Senior AI Talent Scout & Recruiting Leader

Harvey; California; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey Labs, led by Harvey, is seeking a Lead Technical Recruiter to help build our AI research organization from the ground up. You will partner with the Chief Research Officer and technical leadership to define talent strategies for highly specialized AI talent markets and execute end-to-end searches across data, evaluations, infrastructure, and modeling.

You will own searches, develop market insight, and advise leadership on talent availability and compensation as Harvey Labs scales.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in fast-paced environments.
• Experience recruiting for technical AI research teams or similarly specialized technical roles.
• Strong aptitude for understanding complex technical domains and evaluating candidate qualifications.
• Exceptional sourcer who can identify hard-to-find talent across research labs, academia, open source, and other channels.
• Willing to take creative, white-glove approaches to engaging and closing exceptional talent.
• Trusted advisor who can build credibility with highly technical leaders and candidates.

Responsibilities

• Lead Technical Recruiter to build Harvey Labs, our AI research organization.
• Partner with Chief Research Officer and leadership to build the team from the ground up, focused on post-training talent across data, evaluations, infrastructure, and modeling/training.
• Own searches end-to-end, develop talent strategies for highly specialized AI talent markets, define how we attract exceptional talent as Harvey Labs scales.
• Operate in ambiguity with ownership and strong point of view on AI talent landscape.
• Advise leadership on talent availability, compensation, and candidate motivations.
• Drive searches from market mapping through offer strategy, negotiation, and close.
• Build deep talent maps across leading AI companies, labs, startups, academia, and open-source communities.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Technical AI recruiting

Sourcing across labs/academia

Engagement strategies

Data-driven / analytics

Stakeholder advisory

Ambiguity tolerance

Ownership

Leadership

Tools

AI sourcing tools

Market mapping

Recruiting operations tools

Job description

Harvey Labs, led by Harvey, is seeking a Lead Technical Recruiter to help build our AI research organization from the ground up. You will partner with the Chief Research Officer and technical leadership to define talent strategies for highly specialized AI talent markets and execute end-to-end searches across data, evaluations, infrastructure, and modeling.

You will own searches, develop market insight, and advise leadership on talent availability and compensation as Harvey Labs scales.