Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

Tavus; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for employees and fami

Unlimited PTO

Remote-friendly

Company retreats

Gear stipend

Learning stipend

Frequent in-person meetups

Diverse culture

Flexible hours

Job summary

Tavus is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to scale our team across engineering, product, operations, and business functions. You will own full-cycle hiring, partner with leaders, and help build the recruiting foundation Tavus needs for its next growth stage.

You’ll balance hands-on recruiting with planning and process design, leveraging AI and scalable systems. This high-impact role requires driving hiring at speed while maintaining exceptional candidate experiences.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience, ideally in-house experience as first recruiter at an early-stage startup.
• Experience building recruiting systems/processes from scratch or significantly improving existing ones, and leverage AI.
• Ability to balance many roles at once and structure solutions.
• Exceptional communication and candidate experience instincts.
• Highly organized, self-directed, and comfortable working in ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for multiple functions (engineering, product, operations, and business).
• Build teams as Tavus scales and partner with hiring managers and leadership.
• Shape hiring plans to anticipate evolving talent needs and bring exceptional people to Tavus.
• Develop recruiting foundation for the next growth stage and foster cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Stakeholder management

Talent networking

Candidate experience

Tools

Ashby

Job description

• We’re hiring a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to help scale our team across engineering, product, operations, and business functions, while partnering closely with our broader recruiting team on hiring across the organization
• You’ll own full-cycle hiring for a range of functions, and help build teams as Tavus continues to grow
• This is a high-impact role that will partner closely with hiring managers and leadership to understand and anticipate evolving talent needs, shape hiring plans, and bring exceptional people to our team
• This role will require someone who has a proven track record of building strong teams across areas of ownership, while stepping in across functions as hiring needs quickly evolve
• You’ll own full cycle recruiting: sourcing, building talent networks, candidate management, closing, and hiring-manager partnership, while helping us build the recruiting foundation we need for the next stage of Tavus

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their families, with 100% of monthly premiums paid by Tavus
• Unlimited paid time off, as well as parental and pawental leave
• Flexible hours
• Remote-friendly, with teams at home or in co-working spaces across the globe
• Company retreats
• Debate and feedback are cornerstones of our culture
• Generous gear stipend
• Yearly stipend for you to spend on any learning materials (i.e. newsletters, online courses, etc.)
• Frequent in person meet ups
• Team members from diverse backgrounds – we’re looking for culture creators, not culture fits
• Progressive, open-minded meritocracy

We’re looking for someone who thrives in early-stage chaos, loves building systems and processes, and can balance hands-on recruiting with thoughtful partnership and planningExceptional communication and candidate experience instincts4+ years of experience, ideally in-house experience as first recruiter at an early-stage startupYou’re a builder: you’ve created recruiting systems/processes from scratch or significantly improved existing ones, and leverage AI. Expect to balance many roles at onceYou can quickly understand complex problems and structure solutionsDemonstrated ability to operate in high-performance, high-expectation environmentsPassion for AI and the opportunity to shape a team working at the edge of what’s possiblePolish — strong communication, attention to detail, and professional judgmentHighly organized, self-directed, and comfortable working in ambiguityExperience as a founder, or startup building experienceExperience building out roles/processes in AshbyPlayed Portal 1 and 2 - or willing to as part of onboardingExperience hiring for non-technical roles (G&A, GTM)