Talent Acquisition Lead (AI-First, Systems Builder)
About The Position
We’re hiring a Talent Acquisition Lead who approaches recruiting like a systems and growth problem — not a process problem. This role is for someone who: Builds sourcing systems instead of running manual searches Uses AI and automation to create leverage Thinks in funnels, experiments, and iteration Reduces founder involvement by delivering consistently high-quality candidates You’ll own talent acquisition end-to-end for a growing B2B SaaS company and work closely with founders to turn hiring into a scalable, repeatable system. This is not a traditional recruiter role. This role is best suited for someone who enjoys personally building recruiting workflows and sourcing systems — not managing a recruiting team.
Requirements
- 3+ years of hands-on recruiting experience
- Demonstrated ownership of sourcing strategy and hiring outcomes
- Experience hiring for B2B SaaS companies (Engineering and/or GTM strongly preferred)
- Experience building or significantly improving recruiting systems (not just filling roles)
- Hands-on experience with AI sourcing or recruiting tools (e.g., Juicebox / PeopleGPT, Pin, SeekOut, etc.)
- Experience designing and iterating on AI-driven sourcing or screening experiments
- Comfortable building automations using tools such as Zapier, Make, n8n
- Familiarity working with APIs to automate, extend, or connect recruiting workflows
- Clear understanding of how automation reduces manual recruiting work and increases funnel efficiency
- Thinks like a growth hacker, not a traditional recruiter
- Systems-oriented and highly data-driven
- Comfortable operating with autonomy in a fully remote environment
- Proactively challenges unclear requirements or unrealistic timelines
- Obsessed with building efficient, repeatable systems
Nice To Haves
- Experience building recruiting systems or infrastructure from scratch
- Background in recruiting operations, talent systems, or technical sourcing
- Experience using tools like Airtable, Clay, or custom workflows
- Experience working in early-stage or lean startup environments
- Fractional or embedded startup recruiting experience
Responsibilities
- Own AI-First Sourcing & Automation
- Use modern AI sourcing tools (e.g., Juicebox / PeopleGPT, Pin) to identify and engage candidates
- Build and maintain automated recruiting workflows using tools like Zapier, Make, n8n, Airtable, and APIs
- Continuously experiment with outreach, targeting, and sequencing to improve response rates and candidate quality
- Reduce manual work by building systems that scale
- Run End-to-End Talent Acquisition
- Own hiring for B2B SaaS roles from intake through offer
- Translate founder needs into clear sourcing and screening criteria
- Ensure only high-signal candidates reach founders
- Continuously refine the funnel based on hiring outcomes
- Advise on the Market
- Provide founders with insight on:
- Talent availability
- Compensation expectations
- Realistic timelines
- Push back on unclear requirements or unrealistic expectations and adjust sourcing strategies as priorities evolve.
Benefits
- 100% remote — work from anywhere
- Real ownership — build and evolve recruiting systems from the ground up
- Direct access to founders — fast decisions, minimal bureaucracy
- Tooling budget — use the tools that help you move faster
- Competitive compensation based on experience and impact
- This role may start in a fractional capacity (10–20 hours/week) while key hires and systems are being built, with the potential to grow into a full-time role.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
