Founding GTM Recruiter

Paraform; Town of Tonawanda (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Paraform, located in Town of Tonawanda, NY, is seeking an experienced Founding GTM Recruiter who specializes in talent acquisition for growing startups. In this role, you will manage full-cycle recruiting, develop talent strategies in collaboration with company leaders, and represent Paraform's brand in the marketplace. Ideal candidates will have 3–5+ years of recruiting experience and a proven ability to close strong candidates.

Join Paraform as we disrupt the hiring landscape and help companies find the best talent efficiently.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience for non-technical and GTM roles, ideally at a high-growth startup.
• Proven track record closing strong candidates in a competitive market.
• Deep sourcing chops with a proactive approach.

Responsibilities

• Own sourcing, screening, interviewing, and closing candidates across multiple functions.
• Work with founders and hiring managers to set talent strategies and goals.
• Own candidate coordination and continuously improve hiring processes.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting experience

Strong closing skills

Sourcing talent

High ownership mentality

Builder mindset

Job description

About The Role

Paraform is disrupting how companies hire — and we're looking for someone to help us hire the best people to do it. We're looking for an experienced, high‑powered Founding GTM Recruiter who lives and breathes talent and is an expert working with early stage and high‑growth startups. You'll primarily be focused on sourcing top 1% talent to join the Paraform team, driving a culture of excellence, and supporting the company with everything else hiring‑related as we rapidly scale.

What You’ll Do

• Full‑Cycle Recruiting: Own sourcing, screening, interviewing, and closing candidates across multiple functions
• Talent Strategy: Work with the founders and hiring managers to set our talent bar, hiring goals, candidate experience, and employer branding
• Talent Operations: Own candidate coordination, recruiting tools (including Paraform!), and continuously improve our hiring processes and structures
• People Ops: Have the option to own HR/People Ops in the interim on an as‑needed basis
• Promote Paraform: Serve as a genuine ambassador for Paraform’s mission — you should be able to speak credibly about our product, our market, and why the best candidates should want to work here

What We’re Looking For

• 3–5+ years of full‑cycle recruiting experience for non‑technical and GTM roles, ideally with time spent in‑house at a high‑growth startup
• Proven track record closing strong candidates in a competitive market
• Deep sourcing chops — you’re not waiting on inbound; you know how to find people and get them interested
• High ownership mentality and comfort operating without a playbook
• Builder mindset — excited to create process and structure where there isn’t any
• Familiarity with the recruiting industry or marketplace businesses is a plus (and genuinely interesting to us)

About Paraform

Paraform is a marketplace modernizing one of the largest and most fragmented markets in the world: hiring. We partner with industry leaders to hire world‑class talent and are growing quickly, 8×‑ing revenue last year. Our mission is to make hiring fast, reliable, and scalable for every company in the world.