VP of Recruiting

About The Role

This is a highly visible executive seat. As VP of Recruiting, you’ll work directly with our CEO and COO to shape the growth of every team in the company. Your mandate isn’t to simply “fill seats.” It’s to raise the caliber of talent across the entire business — building a machine that consistently delivers world‑class hires who raise the bar, strengthen the culture, and give  an unfair advantage against competitors who are larger, richer, and slower.

This is a hands‑on executive role. You’ll be both strategist and builder: setting long‑term vision while also delivering immediate impact. That means:

• Owning the recruiting funnel end‑to‑end: sourcing, attraction, evaluation, negotiation, and signed offers.
• Building a high‑volume, repeatable, AI‑driven recruiting engine that scales speed and selectivity together.
• Raising the bar by embedding rigor in every interview and test, ensuring every hire makes the company stronger.
• Partnering with hiring managers, analyzing outcomes, and continuously refining the funnel to deliver compounding improvements.

What differentiates this role from traditional recruiting leadership is its core KPI: the caliber of talent hired, not the headcount filled. Scaling matters only if quality rises in parallel. Your success will be measured in undeniable, lasting improvements in team capability.

The philosophy of recruiting at  is unapologetically demanding. We expect to run a funnel like elite college admissions or championship athletics: thousands of applicants enter, only a handful make it through, and every hire is a clear win. This isn’t about “keeping up with quotas.” It’s about building the kind of team that makes losing impossible.

And we’re not looking for someone to run an old‑school department.  is building the recruiting function of 2025:

• AI at the Core
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  The early stages of sourcing and screening are automated with LLMs, embeddings, and custom‑built integrations. Boolean searches and manual filtering are relics of the past.
• ATS Expertise
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  Our recruiting stack is anchored in Greenhouse, where we’ve already invested thousands of hours in automation. You’ll maximize it and push it further with AI integrations.
• Automation‑First Mindset
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  Recruiting must scale without scaling headcount. Here, automation isn’t an add‑on — it’s the foundation.
• Employer Branding as Execution
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  You won’t just say “branding matters.” You’ll personally script compelling job posts, design messaging that resonates, and lead the creation of media that convinces candidates to join — often literally, since this role requires selling in‑office work.

Culturally, we expect the VP of Recruiting to embody the same high standards demanded of our candidates:

• Hands‑On Execution
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  This is not a PowerPoint role. You’ll design automations, experiment with sourcing bots, write compelling copy, and deliver early wins yourself.
• Durable Systems
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  Recruiting processes here are built to last. No hacks, no duct tape.
• Hard‑Nosed Against Fraud
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  From “over‑employed” candidates working multiple jobs to remote hiring scams, you’ll protect the integrity of our hiring funnel without compromise.
• Office‑First Conviction
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  This role is based in our Austin, TX office. While some roles at  are remote, our most critical seats are in‑office. You must not only believe in this philosophy but also sell it authentically to candidates — with credibility that comes from living it yourself.
• Obsessed With Documentation
  :  is a writing‑first company. We don’t believe a system exists until it is thoroughly documented. You’ll ensure every workflow, rubric, and playbook is captured in writing so it can be scaled, audited, and improved.

The impact of this role is impossible to overstate. The VP of Recruiting won’t just fill jobs. They’ll build the dream team that powers  into its next decade of growth. Every department, every manager, and every employee will feel the difference. If you succeed,  will succeed — with a recruiting engine that consistently delivers the highest‑caliber hires, enhances our reputation with every candidate interaction, and gives us an enduring edge over competitors.

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