Head of Talent

About F2

F2 is the AI platform for private markets investors — purpose-built to transform how institutional teams underwrite, diligence, and deploy capital. Our AI converts messy, unstructured deal materials into investment-grade insights in minutes, helping private credit funds, commercial banks, and private equity firms make faster, more confident decisions. Backed by leading investors, including NFX and Y Combinator, we’re scaling a world-class product and engineering team to build the future of vertical AI for finance. We are scaling quickly across our offices in New York, San Francisco, and London.

Role Overview

We're hiring a Head of Talent to build and own the full recruiting function at F2 — from strategy to close. We're doubling our headcount over the next two quarters, and this role is critical to making that happen. You'll partner directly with Finance and senior leadership to build hiring plans, set comp bands, and bring the caliber of people who will define what F2 becomes. As our first dedicated talent leader, you'll build the function from the ground up — with real ownership and real impact. This is the right role for someone who has built hiring infrastructure from scratch in a high-growth startup environment, knows how to recruit without relying on big-company brand leverage, and can operate as both a strategic talent partner and a hands-on full-cycle recruiter.

What You’ll Do

• Own full-cycle recruiting across functions, with an emphasis on engineering, product, AI, deployment, and GTM roles.
• Build the recruiting engine from the ground up: sourcing strategy, pipeline architecture, interview process, scorecards, candidate experience, offer process, and close strategy.
• Partner with leadership and Finance on headcount planning, role prioritization, comp bands, recruiting budget, and agency ROI.
• Bring a sales mindset to candidate engagement, including outbound messaging, narrative-building, objection handling, and close strategy.
• Create lightweight but rigorous recruiting systems, including ATS hygiene, reporting, funnel metrics, source quality, and hiring manager accountability.
• Act as a talent brand ambassador for F2, helping candidates understand the size of the opportunity, the quality of the team, and the urgency of the market.
• Help the company scale thoughtfully across New York, San Francisco, and London while keeping talent density high.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience scaling a startup from pre-seed, seed, or Series A through a major growth phase.
• Experience hiring for AI, fintech, B2B SaaS, infrastructure, or vertical software companies.
• Strong track record recruiting in both New York and San Francisco talent markets.
• Experience partnering with founders, Finance, and senior leadership on headcount planning.
• Familiarity with Ashby or similar modern ATS platforms, plus comfort building recruiting dashboards and pipeline reporting.