Recruiting Programs Lead — Brand, Events & Talent Community

Vapi; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real equity stake

Comprehensive health coverage

Quarterly off-sites

Flexible time off

L&D budget

Meals, transportation, gym

Job summary

Vapi is hiring a Head of Talent to own all candidate-facing programs, employer branding, and talent community initiatives. You will partner with Marketing and Recruiting teams, build scalable processes, and drive metrics that influence hiring outcomes.

You’ll design and run events, campus outreach, and referral programs while reporting to the Head of Talent. This is a builder role in a fast-growing startup with real impact on the company’s hiring velocity.

Qualifications

• You’ve built recruiting programs, employer brand, or talent community from scratch, ideally at a fast-growing startup.
• You’re an events operator capable of running a hackathon, engineering meetup, or campus info session end-to-end, on time and on budget.
• You think in recruiting metrics: cost-per-hire, referral %, sourced-hire %, time-to-fill, and offer acceptance are how you measure your own work.
• You know the difference between marketing to customers and marketing to candidates, and you can partner tightly with a Marketing team without duplicating it.
• You write well. Careers pages, newsletters, event copy, and team spotlights will all carry your voice.
• You’re a builder who’s comfortable being the first and only owner of this function, going from zero to working programs fast.

Responsibilities

• 30 Day: Go deep on current hiring; audit careers site, Glassdoor/Comparably, referral program, and events footprint; baseline key metrics.
• 60 Day: Relaunch referral program with incentives; stand up shared event calendar; publish first wave of careers-site and 'life at Vapi' content.
• 90 Day: Host a recruiting-focused technical event; launch talent community; present a 12-month roadmap with targets.

Skills

Recruiting programs

Employer brand

Talent community

Events management

Recruiting metrics

Job description

Vapi is hiring a Head of Talent to own all candidate-facing programs, employer branding, and talent community initiatives. You will partner with Marketing and Recruiting teams, build scalable processes, and drive metrics that influence hiring outcomes.

You’ll design and run events, campus outreach, and referral programs while reporting to the Head of Talent. This is a builder role in a fast-growing startup with real impact on the company’s hiring velocity.