Founding Recruiter

Strella; San Francisco (CA); Sur place; USD 180 000 - 230 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive compensation

Meaningful equity

Comprehensive benefits

Head of Talent path

Résumé du poste

Strella is seeking a senior recruiter to lead end-to-end hiring for GTM and Engineering. You will partner with founders and GTM leaders to define role requirements, build interview plans, and drive the recruiting process from intake to offer.

You will source through LinkedIn Recruiter, Clay, Gem, and other channels, maintain a warm bench, and close candidates by communicating Strella's story, equity opportunities, and growth trajectory.

Qualifications

• Experience building recruiting processes from scratch.
• Proactive sourcing mindset independent of inbound.
• Ability to evaluate GTM candidates (AEs, SDRs/BDRs, CSMs, SEs, marketers).
• Experience in venture-backed B2B SaaS or AI recruiting is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Run full-cycle searches for GTM and Engineering roles.
• Define role scorecards and interview plans with hiring managers.
• Close candidates by telling Strella's story, equity, and traction.
• Source via LinkedIn Recruiter, Clay, sequencing tools, referrals, and networks.
• Maintain a warm bench to move quickly on openings.
• Create structured interviews, scorecards, take-home exercises, and debriefs.

Connaissances

Sourcing

Recruiting

Stakeholder management

GTM knowledge

Closing GTM hires

Outils

LinkedIn Recruiter

Clay

Gem

Ashby

ATS

Description du poste

Own end-to-end hiring at Strella and build the recruiting engine as the Go-to-Market team scales.

Responsibilities

• Run full-cycle searches from intake through signed offer for roles across Go-to-Market (Customer Success, Sales, Marketing) and Engineering
• Partner with hiring managers to define each role’s scorecard and interview plan before sourcing begins
• Close candidates by communicating Strella’s story, traction, and equity opportunity
• Source primarily through outbound efforts using tools and channels such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Clay, sequencing tools, referrals, and your network
• Maintain a warm bench of talent to move quickly when new roles open
• Evaluate candidates on business-relevant outcomes, including quota attainment, deal size, sales motion, and retention outcomes
• Build the hiring process from scratch, including structured interviews, scorecards, take-home exercises, debriefs, and offer approvals
• Own the Ashby ATS and reporting for time-to-fill, pass-through rates, and source quality
• Deliver a candidate experience that is fast, organized, and personal, treating the process as part of selling the role
• Work directly with founders and GTM leaders on headcount planning, leveling, and compensation
• Advise hiring managers on market conditions and candidate expectations, including how to win competitive offers
• Shape how Strella recruits as the company grows, including employer brand, referral programs, and eventually technical hiring

Requirements

• Experience building recruiting processes where none existed, with comfort starting from a blank page
• Proactive sourcing mindset, not dependent on inbound
• Understanding of how GTM teams operate and ability to distinguish strong AEs from candidates who performed only during hot markets
• Trust-building with both candidates and hiring managers, with a focus on getting the hire right
• High ownership and speed, including willingness to roll up your sleeves
• 4–8 years of recruiting experience, including at least 2 years in-house at a venture-backed B2B SaaS or AI company
• Demonstrated track record closing GTM hires such as AEs, SDRs/BDRs, CSMs, solutions engineers, and marketers, ideally 15+ per year
• Early or founding recruiter experience at a Seed to Series C startup, or experience supporting hypergrowth scaling
• Fluency with modern sourcing tools including LinkedIn Recruiter, Clay, Gem or similar, and an ATS such as Ashby

Technologies

• LinkedIn Recruiter
• Clay
• Gem
• Ashby
• ATS

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Meaningful equity
• Comprehensive benefits
• Clear path to Head of Talent as the team grows

Nice to have

• Experience recruiting for research, insights, or AI-native companies
• GTM leadership hiring (Head of Sales, VP Customer Success)
• Existing network of GTM talent in New York

Location and experience

• San Francisco, CA (onsite)
• Minimum experience: 4 years