People & Talent Lead

CarEdge; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

CarEdge is hiring its first dedicated People & Talent Lead to own end-to-end recruiting and day-to-day HR for a remote team of W-2 employees, contractors, and international members. You will build the programs we lack and operate them autonomously, setting up scalable processes for a growing company.

You will manage recruiting pipelines, onboarding, HR operations, and compliance while partnering with leadership to drive culture and retention across a distributed workforce.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in recruiting, talent acquisition, or HR generalist work, ideally at a startup or growing company.
• Strong closer capable of getting offers accepted.
• Organized and discreet with confidential information.
• Familiarity with HR systems such as Justworks, Gusto, Rippling, or similar HRIS/PEO, plus ATS.
• Experience with contractors or international hires is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting, end to end: write posts, source candidates, screen, coordinate interviews, close offers.
• Manage the hiring pipeline: keep candidates moving, track time-to-fill, ensure responsiveness.
• Grow contractor network and onboard contractors alongside full-time hires.
• Oversee onboarding and offboarding, ensuring productive first weeks and respectful departures.
• Own HR operations: Justworks, employee records, benefits enrollment, time off, policy questions.
• Ensure compliance across states and for international team members; coordinate with General Counsel as needed.
• Run logistics for annual reviews, raises, bonuses, and equity grants; keep pay data organized.

Skills

Recruiting

Talent acquisition

HR generalist

Closing candidates

Organizational skills

Confidentiality

Tools

Justworks

Gusto

Rippling

Applicant tracking system

Job description

We're hiring our first dedicated People & Talent Lead to find great people, get them hired, and make CarEdge a place they want to stay. You'll run recruiting end to end and own day-to-day HR for a remote team of W-2 employees, contractors, and international team members. This is a builder role: you'll set up the processes we don't have yet and run them yourself.

What you'll own

• Recruiting, end to end. You write the job posts, source candidates, screen them, coordinate interviews, and close offers. You partner with hiring managers on what each role really needs.
• The hiring pipeline. You keep candidates moving, track time to fill and pass-through rates, and make sure no applicant goes unanswered.
• Contractor network growth. You help recruit and onboard our growing network of concierge and buying-service contractors, along with full-time hires.
• Onboarding and offboarding. Every new hire is set up and productive in their first week. Every departure is handled cleanly and respectfully.
• HR operations. You own our HR platform (Justworks), employee records, benefits enrollment, time off, and policy questions. You're the first stop for anyone with a people question.
• Compliance. You keep us current on employment requirements across states and for international team members, working with our General Counsel when needed.
• Comp and performance cycles. You run the logistics for annual reviews, raises, bonuses, and equity grants, and keep pay data organized and consistent.
• Culture and retention. You help us keep a remote team connected, and you notice when someone is at risk of leaving before they do.

Who you are

• 3+ years in recruiting, talent acquisition, or HR generalist work, ideally at a startup or growing company. Doing both recruiting and HR is a big plus.
• A strong closer. You can sell a candidate on a fast-moving company and get offers accepted.
• Organized and discreet. You handle confidential information with care and keep many processes running at once.
• Familiar with HR systems. Experience with Justworks, Gusto, Rippling, or a similar PEO or HRIS, plus an applicant tracking system.
• Grounded in the basics of employment compliance. You know when a question needs a lawyer.
• Experience with contractors or international hires is a plus.
• Comfortable with founding-team velocity. There's no HR playbook yet. You'll write it.