Founding recruiter

About the role

You are my right hand on talent. Recruiting at Hera isn't a support function, it's how we win. You'll sit close enough to the founders to know exactly why each role is critical, how our narrative is evolving week to week, and how to tell that story to the exact person we need in the room. When the pitch shifts, you shift with it. When a candidate hesitates, you know which thread to pull. Own the entire funnel. Sourcing, screening, and closing end to end, across both technical and business roles. You run the process, you own the candidate experience, and you make every hiring manager better at their part of it.

Responsibilities

• Sit close enough to the founders to understand the importance of each role and the evolving narrative.
• Know how to pitch effectively to the right candidates.
• Manage the entire recruitment process from sourcing to closing.
• Own the candidate experience and improve the hiring managers' skills.
• Source candidates in an AI-native way, using every tool available.
• Partner on talent strategy, shaping which roles to open and how to run loops.
• Bring rigor to decision-making processes and push back when necessary.
• Build a distinctive talent brand through events and initiatives.
• Run full-cycle recruiting, closing candidates across technical and non-technical roles.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of the healthcare industry and its needs.
• Experience running full-cycle recruiting, including sourcing, screening, and closing.
• Fluent with AI tools for sourcing candidates.
• Ability to build a pipeline from zero and manage inbound.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to hold the whole company narrative in your head and adapt as needed.
• Relentless on sourcing, treating "no response" as the start of a sequence.
• Obsess over candidate experience and understand how interactions build brand.
• Track your own metrics and iterate without being told.
• Read people deeply and catch hesitations.

Qualifications

• Based in NYC or willing to relocate.
• Experience in a similar role at a startup or growing company.
• Proven success in sourcing and closing candidates.
• Strong understanding of the healthcare industry and its needs.
• Ability to build a distinctive talent brand through events and initiatives.

Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to hold the whole company narrative in your head and adapt as needed.
• Fluent with AI tools for sourcing candidates.
• Obsess over candidate experience and understand how interactions build brand.
• Track your own metrics and iterate without being told.
• Read people deeply and catch hesitations.

Benefits

• Opportunity to join a fast-growing company with a strong founding team.
• Chances to host events and initiatives to bring talent into the community.
• Opportunity to build a distinctive talent brand.
• Opportunity to shape the trajectory of the company through talent acquisition.

Pay

Competitive salary and equity package based on experience.

Schedule

Full-time position based in NYC or willing to relocate.