Founding Recruiter​/Talent Leader

About Boulton & Watt

We’re looking for someone who builds companies through talent.

We’re hiring a Senior Recruiter (up to Recruiting Lead) to lead the recruiting that scales our companies. This isn’t a support role - it’s the kind of seat where you show what you can do when given real ownership.

Our studio launches one company at a time, deliberately and with conviction. Our first two, Moxie (Series C, $25M ARR) and Meadow (Series A, market leader in LA), are transforming overlooked industries. They also proved that great teams are the difference between good ideas and lasting companies.

You’ll work directly with founders to translate business goals into world-class hires. Working side-by-side with me (Jan), we operate like builders from the inside out.

This is a hands-on role for those who want to see how far great execution can actually go: recruiting that makes companies take off. The hires you make will determine whether our companies win.

• Full-cycle recruiting: Own sourcing, selecting, and closing for roles across multiple companies.

• Search craft: Your sourcing engages excellent and non-obvious talent and you win them over.

• System building
  :
  Design the tools, process, etc. that make our recruiting engine faster every month.

• Founder partnership: Work directly with founders on talent strategy, role design, and making the right calls.

• Range: Partner on executive searches and People projects to broaden your scope.

• 6 months:

  • 8–10 key roles filled at Meadow, nailed recipe for core roles, also hired a unique role.

  • Recruiting systems clean, candidates moving fast, founders trust your process.

• 12 months:

  • Recruiting runs as an engine, not a project.

  • You’ve codified sourcing and process playbooks.

  • You’ve begun owning leadership searches end-to-end.

• 24 months:

  • You’re mentoring new recruiters and driving hiring strategy across the studio.

• 4+ years startup recruiting experience (in-house, agency, or both).

  • Strong sourcing skills and talent market knowledge.

  • High-agency, driven, and resourceful.

  • Excellent communicator who builds trust fast.

• You love early-stage company building.

• Commercial: you understand the business so you can tailor hiring to it.

Few roles give you this level of exposure to company building. You’ll work at the intersection of business, talent, and strategy: helping shape not just who gets hired, but how teams scale and cultures form.

• Work across multiple early-stage companies, not just one.

• Learn the mechanics of talent systems and company building.

• Low-ego, high-output culture.

• The bridge experience to Head of Talent or People leadership.

• Strong equity upside.

Role can be hybrid or remote:
All companies are remote-first, most of the B&W team is around NYC with a co-working space in Brooklyn.

If you want to see how far great recruiting can go when it’s core to the business, this is that role.