Lead Recruiter & Hiring Systems Builder

Cooper AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & equity

Medical, dental & vision

Wellness stipend

401k with match

Unlimited PTO

Company lunch 5x per week

Offsites & team events

Job summary

Cooper AI in San Francisco is seeking a Lead Recruiter to build the talent function as the company scales. You will own full-cycle recruiting across GTM, Product, Engineering, and G&A, personally sourcing, assessing, and closing exceptional candidates. You’ll report to the Head of Operations and shape hires that define the company’s growth.

We have the tools and early frameworks in place. You’ll develop the recruiting playbooks, processes, and hiring bar needed for scale, take the foundation

Qualifications

• 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally including meaningful time at a high-growth, early-stage company recruiting GTM, G&A, Product, and/or Engineering.
• A builder. You’ve created or substantially improved recruiting processes, systems, tools, or programs.
• A natural leader and coach. You’ve led recruiting initiatives, mentored junior team members, trained new recruiters, or become the person others turn to for guidance and best practices.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and pace and wearing multiple hats.
• Data-minded and process-oriented. You use funnel data, market insights, and candidate feedback to identify problems and improve how teams hire.
• Based in San Francisco, or willing to relocate, and excited to work onsite alongside the team.

Responsibilities

• Own searches across the company. Lead full-cycle recruiting across GTM, Product, Engineering, and G&A. From intake and sourcing through assessment, closing, and everything in between.
• Find and close exceptional talent. Build pipelines from scratch, engage people who aren’t actively looking, and attract candidates in competitive markets.
• Raise the hiring bar. Define what great looks like, calibrate quickly, and improve how we assess talent with data and market perspective.
• Take the recruiting foundation we have today and make it better. Improve interview processes, reporting, workflows, automation, and tooling for a lean team.
• Build and develop the team. Mentor our recruiting coordinator and future hires, and scale the recruiting function.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Leadership

Process improvement

Data-driven hiring

Job description

Cooper AI in San Francisco is seeking a Lead Recruiter to build the talent function as the company scales. You will own full-cycle recruiting across GTM, Product, Engineering, and G&A, personally sourcing, assessing, and closing exceptional candidates. You’ll report to the Head of Operations and shape hires that define the company’s growth.

We have the tools and early frameworks in place. You’ll develop the recruiting playbooks, processes, and hiring bar needed for scale, take the foundation