Talent Partner

Merge Labs • San Francisco, CA

11h

About The Position

Merge Labs is a frontier research lab with the mission of bridging biological and artificial intelligence to maximize human ability, agency and experience. We’re pursuing this goal by developing fundamentally new approaches to brain-computer interfaces that interact with the brain at high bandwidth, integrate with advanced AI, and are ultimately safe and accessible for anyone to use. About the team Merge Labs’ People team hires and develops extraordinary scientists, engineers, and operators, then build the systems that let them do the best work of their careers — rigorously, safely, and with deep focus and creativity. Our scope spans recruiting, talent development, manager enablement, org design, total rewards, and people operations. We are thought partners and bar-raisers: clear principles, evidence-based decisions, and respectful candor ensure that talent and culture compound into a long-term strategic advantage. About the role As Talent Partner, you’ll own full-cycle recruiting across highly diverse roles, from wet-lab scientists and research associates to ML engineers and hardware specialists. You will partner closely with hiring managers from initial scoping and sourcing to structured assessment and close. Experience in BCI/neurotech, biotech, or AI is a plus, but search craft and deep passion for continuously raising our talent bar is a must-have.

Requirements

• Have demonstrated success in full-cycle recruiting with a heavy focus on senior research/engineering roles at a fast-paced BCI/neurotech, biotech, or AI company; credible fluency with research techniques and settings.
• Have a track record of closing complex offer negotiations with confidence using a structured process resulting in strong acceptance rates.
• Are comfortable operating independently in ambiguity, and an instinct to build durable yet simple processes and systems.
• Have exceptional written and verbal communication; respectful candor; values-aligned decision-making.
• Are obsessed with quality and craft, and feel deep ownership over building a world-class organization with an exceptionally high talent bar.
• Bring deep, enduring curiosity and a relentless learner’s mindset to everything you do.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in BCI/neurotech, biotech, or AI is a plus

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic partner, coach, and project manager to hiring managers across a wide range of experience levels.
• Run expert intakes; translate scientific and engineering needs into clear, calibrated role definitions, search strategies, and scorecards.
• Build proactive pipelines and talent maps; deliver calibrated slates on tight timelines; engage exceptional talent across communities.
• Partner with hiring teams to design high-signal candidate evaluation tactics and execute crisp, effective closing strategies.
• Lead candidate closes end-to-end, from initial touchpoint through acceptance.
• Implement SLAs, dashboards, and runbooks; run post-mortems and ship fixes; inform broader organizational processes such as workforce and compensation planning.
• Mentor junior teammates as we scale the function.

What This Job Offers

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