Talent Partner & People Ops Builder (Startup)

Pogo; New York (NY); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Minimum 20-day vacation policy

Job summary

Pogo is hiring its first Talent Partner to establish the people function as the company scales. You will own end-to-end recruiting across engineering, design, GTM, and other functions, while shaping onboarding, reviews, and people programs.

You’ll partner with founders and hiring managers to define roles, build pipelines, and implement efficient processes. This is an on-site, hands-on role with room to grow into broader People leadership as Pogo expands.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
• Experience across multiple functions (engineering, design, GTM, etc.).
• Interest in building a People function from an early stage.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across all functions.
• Partner with hiring managers to define roles, profiles and interview processes.
• Build sourcing strategies with an in-house sourcer and develop pipelines for recurring roles.
• Conduct initial interviews, manage candidate experience, and drive searches from first conversation through offer and close.
• Build and improve recruiting systems, workflows, and metrics as the company grows.
• Own onboarding, performance reviews, employee experience, offsites, and internal HR policies.
• Over time, help build programs like internships and long-term talent pipelines.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Strong communication

Startup experience

People/HR systems

Job description

Pogo is hiring its first Talent Partner to establish the people function as the company scales. You will own end-to-end recruiting across engineering, design, GTM, and other functions, while shaping onboarding, reviews, and people programs.

You’ll partner with founders and hiring managers to define roles, build pipelines, and implement efficient processes. This is an on-site, hands-on role with room to grow into broader People leadership as Pogo expands.