Founding Recruiter leading full-cycle recruitment for Nectar Social, an AI-native social commerce startup. Shaping hiring strategies and building a strong employer brand in Palo Alto.
Responsibilities
Own the hiring plan: Partner with the founders and functional leaders to translate business goals into a clear headcount plan, role definitions, and hiring priorities.
Build the recruiting engine: Design scalable recruiting processes including, structured interview loops, and decision-making processes that consistently raise our talent bar. Implement data-driven dashboards to track pipeline health, time-to-hire, and quality of hire.
Source, engage, and close top talent: Own full-cycle searches across engineering, product, GTM, and operations. You bring a track record of generating strong pipelines and closing exceptional talent.
Use creative, data-driven sourcing: Experiment with channels (outbound, communities, events, referrals, content) and use data to prioritize what works. Maintain a high-quality, high-velocity pipeline for priority roles.
Elevate the hiring experience: Drive a best-in-class candidate experience from first touch through offer and onboarding.
Build our talent brand: Partner with marketing and the founders to tell our story in the market—through content, events, communities, and candidate touchpoints. Turn our employees into magnetically attractive ambassadors for talent.
Coach and enable hiring managers: Train the team on structured interviews, calibration, and closing; build playbooks and templates that make it easier for leaders to hire well.
Be thoughtful about agencies: Own the strategy for when/if we use external partners and how to manage them when we do, with a bias toward strong in-house sourcing.
Requirements
5 - 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting, ideally with experience in early stage startups or a fast growing tech environment.
Proven ability to identify, engage, and close exceptional candidates across technical and non-technical roles
Track record of building recruiting processes that balance creativity, speed, and operational rigor.
Strong prioritization skills and a bias toward action. You move quickly and deliver meaningful results.
High talent bar with sharp judgment around culture add, role fit, and long-term potential.
Energized by in-person collaboration with the team in Palo Alto.
Startup DNA: resourceful, adaptable, low ego, and comfortable operating in ambiguity
Benefits
Competitive compensation and early equity
Health, vision, and dental benefits + 401(k) match
A hybrid team based in Palo Alto with flexibility for in-office collaboration
Deep exposure to cutting-edge AI tooling and the opportunity to shape its application inside brand teams
A collaborative, ambitious team defining a new category of AI-native marketing infrastructure
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