Founding Recruiter

BranchLab Inc.; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BranchLab is seeking a Founding Recruiter to own hiring for technical and business teams in a fast-growing healthcare technology environment. You will partner with hiring managers, source and assess top candidates, and deliver a respectful candidate experience across Boulder, CO or New York City, NY.

You will build repeatable recruiting practices, manage the ATS, and drive process improvements to scale BranchLab’s hiring as we grow our mission-driven platform Pathwai™.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
• Proven track record recruiting across tech and business roles.
• Strong sourcing with personalized outreach.
• Ability to assess candidates and close offers.
• Familiarity with structured interviews and analytics.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Experience using an ATS and maintaining pipeline data.
• Comfort building processes in a fast-growing startup.
• Experience in early-stage recruiting.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across technical and business roles.
• Partner with hiring managers to set priorities and evaluation criteria.
• Build and manage candidate pipelines through outreach and referrals.
• Coordinate interviews and keep processes timely and transparent.
• Develop interview plans, scorecards, and hiring guidance.
• Maintain ATS and analyze pipeline data to improve results.
• Advise on market conditions, compensation expectations, and opportunities.
• Speak to BranchLab's mission and culture to attract candidates.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Sourcing

Candidate assessment

Offer closing

Structured interviews

Recruiting analytics

Communication

Startup experience

Process improvement

Job description

Founding Recruiter

Location Boulder, CO or New York City, NY

Employment Full time | On site

Department Recruiting | Reporting to: CFO

Compensation $140k - $190k

Work authorization Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the U.S. without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Not sure you meet every qualification? We encourage you to apply if you’re excited about this role and believe you could do it well. We value relevant experience in many forms, and you don’t need to check every box to be considered!

About BranchLab

BranchLab helps healthcare organizations and their agencies make smarter commercialization decisions and connect patients, providers, and caregivers to life-improving therapies and resources. Its AI-native platform, Pathwai™, supports audience planning, activation, and measurement while respecting the evolving privacy landscape. BranchLab works to improve performance without relying on individual-level health information.

Why join BranchLab

• Work on high-impact challenges where healthcare, data, and technology come together to help better therapies and resources reach the people who need them.


• Join a nimble, collaborative team where your ideas move quickly from conversation to action—and where your work is visible, valued, and tied directly to BranchLab’s growth.


• Share in BranchLab’s upside through competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and equity opportunities.


• Help shape the hiring engine for a company that is growing with purpose, moving fast, and building thoughtfully in a complex healthcare landscape.


• Be a trusted talent partner to leaders across the business, helping amazing people find work that is challenging, meaningful, and connected to real-world impact.

The opportunity

As our Founding Recruiter, you will own hiring for technical (engineering, data science, product) and business (sales, client success, marketing, etc.) teams. You’ll partner closely with hiring managers to understand what each role needs, find and engage strong candidates, and give every applicant a clear, respectful experience. You will source, assess, and close strong candidates while building best-in-class, repeatable recruiting practices with hiring managers.

What you will do

• Own full-cycle recruiting across technical and business roles, from role kickoff and sourcing through screening, interviews, references, and offers.


• Partner with hiring managers to define role priorities, distinguish essential qualifications from preferences, and agree on how candidates will be evaluated.


• Build candidate pipelines through thoughtful outreach, referrals, professional communities, and other relevant channels.


• Lead candidate communication and interview coordination, keeping processes timely, organized, and transparent.


• Develop practical hiring tools, including job descriptions, interview plans, scorecards, and guidance for interviewers.


• Own and maintain our ATS; use pipeline data to identify bottlenecks and improve results.


• Help hiring managers understand talent market conditions, including candidate availability, compensation expectations, and competing opportunities.


• Strengthen how BranchLab presents its mission, work, and culture to prospective candidates.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience owning full-cycle recruiting, including direct sourcing, candidate assessment, and offer closing.


• A track record of recruiting for multiple roles across tech and business functions, with the ability to learn new functions and talent markets quickly.


• Strong sourcing skills and the ability to write personalized outreach that earns a response.


• Sound judgment in assessing candidates against role-related criteria and helping hiring teams make consistent decisions.


• Familiarity with structured interviews, recruiting analytics, and interviewer training.


• Excellent communication and organization skills, with a reliable approach to keeping candidates and hiring managers informed.


• Experience using an ATS to manage searches and maintain accurate pipeline information.


• Comfort building processes from the ground up, while doing the day-to-day work in a fast-growing company.


• Experience in early-stage recruiting or building recruiting processes at an early-stage startup.

Equal Employment Opportunity

BranchLab is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital, familial or caregiver status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Applicants and employees have the right to request a reasonable accommodation for a disability, pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition, or sincerely held religious belief or practice. To request an accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact [e-mail]. BranchLab prohibits retaliation against anyone who requests an accommodation, reports discrimination or harassment, participates in an investigation, or otherwise exercises rights protected by law.