Recruiting Lead

Within•San Francisco, CA

12h•Onsite

About The Position

Within is hiring a hands-on, founding Recruiting Lead to build its recruiting function while owning full-cycle recruiting for priority roles. The role combines recruiting execution, systems design, and AI-enabled workflows. Initially, the focus is identifying and closing exceptional talent in competitive markets; over time, the role will develop recruiting processes and operating rhythms that support consistent, scalable hiring. The position is an individual-contributor role, with scope and team structure expected to evolve in partnership with the incoming VP of People. It reports directly to a co-founder in the interim, with the reporting structure expected to evolve once the VP of People is in place. The successful candidate will build recruiting structure from the ground up, including interview processes, evaluation frameworks, sourcing strategies, and workflows. They will use AI practically across sourcing, screening, and recruiting operations, and partner closely with founders and hiring managers on role scope, talent calibration, and hiring decisions. The role requires independent execution, strong judgment, and the ability to create clarity in an early-stage environment. This position is based in San Francisco and requires working in person at the office five days per week. Within describes its environment as high-intensity and mission-driven, with high standards and a preference for lean, outcome-focused systems over extensive HR infrastructure.

Requirements

Significant full-cycle recruiting experience, or demonstrated success building a 0-to-1 recruiting function at a startup that has scaled.
Hands-on, practical use of AI tools in recruiting workflows, with measurable efficiency gains.
Experience building or improving recruiting processes, workflows, interview structures, or operating rhythms.
Ability to independently handle sourcing, screening, calibration, coordination, and closing.
Ability to identify and engage highly sought-after candidates in competitive markets.
Strong judgment about talent and willingness to challenge hiring managers when appropriate.
Comfort operating in ambiguity and creating clarity through action.
Ability to partner with deeply technical founders and hiring managers and ramp quickly in complex domains.
Willingness to work in person in the San Francisco office five days per week.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting technical or product-related hiring.
Experience building a recruiting function from scratch at a startup that has scaled.

Responsibilities

Own full-cycle recruiting for priority roles across engineering and technical functions, from intake through close.
Build recruiting foundations, including interview processes, evaluation frameworks, sourcing strategies, and workflows.
Drive top-of-funnel quality through outbound sourcing in highly competitive talent markets.
Partner with founders and hiring managers on role scope, talent calibration, and hiring decisions.
Build and refine AI-native workflows across sourcing, screening, and recruiting operations, and share effective approaches.
Identify, engage, and close exceptional candidates who may not apply through inbound channels.
Maintain recruiting momentum while balancing candidate experience and hiring quality.