Talent Lead: Engineering Hiring & Strategy

Sycamore; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sycamore is building the trusted agent operating system for the enterprise. You will own recruiting end to end for engineering, commercial, and operations roles across both locations, shaping the candidate experience and the hiring bar as the company grows.

You will design interview processes, run outbound sourcing, and partner with founders and engineering leaders on compensation and role definition, while ensuring candid, honest conversations with candidates.

Qualifications

• 6-12 years of recruiting experience with in-house technical hiring.
• Proven success hiring engineers via outbound sourcing.
• Ability to discuss candidate work and assess resumes beyond keywords.
• Experience designing interview processes and calibrating interviewers.
• Excellent written communication and integrity with candidates.
• Comfort with startup ambiguity and broad ownership.

Responsibilities

• Own recruiting end to end for engineering, commercial, and operations roles across both locations.
• Build and run outbound sourcing for strong candidates not applying proactively.
• Partner with founders and engineering leaders on hiring plans, leveling, and compensation.
• Own the candidate experience, including for candidates not hired.
• Close candidates honestly, communicating tradeoffs of joining a small, ambitious company.
• Protect the hiring bar as the company grows and raise it as needed.
• Contribute to how Sycamore presents itself to candidates and describes roles.

Skills

Recruiting

Outbound sourcing

Interview design

Candidate experience

Hiring strategy

Communication

Tools

AI tools

ATS / HRIS

Job description

Sycamore is building the trusted agent operating system for the enterprise. You will own recruiting end to end for engineering, commercial, and operations roles across both locations, shaping the candidate experience and the hiring bar as the company grows.

You will design interview processes, run outbound sourcing, and partner with founders and engineering leaders on compensation and role definition, while ensuring candid, honest conversations with candidates.