Head of Talent & People Strategy (Startup Growth)

Hybron; Hawthorne (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

In-person Mon-Fri

Paid time off

Vacation days

Sick days

Holiday schedule

Daily lunches provided

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

Hybron is seeking a Director of Talent to own recruiting and headcount strategy at our Hawthorne facility. The role spans sourcing, screening, interviewing, and negotiating offers, with responsibility to build and scale a world-class talent function in a fast-growing deep-tech startup.

You will partner with leadership on role scoping, compensation design, workforce planning, and culture initiatives. The position requires autonomy, high energy, and comfort with ambiguity in a multi-hat

Qualifications

• 5+ years of recruiting experience (ideally for specific companies rather than at general recruiting firms).
• 2+ years running recruiting end to end at a startup or high-growth company, ideally as the first or only recruiter.
• Experience hiring for engineering and production/operations roles (technicians, machinists, assemblers, quality).
• Experience with building a recruiting pipeline from scratch, utilizing several different channels (cold outreach, networking, referrals, inbound).
• Experience closing candidates, including negotiating offers and equity conversations with candidates.
• Experience partnering with hiring managers on role scoping, comp, leveling, and prioritization, with the confidence to push back when needed.
• Experience with managing a compensation structure at a quickly growing startup, including designing comp bands, leveling frameworks, and equity guidelines.
• Working knowledge of employment compliance basics, such as California hiring law, pay transparency, EEO, and I-9, with awareness of when to loop in counsel.

Responsibilities

• Build the entire talent function from the ground up: the process, tooling, and team.
• Hire and lead a recruiting team (coordinators, sourcers, recruiters) as headcount grows, with real input on when and who.
• Become a strategic planner and partner with leadership – creating the People roadmap and compensation strategy, and contributing to organization design, workforce planning, company culture, brand and marketing strategy.

Skills

Recruiting

Startup hiring

Engineering & production hiring

Pipeline building

Offer negotiation

Compensation design

Cross-functional partnering

Job description

Hybron is seeking a Director of Talent to own recruiting and headcount strategy at our Hawthorne facility. The role spans sourcing, screening, interviewing, and negotiating offers, with responsibility to build and scale a world-class talent function in a fast-growing deep-tech startup.

You will partner with leadership on role scoping, compensation design, workforce planning, and culture initiatives. The position requires autonomy, high energy, and comfort with ambiguity in a multi-hat