Head of Talent

Liberate • Boston, MA

4h

About The Position

We are entering our next phase of scale. Product market fit is strong. Customer demand is real. The constraint is talent.
We are looking for a wartime Head of Talent to build a high-velocity, high-bar hiring engine that directly accelerates revenue and product velocity.
This is not an HR role. This is a growth-critical leadership role.

Requirements

• Experience scaling high-growth companies (Series A/B/C or similar).
• Proven ability to build recruiting systems from scratch.
• Has personally executed senior searches, not just managed teams.
• Deep engineering and/or product network.
• Ability to activate meaningful pipeline within weeks, not months.
• Comfortable operating without heavy infrastructure.
• Willing to roll up sleeves and source directly.
• Strategic but not fluffy.
• Clear, articulate view of what exceptional talent looks like.
• Ability to distinguish great from good quickly and consistently.
• Data-driven funnel management.
• Structured interview design and calibration experience.
• Strong ability to prioritize when every role feels P0.

Responsibilities

• Build the hiring machine
• Design and operationalize a repeatable recruiting engine.
• Define clear competency frameworks and structured interview rubrics.
• Instrument funnel metrics and continuously improve conversion and velocity.
• Reduce dependency on agencies by building proprietary pipeline.
• Raise and protect the talent bar
• Partner with founders and functional leaders to codify what “exceptional” means.
• Enforce structured calibration across interview loops.
• Maintain disciplined pass rates and minimize interview waste.
• Develop instinct and pattern recognition for identifying truly exceptional talent.
• Generate elite pipeline
• Personally source senior engineering, product, and GTM talent.
• Leverage and expand your own deep network.
• Operationalize referral extraction from every new hire.
• Create a culture where recruiting is everyone’s job.
• Move with intensity
• Compress time-to-interview and time-to-offer.
• Compete effectively against top AI and infrastructure companies.
• Drive urgency across the organization.
• Build the function
• Hire and develop high-performing recruiters and sourcing specialists.
• Likely structure: player-coach + sourcing-heavy IC to start.
• Evolve the talent function as the company scales.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed