Talent Lead

Agave • San Francisco, CA

13h • $90,000 - $160,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We're looking for a Talent Lead to help us massively scale the team over the next year. You'll help with our recruiting efforts for technical and non-technical roles, work with our external recruiting partners, and help us scale without lowering the bar. This role is critical because hiring is the single most important thing the company does, and the quality of every product, customer relationship, and dollar of ARR traces back to who is hired. The company is looking to 2-2.5x its team size this year to meet aggressive growth goals, making recruiting the biggest lever for success. The Talent Lead will help expand upon the company's top 1% talent bar.

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience owning recruiting end-to-end at a fast-growing startup.
• Experience sourcing, screening, and building repeatable recruiting systems.
• High ownership and conscientiousness: able to manage many threads at once without sacrificing quality.
• Meticulous attention to detail: structured thinker who tracks every candidate, every touchpoint, every timeline.
• Clear and concise communication: oral and written. Must love writing crisp outreach, scorecards, and internal docs.
• Uncanny ability to deliver results: get the job done consistently, doing any task needed to hit hiring targets on time.
• Comfortable operating independently: little upfront guidance, lots of room to figure it out.
• Data-driven: use data to iterate and propose new ways of doing things.

Nice To Haves

• Experience sourcing technical hires (SWE, PM, etc.)
• Experience managing external recruiting agencies or contract recruiters

Responsibilities

• Source candidates from schools, industries, and networks where skilled, ambitious people cluster.
• Contribute to and help scale company-wide hiring goals for technical and non-technical roles.
• Assist in planning, creating, and releasing job descriptions and announcements.
• Develop creative hacks that short-circuit traditional methods and give us an edge over other companies.
• Partner with external recruiters to extend our network and add leverage to our hiring process.
• Screen candidates to determine their motivation, preferences, and fit for our open roles.
• Convert candidates efficiently, ensuring a thoughtful, personal touch at each step along the way.
• Close candidates we want to join us, working alongside the co-founders and hiring managers.
• Coordinate recruiting logistics, including on-site interviews.
• Optimize our hiring processes, tools, and systems to ensure efficiency.
• Own relationships with the outside recruiters and agencies we work with.
• Manage performance, pipeline, and communication with external recruiting partners.
• Evaluate and onboard new partners where it makes sense to extend our reach.
• Ensure external efforts stay aligned with our bar, our process, and our candidate experience.

Benefits

• Healthcare: we cover 90% of your healthcare costs with several plan options.
• 401k: we match 100% of your contributions, up to 4% of annual salary.
• Performance Bonuses: we offer annual performance bonuses when we hit company growth goals, which are a % of your base salary.
• Relocation: sizable relocation bonus for folks currently located outside of the Bay Area, and a bonus for anyone (even within the Bay Area) who moves within a 15-minute walk of our office.
• Breakfast & Dinner, delivered: breakfast and dinner stipends through DoorDash. Plus a kitchen stocked with coffee, snacks, drinks, and more.
• Gym: on-site gym with Peloton, squat rack, Tempo, Yoga setup, and more.
• Visa: we sponsor Visas (H1B, TN, etc.) for candidates who are a good fit!
• Commuter benefits: employees can make pre-tax contributions toward commuting costs, and we'll cover the full cost of a Muni pass for those using public transit.

What This Job Offers

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