Head of Talent

About the Role

Build and lead the in-house talent function at a venture-backed fintech startup as the company scales from approximately 50 to 250 employees. This player-coach role combines hands-on recruiting with talent strategy and executive partnership.

What You'll Do

• Build the sourcing and full-cycle recruiting function, and hire and lead a team of 3 to 6 recruiters alongside the existing team.

• Personally source and close technical candidates, especially engineers, while recruiting for go-to-market, product, design, and operations roles.

• Partner with executives on headcount plans, hiring budgets, compensation, and leveling frameworks.

• Track pipeline health, conversion, and time-to-fill, and report recruiting insights to leadership.

• Establish structured interviews, calibrated scorecards, and an efficient hiring process.

• Own the handoff from hiring to onboarding, hire an HR generalist, and lay the groundwork for future HR leadership.

What We're Looking For

• At least 8 years of talent leadership experience, including building and scaling an in-house talent function at a high-growth, venture-backed startup.

• A record of at least doubling company headcount and building a talent function from an early stage.

• Hands-on experience sourcing and closing engineering candidates, as well as recruiting for non-technical roles.

• Experience with headcount planning, recruiting analytics, pipeline conversion, compensation, and board reporting.

• Experience using ATS and Rippling.

• Must be a U.S. citizen or Green Card holder. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Compensation & Benefits

Annual salary range: $185,000 to $225,000. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

Hybrid role based in California, United States.