Founding Technical Recruiter

Pivotal Partners; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity-first compensation

Direct access to leadership

Opportunity for foundational hire

Job summary

Pivotal Partners is seeking a Founding Technical Recruiter to create an effective talent acquisition process. This role involves sourcing exceptional candidates and collaborating directly with the CEO and CTO to recruit top engineering talent.

The ideal candidate has over 4 years of recruiting experience in top tech organizations, a builder mindset, and technical fluency to understand complex roles. This foundational hire will enjoy equity-first compensation and a chance to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience in recruiting for top-tier tech organizations.
• Technical background with experience recruiting for engineering roles.
• Skilled in interviewing to ensure only the best candidates are considered.

Responsibilities

• Source exceptional talent for New York and London markets.
• Lead early hiring efforts with Founders and hiring managers.
• Design and implement recruiting operations from scratch.
• Run recruiting ops to ensure efficient hiring processes.
• Sell the company’s mission to candidates, enhancing candidate experience.
• Define and shape early talent philosophy for the company.

Skills

Technical fluency

Experience in sourcing top-tier tech talent

Interviewing expertise

Builder mindset

Operational experience in recruiting

Tools

ATS (Ashby)

Sourcing/CRM systems

Job description

Pivotal Partners is exclusively partnered with a Series A $40m GenAI platform thats bridging the gap between AI and real operations.

Backed by Sequoia and other leading VC firms, they're growing their team across New York and London. We are hiring our Founding Technical Recruiter to work directly with Founders to scale the business.

A deeply technical group of engineers, AI researchers, and strategists with a high bar for talent and a shared belief that exceptional people are the foundation of everything great they'll build.

About the Company

This company is solving one of the hardest problems in enterprise AI: AI models are generic but company processes are specific. They build AI agents that learn how processes actually run, and then run their operations.

Why this role stands out

• Equity-first compensation: Equity is offered at the Series A strike price. You will be part of the upside from day one.
• Proven leadership: You’ll work directly with the CEO and CTO, both of whom have scaled and IPO'd with their previous companies. The playbook is proven and built for scale.
• Direct access to leadership: You’ll be working in close partnership with Engineering, product and executive leadership. No red tape. You’ll have real ownership and visibility.
• Founding team member: This is a foundational hire. Over the next few months, we plan to build a team around this person. Opportunity for you to lead (if wished).

The Role

They're hiring their first recruiter someone to serve as the builder of their talent engine. This is a hands‑on role that will establish the talent acquisition motion from the ground up, including owning in-the-weeds sourcing and foundational recruiting ops.

What You’ll Do

• Source exceptional talent: quickly understand hiring profiles and fill top of funnel with strong candidates across New York and London markets
• Lead early hiring: partner with Founders and hiring managers to recruit world-class engineers and technical talent across disciplines
• Build the recruiting stack: design and implement recruiting operations from scratch, including ATS setup (Ashby), sourcing/CRM systems, interview loops, and candidate experience
• Run RecOps: keep the hiring machine moving, and help hiring teams go from first intro to accepted offer fast and frictionlessly
• Sell the opportunity: convey the company's mission and opportunity to candidates, ensuring they leave every interaction more excited than when they came in
• Shape early talent philosophy: define how they hire, ensuring a consistent, fair, and high‑bar interview process that optimizes speed to hire and reflects a strong employer brand

What They’re Looking For

• Experience: 4+ years of professional experience, with a track record sourcing and recruiting for top‑tier tech organizations — US and UK experience a plus
• Technical fluency: you speak engineer (CS background helpful), with experience recruiting for complex engineering roles
• Interviewing expertise: a skilled interviewer who can screen candidates thoughtfully so hiring managers are only talking to the best
• Builder mindset: you've built or rebuilt recruiting systems, processes, and teams from the ground up
• Hands‑on operational chops: comfortable running recruiting ops and building out the tooling needed to support your function and scale operations