First Recruiting Lead & Talent Brand Builder

DUET; City of Niagara Falls (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Duet in New York is hiring its first full-time Recruiting Lead. You will own end-to-end recruiting across all functions, shape the talent strategy, and build the systems that scale as the company grows. You’ll report to the CEO and work closely with senior leaders to attract and close top talent.

This hybrid NYC role combines hands-on execution with strategic branding, partnering with conferences and external partners as needed, and shaping a people operations footprint as Duet expands.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in recruiting, ideally at a high-growth startup, with some exposure to people operations or HR generalist work.
• You've done it all: sourced candidates, closed offers, run onboarding, and handled the occasional HR question.
• Comfortable building from scratch and making decisions without a playbook.
• Strategic enough to shape employer brand and team structure, and hands-on enough to execute day to day.
• Strong executor: you don’t wait to be told what to do, and you follow through.
• Organized and detail‑oriented without being slow; you can manage competing priorities without dropping things.
• Clear, direct communicator who earns trust with candidates, employees, and senior leaders alike.
• Someone who wants to grow: this role will expand as Duet does, and we want someone who’s excited about that

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across all functions: clinical, operations, business development, technology, and everything in between.
• Design and own our talent acquisition strategy, including how the recruiting team scales alongside the company.
• Lead talent and employer branding strategy, including careers site, messaging, content, and candidate-facing materials.
• Attend and represent Duet at conferences, industry events, and recruiting forums to build our pipeline and presence.
• Partner with hiring managers and senior leaders to define roles, build pipelines, and close strong candidates quickly.
• Manage our ATS and keep hiring data clean, accurate, and useful, and use it to report on hiring progress to leadership.
• Coordinate external search partners for senior or specialized searches when needed.
• Represent Duet’s brand and values at every touchpoint of the candidate experience.
• Manage our PEO, including onboarding new hires, so everyone starts strong.
• Own day-to-day HR processes: PTO, leaves, employee relations, policy questions, and compliance.
• Maintain accurate records in our HRIS and ensure we’re running clean processes as we scale.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Employer branding

ATS management

Strategic hiring

People operations

Startup experience

Tools

ATS systems

Job description

Duet in New York is hiring its first full-time Recruiting Lead. You will own end-to-end recruiting across all functions, shape the talent strategy, and build the systems that scale as the company grows. You’ll report to the CEO and work closely with senior leaders to attract and close top talent.

This hybrid NYC role combines hands-on execution with strategic branding, partnering with conferences and external partners as needed, and shaping a people operations footprint as Duet expands.