Founding Recruiter for AI Security Startup (Remote)

Theori; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Competitive salary + equity

Laptop + home office stipend

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous PTO policy

401(k) match

Job summary

Theori is seeking its first in-house Founding Recruiter to build the recruiting function for our North American team as it scales. You will own full-cycle recruiting across sales, marketing, operations, and engineering, from intake through day one, and set up the process, tooling, and hiring manager habits that let us hire well at pace.

You’ll thrive if you’ve built recruiting at an early-stage company, move fast without lowering the bar, and can hold a technical conversation with a security

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting, including in-house experience at a venture-backed startup.
• Track record hiring GTM roles (AE, SE, BDR, marketing) in B2B software
• Strong direct sourcing skills, with hires made from outbound
• Hands-on experience running an ATS, Ashby preferred
• Comfortable carrying a high volume of open roles across functions without losing candidate experience
• Clear, direct written communication with candidates and hiring managers
• Based in the US or Canada

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for North American roles, from hiring manager intake to signed offer
• Run intake with each hiring manager to agree the profile, scorecard, and interview loop before a role opens
• Source and screen candidates directly, with an early focus on sales, sales engineering, and technical marketing, and give each hiring manager a clear recommendation
• Run Ashby as the system of record, including reporting on time to fill and pass-through rates, and retention and consent settings with our privacy lead
• Coordinate interview loops, keep every candidate informed at every stage, and manage offers with the hiring manager and Operations through to close
• Manage agency and search partners where we use them, including overflow for high-volume roles
• Write and maintain the recruiting SOPs: intake, interview loops, scorecards, offer approval, and candidate communication
• Own the handoff from signed offer to day one: pre-boarding, Gusto and Remote setup, equipment and access requests, and a first-week plan with each hiring manager

Tools

Ashby ATS

Job description

Theori is seeking its first in-house Founding Recruiter to build the recruiting function for our North American team as it scales. You will own full-cycle recruiting across sales, marketing, operations, and engineering, from intake through day one, and set up the process, tooling, and hiring manager habits that let us hire well at pace.

You’ll thrive if you’ve built recruiting at an early-stage company, move fast without lowering the bar, and can hold a technical conversation with a security