Talent Strategist

About the Company

David creates tools to help people build muscle and lose fat. Our first products are protein bars, and we’re building a platform for high-protein, low-calorie, blood-sugar-friendly foods that are craveable. This is a rare opportunity to join a breakout food brand at a pivotal stage of growth. Led by CEO Peter Rahal, Cofounder and Former CEO of RXBAR, David is working to become the leading consumer food brand focused on high-protein foods in North America and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end hiring across multiple functions, from talent strategy and sourcing through offer negotiation and close.
• Partner with hiring managers to define ideal candidate profiles, hiring strategies, and interview processes.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders, providing market insights, talent intelligence, and guidance throughout the hiring process.
• Identify and engage exceptional talent through proactive sourcing, referrals, networking, and creative outreach strategies.
• Lead candidate evaluation, ensuring a consistently high bar for capability, values alignment, and long-term potential.
• Create a candidate experience that is fast, thoughtful, transparent, and distinctly human.
• Own recruiting operations, including pipeline management, interview coordination, ATS hygiene, and recruiting analytics.
• Craft compelling job descriptions and recruiting messaging that authentically represent the David brand.
• Build and manage relationships with external recruiting partners and other strategic talent channels.
• Continuously improve hiring processes, interview quality, and employer brand as we scale.
• Support broader People initiatives that strengthen how we attract, hire, and retain exceptional talent.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Organizational Psychology, Human Resources, Business, or a related field preferred.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and follow-through.
• Excellent communication skills with a warm, professional, and relationship-driven approach.
• Ability to manage multiple searches and competing priorities with speed, thoughtfulness, and precision.
• Strong curiosity about people, talent assessment, and what makes individuals and teams successful.
• Excitement about building exceptional teams in a fast-paced, in-person CPG environment with ambitious growth goals.

Practicalities

This is a full-time, in-office role based in New York City. We work onsite five days a week — when the culture fits, it is fun to be in the office together.

Pay

$90K - $130K per year, inclusive of cash bonus based on attainment of company targets. Company equity opportunity on top of cash compensation.

Benefits

• 100% covered Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance.
• 401(k) with 4% match.
• Covered gym expenses.
• Substantial and required PTO.