Founding Technical Recruiter

Prudentia Sciences•San Francisco, CA

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

Prudentia Sciences is an AI-powered technology platform serving biopharma, biotech, and life sciences investors with portfolio management, due diligence, and value/risk simulation. Backed by GV (Google Ventures), Iaso Ventures, and Virtue, the company aims to help decision-makers use real-time, data-driven insights to unlock the potential of pharmaceutical R&D. The Founding Technical Recruiter will build and run full-cycle hiring across the company and report directly to the Head of People. The role will lead searches across AI/ML, engineering, product, design, and data science, while partnering strategically with hiring managers and executives. The recruiter will help define and scale Prudentia’s recruiting approach, including interview processes, scorecards, candidate experience, and employer brand. The role is hybrid from the company’s San Francisco office twice per week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Requirements

At least 10 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a record of hiring technical talent in AI, engineering, data, or product.
Familiarity with AI and machine-learning hiring profiles and the technical bar for evaluating candidates.
Experience recruiting at a high-growth startup, ideally building or significantly improving hiring processes.
Ability to manage a high volume of searches across multiple functions while maintaining quality and speed.
Strong sourcing skills, including direct outreach to passive candidates.
Comfort using recruiting and ATS tools to run a data-driven process.
Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, including advising hiring managers and executives on hiring strategy.

Nice To Haves

Experience using Rippling’s Recruiting module and Ashby.
Creativity in using AI to improve recruiting processes.
A strong point of view on candidate experience and employer brand.
Experience recruiting for frontier LLM companies.
Experience building a recruiting function from the ground up, such as as the first recruiting hire or among the first few.
Experience recruiting internationally, including in Europe, Singapore, and China.

Responsibilities

Manage the full hiring lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer negotiation, and closing for technical roles.
Manage multiple searches simultaneously while maintaining candidate experience and hiring quality.
Advise hiring managers and executives by translating hiring needs into role scopes, sourcing strategies, and interview plans.
Provide market and compensation data to support timely, informed hiring decisions.
Build recruiting systems, processes, and metrics, including applicant tracking workflows, structured interview kits, and hiring dashboards.
Own candidate experience from initial outreach through offer, reflecting the company’s culture and values.
Help communicate Prudentia’s story to prospective hires and strengthen its employer brand.