Head of Talent, Player-Coach (Fintech Infrastructure Startup)

A fast-growing venture-backed startup in financial infrastructure wants a talent leader to establish its in-house recruiting engine as headcount grows several times over. The role mixes strategy with hands-on work: you personally find and land candidates while also building the team, swapping outside recruiting firms and freelancers for a team the company controls.

Responsibilities

• Stand up internal sourcing and complete-cycle recruiting, hiring and leading a small team of recruiters alongside current staff
• Find and land engineers who are tough to recruit, since they account for the bulk of openings, plus fill commercial, product, design and ops openings
• Work with executives on staffing plans, recruiting budgets, pay bands and level definitions, and report on funnel health and speed of hiring
• Introduce structured interviewing, shared evaluation criteria and a swift, decisive process that protects the bar and culture
• Own the handoff from offer to onboarding and prepare the ground for a later HR leader

Profile

• Eight or more years leading talent, including building a function from scratch as an early talent hire at a high-growth startup
• Proven record of at least doubling headcount, with numbers you can quantify
• Hands-on technical recruiting skill, plus experience with non-technical roles
• Strength in headcount planning, recruiting analytics and board-level reporting
• Steady tenures

Hybrid, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, the South Bay (Silicon Valley) or New York, NY. Must already be authorized to work in the US; no visa sponsorship or transfers.