Recruiting Lead & Talent Partner

Karbon Digital; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 96,000 - 131,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based incentives

Equity participation

Hourly/contract compensation initially

Job summary

Karbon Digital Limited, a Canada-based AI company building Docufy AI, seeks a Recruiting Lead to own end-to-end talent acquisition. You will partner with founders and leadership to attract and close top engineers, AI specialists, and executives, while building scalable recruitment systems in a fast-growing startup.

You will develop proactive sourcing and hiring plans across engineering, product, sales, and operations, manage the full lifecycle, and help shape Karbon Digital’s employer brand in

Qualifications

• Experience building scalable recruiting strategies aligned with company growth.
• Track record partnering with founders and leadership to set hiring priorities.
• Ability to create and execute proactive talent pipelines for technical roles.
• Strong sourcing network and relationship-building skills across domains.
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment lifecycle from role definition to offer.
• Build quarterly hiring plans across AI/Engineering/Data/PM, Sales, Marketing, Ops.
• Source, screen, interview coordination, and candidate evaluation.
• Develop and maintain candidate pipelines and passive candidate relationships.
• Collaborate with founders on executive hiring and branding initiatives.

Skills

Sourcing & networking

Communication & relationship-building

Technical talent assessment

Organization & detail-orientation

Independent startup mindset

Founder/ownership mentality

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Sales Navigator

GitHub

University networks

Job description

Recruiting Lead & Talent Partner

Company: Karbon Digital Limited

Location: Toronto, Canada (Hybrid / Remote)

Type: Contract / Part-Time initially with potential FTE conversion

About Karbon Digital

Karbon Digital is an applied AI company building Docufy AI, an Agentic document intelligence platform that transforms unstructured documents into actionable business intelligence.

Docufy AI helps enterprises automate document-heavy workflows across industries through AI-powered summarization, extraction, fraud detection, risk assessment, grounded Q&A, and document intelligence.

We are scaling our engineering, AI research, product, and enterprise GTM teams and are looking for a Recruiting Lead to build a world-class talent pipeline.

Role Overview

The Recruiting Lead will own the end-to-end talent acquisition strategy for Karbon Digital. This role will partner directly with founders and leadership to identify, attract, evaluate, and close exceptional candidates across engineering, AI, product, sales, and business functions.

This is a hands-on recruiting leadership role ideal for someone who enjoys building systems from scratch, creating talent pipelines, and helping a high-growth AI startup scale.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Strategy & Planning

• Build and execute a scalable recruiting strategy aligned with company growth plans.
• Partner with founders and department leaders to define hiring priorities, role requirements, and candidate profiles.
• Create quarterly hiring plans across:
  • AI Engineering
  • Software Engineering
  • Data Engineering
  • Product Management
  • Enterprise Sales
  • Marketing & Growth
  • Operations

Candidate Sourcing & Pipeline Development

• Build proactive talent pipelines using:
  • LinkedIn Recruiter / Sales Navigator
  • GitHub
  • AI communities
  • University networks
  • Industry events
  • Professional networks
• Develop targeted sourcing campaigns for highly competitive technical roles.
• Build relationships with passive candidates and industry professionals.

Recruitment Operations

• Own the full recruitment lifecycle:
  • Job description creation
  • Candidate sourcing
  • Screening calls
  • Interview coordination
  • Candidate evaluation
  • Offer management
  • Onboarding support
• Implement structured recruiting processes include:
  • Interview scorecards
  • Candidate tracking dashboards
  • Recruiting metrics
  • Hiring velocity reporting

Employer Branding

• Strengthen Karbon Digital’s employer brand within the AI ecosystem.
• Promote company mission, technology vision, and startup culture.
• Support recruitment campaigns through:
  • LinkedIn content
  • University outreach
  • AI communities
  • Startup networks

Executive & Strategic Hiring

• Support founder-led hiring for critical positions.
• Assist with identifying senior engineering leaders, AI specialists, and enterprise executives.
• Build relationships with technical leaders and industry experts.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong sourcing and networking abilities.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to assess technical talent.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Founder mindset with ownership mentality.

Compensation

Competitive startup compensation structure including:

• Hourly / contract compensation initially
• Performance-based incentives
• Potential equity participation for long-term commitment

Why Join Karbon Digital?

• Build the talent foundation of an emerging AI company.
• Work directly with founders and leadership team.
• Help shape the future of enterprise document intelligence.
• Join a company recognized in Canada's AI startup ecosystem.
• Opportunity to influence hiring strategy, culture, and company growth.