Head of Talent Acquisition

Mural; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Mural in Los Angeles, CA is seeking a recruiting leader to build the team that hires across every phase as the company moves from R&D into construction and manufacturing at scale. This role is onsite, with weekends required.

It's a hands-on leadership position for someone who thinks like a talent scout, not a figurehead VP, responsible for leading recruiters, coaching, and closing the most critical searches with engineers and senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience at high-growth, venture-backed companies.
• Deep depth in technical recruiting and engineering hiring.
• Sharp, emotionally intelligent judgment about people.
• Knowledge of recruiting operations and processes.
• Willingness to be in the office with the team, weekends.

Responsibilities

• Lead a recruiting team including a recruiting lead and a coordinator.
• Set the bar for who the company hires, and coach recruiters to find and win exceptional people.
• Run or close the most critical searches yourself, especially senior engineering hires.
• Bring leadership and investors into the close at the right moments.
• Plan hiring across R&D, construction and manufacturing as the company scales.
• Keep recruiting operations healthy, with support from a people systems partner.

Skills

Recruiting leadership

Technical recruiting

Stakeholder management

Recruiting operations

Team coaching

People skills

Job description

Los Angeles, CA (onsite, including weekends) · $200,000–$275,000 + equity

A very well-funded energy company is moving from R&D into construction and manufacturing at scale. It needs a recruiting leader to build the team that hires for every phase. The bar is high and so are the resources: leaders and investors who will join sell calls, and a team of experienced builders who have done hard things before.

This is a hands‑on leadership role for someone who thinks like a talent scout, not a figurehead VP.

What you'll do

• Lead a team of recruiters, a recruiting lead and a coordinator
• Set the bar for who the company hires, and coach recruiters to find and win exceptional people
• Run or close the most critical searches yourself, especially senior engineering hires
• Bring leadership and investors into the close at the right moments
• Plan hiring across R&D, construction and manufacturing as the company scales
• Keep recruiting operations healthy, with support from a people systems partner

What you bring

• Recruiting leadership at a high-growth, venture-backed company
• Real technical recruiting depth: you can talk through engineering problems and get great engineers excited
• Sharp, emotionally intelligent judgment about people
• Working knowledge of recruiting operations
• Wants to be in the office with the team, weekends included

Nice to have: hiring across R&D, manufacturing or construction workforces; hard-tech, energy or aerospace background