Head of Talent: Strategic Recruiting for Scale

Hyperbolic Labs; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyperbolic Labs is seeking a hands-on Head of Talent to scale our recruiting function from ~30 to 70-100 employees in the next 6-12 months. You will define hiring priorities, lead critical searches, and build a scalable recruiting engine that supports rapid growth.

You will own full-cycle recruiting across all departments, craft candidate profiles, design interview frameworks, and partner with founders to attract top technical and business talent while maintaining quality and speed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of recruiting experience in high-growth environments.
• Experience hiring technical talent across infrastructure, AI/ML, cloud, or developer tools.
• Hands-on sourcing and closing of candidates, not only managing.
• Built or improved recruiting processes, systems and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across all departments.
• Translate company goals, mission and culture into hiring priorities and candidate profiles.
• Personally source, assess, and close top talent.
• Build the talent roadmap to scale Hyperbolic from 30 to 70–100 employees.
• Design end-to-end talent engine with structured interviews and scorecards.
• Partner with founders and hiring managers on candidate strategy, leveling, and offers.
• Stand up tooling, data, and pipeline visibility to support 60+ hires per year.
• Manage the recruiting team, resources, and hiring partners.
• Build Hyperbolic’s employer brand to attract great talent.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Hands-on sourcing

Recruiting leadership

Talent strategy

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder engagement

Interview design

Job description

Hyperbolic Labs is seeking a hands-on Head of Talent to scale our recruiting function from ~30 to 70-100 employees in the next 6-12 months. You will define hiring priorities, lead critical searches, and build a scalable recruiting engine that supports rapid growth.

You will own full-cycle recruiting across all departments, craft candidate profiles, design interview frameworks, and partner with founders to attract top technical and business talent while maintaining quality and speed.