Senior Recruiter
Imperative Care
Founding Recruiter
Numeral (YC W23)
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $150,000 - $175,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Own end-to-end hiring across all functions: Engineering, Product, Sales, Ops, and more
- Partner with execs and hiring managers to run role kickoffs, define bar-raising processes, and close top-tier candidates
- Launch and scale recruiting operations: ATS (Ashby), scheduling, dashboards, interviewer calibration, agency coordination
- Manage top-of-funnel sourcing efforts and candidate outreach strategy
- Create best-in-class candidate experience: clear communication, tight feedback loops, and thoughtful touch points
- Track key funnel metrics and recruiting KPIs; build reports to inform hiring decisions
- Help define and scale employer branding, referral campaigns, and internal recruiting enablement
Requirements
- 8+ years of recruiting experience, ideally with 3+ in early-stage startup environments
- Proven ability to manage multiple reqs across technical and non-technical functions
- Proficient at sourcing top tier candidates using creative sourcing techniques
- Experience building and scaling recruiting processes, systems, and interview loops from scratch
- Comfort working directly with C-level execs and being the point person for hiring strategy
- Excellent communicator, writer, and operator — clear, concise, and action-oriented
- Bonus: Experience with Ashby, Rippling, Pave, or similar modern HR tech stack
- Bonus: Passion for building team culture, DEI initiatives, and employer brand from 0→1
Benefits
- Offers Equity
- Flexible, remote-first culture
- Strong mentorship and ownership opportunities
- Work across functions and with leadership early
- Learn hands-on how to scale international compliance systems
- Make a visible impact immediately through enablement and operational design
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
recruitingsourcingcandidate outreachrecruiting processesinterview loopsmetrics trackingreport buildingemployer brandingreferral campaigns
Soft skills
communicationfeedback loopsorganizational skillscollaborationaction-orientedcreativitystrategic thinking
