Founding Talent Partner

Laminar•San Francisco, CA

10d•Remote

About The Position

Laminar is hiring a founding Talent Partner to grow, run, and staff its Salesforce Expert Network, a community of independent Salesforce professionals who partner with Laminar to deliver for customers. The role owns the talent engine behind the network: finding exceptional Salesforce talent, building trusted relationships with independent consultants, and matching experts to customer engagements. It combines recruiting, talent operations, and community partnership, working closely with the delivery team to understand project needs and staff engagements, as well as with the Community Manager, who runs network events, workshops, and programming. The Talent Partner will also support Laminar's internal hiring by conducting first-round phone screens, managing candidates and hiring workflows in Ashby, sourcing for ad hoc roles, and supporting the internship program. Laminar describes itself as a well-funded, ex-Google-led team backed by Salesforce Ventures, working with enterprise teams on AI solutions.

Requirements

2–4+ years of experience in technical recruiting, talent operations, staffing, or marketplace operations.
Familiarity with the Salesforce ecosystem, including roles, certifications, and the partner landscape.
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
Organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage many moving pieces at once.
Comfortable building structure and process where none exists.

Nice To Haves

Experience recruiting or staffing contractors or consultants.
Startup experience.

Responsibilities

Source and engage Salesforce Admins, Developers, Architects, and AI implementation experts through the existing network, referrals, LinkedIn, and Salesforce communities.
Continue growing the FoundHQ community of Salesforce experts under Laminar.
Build relationships with top independent consultants globally.
Track emerging skills as Salesforce and AI capabilities evolve.
Screen consultants for experience, technical skills, communication, and project fit.
Partner with delivery leads to scope talent needs for new customer engagements.
Match and staff consultants to projects, often on short timelines.
Run feedback sessions between consultants and Laminar's team after engagements.
Own the talent database, including consultant profiles, skills, certifications, availability, and rates.
Coordinate onboarding for consultants joining the network.
Manage communication with consultants before, during, and between engagements.
Share consultant feedback with the product team to help shape what Laminar builds.
Run first-round phone screens for Laminar roles.
Help manage candidates and hiring workflows in Ashby, Laminar's ATS.
Source for ad hoc roles and support the internship program.