Head of Talent

Rhoda AI•Mountain View, CA

10d

About The Position

Rhoda AI is building generalist intelligent robots and owns the robotics stack, including hardware, robot systems, infrastructure, and foundation world models. The company has raised over $450 million and is investing in research, infrastructure, hardware development, and manufacturing scale-up. Rhoda AI is hiring a Head of Talent to lead company-wide recruiting and build the team and capabilities needed for its next stage of growth. This hands-on leadership role partners closely with founders and functional leaders to set hiring priorities, attract exceptional people, and make recruiting a competitive advantage. The Head of Talent will personally lead important searches while building an internal recruiting team, strengthening sourcing, and establishing efficient hiring processes that preserve a high hiring bar.

Requirements

8+ years of recruiting experience, including experience leading a talent function or recruiting team at a high-growth technology company.
A strong track record of personally sourcing and closing exceptional technical talent, including senior individual contributors and leaders in competitive markets.
Experience building and developing recruiting teams, and a clear understanding of how sourcing, full-cycle recruiting, and recruiting operations work together.
Ability to partner credibly with founders and technical leaders, translate ambiguous needs into well-defined searches, and constructively challenge assumptions.
Strong operational judgment, including the ability to create structure and accountability without unnecessary bureaucracy.
Excellent communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills, and discretion in handling sensitive candidate and business information.
A hands-on approach and strong ownership, with the ability to develop hiring strategy, reach out to candidates, and resolve process bottlenecks.

Nice To Haves

Experience recruiting for AI research, robotics, advanced hardware, or other deeply technical organizations, with established relationships in relevant talent communities.
Experience scaling an internal recruiting function through significant company growth and improving the balance between direct sourcing and agency support.
Familiarity with Ashby or similar recruiting platforms, recruiting analytics, and practical workflow automation.

Responsibilities

Own recruiting strategy and execution across AI research, software, hardware, operations, and business functions, translating company priorities into hiring plans.
Partner with leadership and Finance on headcount planning, recruiting budgets, and resource allocation, using market insight to advise where and how to hire.
Personally lead critical technical and leadership searches, from role definition and market mapping through candidate relationship-building and offer closing.
Work with hiring managers to communicate opportunities, understand candidate motivations, and develop closing strategies in competitive markets.
Build, lead, and develop a talent team across sourcing, recruiting, and recruiting operations, scaling capacity thoughtfully.
Establish internal sourcing capabilities through targeted outreach, referrals, research communities, and long-term relationships; use external search partners selectively and hold them accountable for quality, results, and cost.
Build consistent and efficient hiring processes, including role intake, interview design, evaluation criteria, interviewer training, timely decisions, and offer approvals.
Own recruiting systems, workflows, and reporting; use funnel conversion, time in stage, offer acceptance, source effectiveness, and hiring outcomes to identify bottlenecks and improve performance.
Set a high standard for candidate experience, with clear communication and thoughtful, coordinated engagement from first contact through the transition to onboarding.
Partner with Research, Engineering, and Marketing to communicate what makes Rhoda distinctive and build relationships with relevant hiring communities.