Head of Talent

Primer; Estados Unidos; Presencial; COP 312.463.000 - 468.696.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading education technology company in Colombia is seeking a Head of Talent to lead recruiting efforts. This role involves collaborating with key stakeholders to manage recruiting processes and improve candidate experience. Ideal candidates will have experience in edtech and a proven track record in recruitment leadership, focusing on building strong candidate pipelines. This position provides an opportunity to impact K-12 education reform significantly.

Formación

• Experience in a full-cycle recruiting or talent acquisition role, ideally in a fast-paced, high-growth startup.
• Prior experience in education/edtech strongly preferred.
• Experience in a recruiting leadership role.
• Proven success sourcing and hiring for a range of roles across multiple functions.
• Builder mentality: enjoy solving problems from first principles.
• Strong communication skills to build trust with candidates and the internal team.
• High agency and high organizational skills to manage multiple searches.

Responsabilidades

• Partner with founders and hiring managers to lead headcount planning.
• Own end-to-end recruiting across key roles at Primer.
• Build and maintain candidate outreach strategies.
• Manage internal hiring infrastructure ensuring a clear process.
• Track and report on recruiting progress to the leadership team.

Descripción del empleo

Overview

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About Primer: Fixing our K-12 education system is a civilizationally-important problem. We believe that all of our problems — including the ones that dominate the headlines — are downstream of education. Our thesis is to empower thousands of educators to launch microschools in their communities. PrimerOS automates and reduces costs of traditional schools, enabling world-class education that is accessible to normal American families and scalable through asset-light real estate.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the founder, hiring managers, and finance to lead headcount planning and workforce forecasting.
• Own end-to-end recruiting across key roles at Primer — from sourcing to close — with a focus on quality, speed, and candidate experience.
• Partner closely with hiring managers across teams (education, operations, engineering, product, finance, and more) to understand their needs and build strong pipelines of exceptional candidates.
• Build and maintain candidate outreach strategies — including cold sourcing, passive engagement, and creative ways to reach new talent pools.
• Build and refine scalable recruiting processes, tools, and metrics.
• Manage our internal hiring infrastructure, ensuring every candidate moves through a clear, well-structured process.
• Quickly ramp up on new roles and lead first-round screening calls for teams across the company.
• Provide hiring managers with best practices, training, and guidance.
• Represent Primer to candidates with professionalism, clarity, and excitement about our mission — you’ll almost always be their first impression of our team.
• Track and report on recruiting progress and metrics to the leadership team, ensuring we’re constantly improving with each new search.

Qualifications

• Experience in a full-cycle recruiting or talent acquisition role, ideally in a fast-paced, high-growth startup.
• Prior experience in education/edtech strongly preferred.
• Experience in a recruiting leadership role.
• Proven success sourcing and hiring for a range of roles, from individual contributors to leadership positions across multiple functions.
• Builder mentality: you enjoy solving problems from first principles and scaling what works.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to build trust with both candidates and the internal team.
• High agency + high organizational skills — you’ll need to manage multiple searches and deliver an exceptional candidate experience.

Nice-to-Haves

• Prior experience as a sole recruiter or founding talent hire.
• Experience with Ashby.

If this sounds like you, fill out the application below with a bit about yourself and we’ll take it from there! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email us at [e-mail].