Director of Recruiting

OnHires•Palo Alto, CA

4d•$150,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

Our client is an early-stage robotics company based in Palo Alto, building advanced hardware for mission-critical environments. The company is currently operating in stealth mode, with more details shared during the introductory call. This is the first Director of Recruiting hire, offering a greenfield opportunity with no existing recruiting function, established processes, or inherited pipeline. The role involves building the recruiting function from the ground up to scale the company from a handful of people to hundreds.

Requirements

Fascinating human first. Sharp technical recruiter second.
Recently ran full-cycle technical recruiting at a boutique firm or early startup — hands-on, no big-company bureaucracy.
Resourceful, intense, curious, unafraid to take the harder path mindset.
Ability to work at an intense pace, with long hours and occasional weekends.
Willingness to travel.
Relocation support available.

Nice To Haves

Founder strongly values candidates with unconventional life experience. Think expedition guides, wildland firefighters, military veterans, Peace Corps, conflict-zone NGOs, mountain or dive guides, elite hospitality, endurance athletes.

Responsibilities

Reports directly to the CEO.
Owns recruiting end-to-end — sourcing, outbound, referrals, interviews, closing.
Build the outbound and referral engine from scratch.
Hire exceptional engineers who aren't actively looking.
Create a recruiting experience that makes top talent want to bring the next 10 people with them.
Build and eventually lead the internal recruiting function.