Founding Talent
Core
Own the talent acquisition strategy and execution for a high-growth AI infrastructure startup, focusing on winning top engineering talent in a competitive market.
Role type
Founding Talent / Head of Talent
Builds
The talent acquisition function (network, process, employer brand, data, and team) for a startup growing from ~12 to several times that size in two years.
Domain
AI Infrastructure / Data Engineering / Startup
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Strategic talent planning, executive-level candidate mapping, unconventional hiring tactics, employer branding, negotiation, process optimization, outbound recruiting, agency management
Preferred skills
Experience hiring at AI labs or big tech, deep networks in engineering, ability to build a talent function from scratch
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Map existing team relationships to identify target candidates, design winning strategies for top 5 critical hires, manage live senior searches, host technical events for recruitment, refine compensation and closing strategies, optimize agency and outbound channels
Seniority
Founding, strategic ownership
