Talent Partner

Pogo Technologies•Brooklyn, NY

About The Position

Pogo is hiring its first Talent Partner to build an exceptional team and establish the foundations of its People function as the company scales. This individual contributor will own full-cycle recruiting across engineering, design, go-to-market, and other business functions, while also taking on People programs and systems as hiring needs shift. The role offers the opportunity to grow beyond recruiting into broader People Operations and help build a People function at an early-stage startup. The Talent Partner will partner closely with hiring managers, founders, and functional leaders on hiring and People decisions. They will be hands-on in running searches and candidate conversations while building recruiting systems, workflows, and metrics. They will also own programs such as onboarding, performance reviews, employee experience, offsites, and internal HR policies, and may later help develop co-op and internship programs, new graduate recruiting, employee referrals, and other long-term talent pipelines. This role requires comfort with rapidly changing priorities and balancing immediate hiring needs with longer-term People work. It is a hands-on individual contributor position, and the company expects more than a standard 9-to-5 schedule while allowing flexible scheduling and encouraging time off. Benefits include unlimited PTO and a minimum 20-day vacation policy.

Requirements

3–5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
Experience recruiting across multiple functions, including engineering, design, go-to-market, and other business roles.
Strong judgment about people and the ability to quickly learn what great looks like in an unfamiliar function.
Strong communication skills to represent Pogo to candidates and partner effectively with hiring managers.
Highly organized and comfortable building systems where none exist.
Comfort balancing immediate recruiting needs with evolving People programs and priorities.
Willingness to work hands-on as an individual contributor, running interviews and searches and building People programs.

Nice To Haves

Experience at a fast-growing startup or similarly high-ownership environment.
Previous experience as an early Talent hire at a startup.
Experience building recruiting or People systems and processes from scratch.
Enjoyment of building systems with AI.

Responsibilities

Own full-cycle recruiting across all company functions.
Partner with hiring managers to define roles, ideal candidate profiles, and interview processes.
Develop sourcing strategies with the in-house sourcer and build pipelines for recurring roles.
Conduct initial interviews, manage the candidate experience, and drive searches from first conversation through offer and close.
Build and improve recruiting systems, workflows, and metrics as the company grows.
Own People programs, including onboarding, performance reviews, employee experience, offsites, and internal HR policies.
Over time, help build co-op and internship programs, new graduate recruiting, employee referrals, and other long-term talent pipelines.