Head of Talent, Federal Tech Recruiting (Hybrid NYC/DC)

Kaizen; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & insurance coverage

Life insurance $100k

One Medical membership

Fertility support

401(k) with 2% match

16 weeks parental leave

Unlimited PTO

Federal holidays off

NYC/DC office stipends

Commuter benefit

Job summary

Kaizen is seeking a results-driven Head of Talent to scale recruiting across GTM, operations, engineering, and design. You will build Kaizen's recruiting engine and drive a high-performance hiring bar, closing senior and executive roles while expanding the team and partnering with the COO on headcount strategy.

You will lead a three-person recruiting team, own the agency roster, and shape employer branding in NYC and DC markets.

Qualifications

• Scaled a talent function through significant headcount growth.

Responsibilities

• Build and run Kaizen's recruiting engine: process, pipeline, and reporting across every function we hire into.
• Own the hiring bar and raise it across the company. Not by saying no more often, but by convincing us we can win over the best talent, and making it happen.
• Carry concurrent searches across go-to-market, operations, engineering, and design, and personally close the senior and executive ones.
• Own the recruiting stack in Ashby, Juicebox, and LinkedIn Recruiter, give leadership a live view of pipeline health against the plan, and drive the automation of coordination work so the team spends its time on candidates.
• Manage the team of three and hire the additional recruiters already approved, set the standard for excellent recruiting here, and invest in the career growth of the people you inherit.
• Own the agency roster: evaluate the current partners, negotiate terms, and decide search by search when a firm earns its fee.
• Establish Kaizen's employer brand in the NYC and DC markets so strong candidates understand the unique product and value proposition of Kaizen.
• Partner with the COO and founding team on headcount planning and the talent strategy behind a 40-to-100 plan in the next few quarters.

Skills

Recruiting experience

Hiring strategy

Go-to-market

People management

AI in recruiting

Tools

Ashby

Juicebox

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Kaizen is seeking a results-driven Head of Talent to scale recruiting across GTM, operations, engineering, and design. You will build Kaizen's recruiting engine and drive a high-performance hiring bar, closing senior and executive roles while expanding the team and partnering with the COO on headcount strategy.

You will lead a three-person recruiting team, own the agency roster, and shape employer branding in NYC and DC markets.