Recruiting Lead

Teleskope • New York, NY

2d • $175,000 - $200,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Teleskope is hiring its first dedicated recruiting hire to own and scale hiring across the company. The Recruiting Lead will recruit across Engineering, G&A, and GTM while shaping the recruiting strategy, processes, and tools needed to support the company’s next stage of growth. The role reports directly to the VP of Operations and partners with hiring managers across the business to attract and hire exceptional talent while reinforcing a people-first approach to growth. The position is based in New York City and is hybrid, with in-office work in the Financial District.

The role offers the opportunity to establish Teleskope’s recruiting function, build its talent strategy, and play a key part in scaling an early-stage company. The Recruiting Lead will have ownership and autonomy, with room to learn, grow, and advance as the team expands.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of full life-cycle recruiting experience, including direct experience across Engineering, G&A, and GTM functions.
• Prior experience recruiting at an earlier-stage, high-growth startup that scaled quickly.
• Ability to direct and coach the work of a more junior recruiter, even without a prior formal management title.
• Strong outbound sourcing skills, including identifying, engaging, and closing niche or hard-to-fill talent in competitive markets.
• Experience building or improving recruiting processes and tooling.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the judgment to adjust communication style for engineers, operators, and sales leaders.
• Ability to move quickly without sacrificing candidate experience or the hiring bar.

Nice To Haves

• Prior formal people-management experience.
• Experience scaling a recruiting function from 0 to 1.
• Active, specific use of AI tools in a recruiting workflow.
• Experience partnering with a VC's talent team or an embedded recruiter on a search.
• ATS and recruiting-operations setup experience, including scorecards, structured interview design, and funnel reporting.
• Experience recruiting in cybersecurity, data security, or related technical industries.

Responsibilities

• Own full life-cycle recruiting for roles across Engineering, G&A, and GTM simultaneously.
• Build and execute creative sourcing strategies, develop strong talent pipelines, and deliver a thoughtful, high-quality candidate experience.
• Partner strategically with hiring managers and interviewers to define and execute interview processes, including interviewer training, calibration sessions, and hiring enablement.
• Build scalable recruiting processes, tools, AI-powered workflows, and reporting.
• Lead structured debriefs, align stakeholders, and ensure hiring decisions are thoughtful, timely, and grounded in clear evaluation criteria.
• Represent Teleskope’s mission and culture to candidates and explain the impact they can make at the company.
• Own recruiting metrics and pipeline visibility, use data to identify bottlenecks and improve hiring velocity, and keep leadership informed about progress and priorities.
• Direct and coach the work of a more junior recruiter.

Benefits

• Breakfast and snacks provided daily at the office, with weekly catered lunch.
• Flexible vacation and work-from-home days.
• Competitive salary and meaningful equity.
• Health, vision, and dental benefits, plus 401(k) and other benefits, heavily subsidized by Teleskope.

What This Job Offers

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