Founding Recruiter & People Ops Associate

Wise Insight; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise Insight in San Francisco is seeking a hands-on HR generalist to own full-cycle recruiting across engineering and sales, sourcing to offers, while building onboarding processes and recruiting playbooks from scratch.

You will manage benefits and payroll support, drive team culture, plan events, and partner with the CEO on hiring decisions and internal operations strategy. The role requires 2–4 years in recruiting or people ops and on-site work in San Francisco.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in recruiting, people ops, or HR.
• Startup experience and comfort with ambiguity are required.
• Recruiting experience strongly preferred (full-cycle or coordination).
• Highly organized and able to build structure where none exists.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across engineering and sales, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, candidate management, closing, and offers.
• Build onboarding processes, recruiting playbooks, and people policies from zero (expense policies, parental leave, offboarding, etc.)
• Manage benefits administration, payroll support, and open enrollment
• Drive team culture — plan events, establish rituals, and handle office management needs
• Partner directly with the CEO on hiring decisions and internal operations strategy

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Startup experience

Coordination

Organized / process-oriented

Job description

Key Information:

• Work Model: On-site, 5 days per week
• Employment Type: Full-time

Key Responsibilities:

• Own full-cycle recruiting across engineering and sales roles, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, candidate management, closing, and offer processes
• Build onboarding processes, recruiting playbooks, and people policies from zero (expense policies, parental leave, offboarding, etc.)
• Manage benefits administration, payroll support, and open enrollment
• Drive team culture — plan events, establish rituals, and handle office management needs
• Partner directly with the CEO on all hiring decisions and internal operations strategy

Requirements:

• 2-4 years of experience in recruiting, people ops, or HR (minimum 1 year required)
• Startup experience — comfortable with ambiguity, wearing many hats, and no task being "too small"
• Recruiting experience strongly preferred (full-cycle or coordination)
• Highly organized and process-oriented — can build structure where none exists
• Must be based in San Francisco and work on-site 5 days/week