Head of Talent
Core
Building the end-to-end talent acquisition function (outbound sourcing and inbound branding) for a hypergrowth fintech startup to attract senior and executive hires.
Role type
Founding Head of Talent / Talent Acquisition Leader
Builds
A scalable hiring engine, talent brand narrative, and org design framework for a Series A fintech company.
Domain
Fintech / Blockchain / Regulated Financial Infrastructure
Deliverable
Production hiring systems & executive placements
Required skills
End-to-end talent acquisition ownership, direct outbound sourcing for senior/executive roles, inbound employer branding & storytelling, interview loop design, org design & headcount planning, AI-native tooling for recruiting, regulated domain recruiting experience
Preferred skills
Fintech, blockchain, or banking recruiting experience, experience building a recruiting function from scratch at a hypergrowth startup, Palantir recruiting org experience
Technologies
Agentic AI tools for sourcing, screening, and pipeline synthesis
Responsibilities
Direct outreach for hardest seats (bank leadership, staff engineers), building inbound content and referral programs, designing scorecards and offer structures, managing external recruiter relationships, setting org design direction with leadership
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC / Founding Team
