Talent Lead

Responsibilities

• Hire (end to end): 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
• SOURCE candidates from schools, industries, and networks where skilled, ambitious people cluster
• 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
• CLOSE candidates we want to join us, working alongside the co-founders and hiring managers
• CORPORATE recruiting logistics, including on-site interviews
• OPTIMIZE our hiring processes, tools, and systems to ensure efficiency
• OWNER 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

Requirements

• Full-cycle ownership: 1+ years of experience owning recruiting end-to-end at a fast-growing startup. You've sourced, screened, closed, and built the systems that made it all repeatable.
• Top academic background: graduate from a top university (Stanford, Berkeley, Princeton, MIT, etc.) with a strong academic record.
• Meticulous attention to detail: structured thinker who tracks every candidate, every touchpoint, every timeline. Missed follow-ups lose hires.
• CLEAR and CONCISE communication: oral and written. You'll be the first voice candidates hear and the last one before they sign. You 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.
• HUNGRY to experiment: you use data to iterate and aren't married to the way things have always been done.
• In-person: pumped to work in-person in SF 5 days per week.

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. These are large, meaningful rewards that scale with the amount we grow in a particular year.
• 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.
• VISION: 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.

In-Person

• We've built Agave in-person since day 1, and will maintain an in-person culture in San Francisco going forward. We form tighter bonds, build a stronger culture, and move faster since we're all working from one location.
• Our office is at 101 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, right near Salesforce Park, coffee shops & restaurants, and a bustling downtown. We believe building in-person is a huge strategic advantage, and we hope you’ll join us.