Wispr Flow product.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience building talent functions in fast-growing AI companies.
  • Background in using voice/AI tools to enhance recruiting workflows.

Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitingEmployer BrandingPipeline AnalyticsInterview CoachingOffer NegotiationHypergrowth ScalingAi Product Usage

Similar roles

Recruiting jobs
Altana

Senior Director, Talent Acquisition

AltanaBrooklyn, NY

Lead Altana's talent acquisition as a player-coach, mentoring a recruiter team, owning executive search for high-impact roles, shaping global TA strategy, and driving operational excellence with data, AI tools, and inclusive processes in a high-growth tech environment.

250k – 300k
On-site12+ YOERecruiting
Notion

Head of Technical Recruiting

NotionSan Francisco, CA +1

Leads global technical recruiting for Engineering, Product, Design, Data, and TPM teams, partnering with CTO to scale high-bar talent acquisition. Drives AI adoption, team development, processes, and metrics while advising senior leaders on talent strategy.

250k – 300k
Hybrid7+ YOERecruiting
Notion

Head of Early Career Recruiting

NotionSan Francisco, CA +1

Own and scale Notion's global early career recruiting strategy across internships, new grads, and early-in-career pipelines. Lead a team of recruiters, drive AI adoption, and partner with business leaders to attract top emerging talent.

225k – 275k
Hybrid4+ YOERecruiting
Headway

Director, Technical Recruiting

HeadwayNew York, NY +2

Leads technical recruiting for Engineering, Data, Product, Design, Security, and IT, scaling R&D teams through strategy, operations, and high-performing recruiter management. Requires 7+ years recruiting leadership in high-growth tech environments with data-driven approach.

212k – 265k
Hybrid7+ YOERecruiting
Ironclad

Director, Global GTM & G&A Talent Acquisition

IroncladSan Francisco, CA

Leads global talent acquisition for GTM (sales, SE, CS, RevOps) and G&A functions at a high-growth SaaS company, managing recruiter teams, scaling processes, and partnering with leadership on hiring strategy. Requires 10+ years in SaaS sales recruiting.

210k – 240k
Hybrid10+ YOERecruiting