Founding Talent Leader - Full-Cycle Hiring & Equity

Magic; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Lunch daily in NYC

Unlimited PTO

Equity

Job summary

Magic is seeking its first Head of Talent to own end-to-end hiring for dozens of roles across engineering, design, and GTM. You will run high-touch processes, debriefs, and references, while shaping our brand and recruiting events in NYC.

This is a unique chance to build a team from the ground up with strong agency partnerships and a data-driven approach. Ideal candidates have full-cycle startup recruiting experience, can hire across engineering and GTM, and excel at outbound sourcing.

Qualifications

• Full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally at a startup.
• Experience hiring both engineering and GTM roles.
• Outbound sourcing experience.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills.
• Experience with AI-native tooling and process.
• Being the first talent hire at a company is a big plus.
• High agency and networking mindset; non-traditional backgrounds welcome.

Responsibilities

• Run a high-touch hiring process, including scheduling, debriefs, and references.
• Manage hiring brand and recruiting events.
• Partner with hiring managers.
• Source candidates via outbound and referrals.
• Work with recruiting agencies.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Outbound sourcing

Hiring manager partnership

Employer branding

Networking and agency relations

AI-native tooling

Job description

Magic is seeking its first Head of Talent to own end-to-end hiring for dozens of roles across engineering, design, and GTM. You will run high-touch processes, debriefs, and references, while shaping our brand and recruiting events in NYC.

This is a unique chance to build a team from the ground up with strong agency partnerships and a data-driven approach. Ideal candidates have full-cycle startup recruiting experience, can hire across engineering and GTM, and excel at outbound sourcing.