Talent Acquisition Manager

Deep Rec.ai is retained to support an AI-Native Series A startup looking for a Founding Recruiter.

They're hiring their first dedicated recruiter - no process to inherit. You build the tracker, the cadence, the sourcing motion, and the candidate experience from zero, and you own it. Direct line to the founders from day one.

• Own recruiting across engineering, AI, GTM, CS, infrastructure, and domain-expert roles
• Source directly, run the full funnel, manage the tracker and weekly reporting to founders
• Design the interview process: scorecards, loops, feedback discipline
• Manage external agencies and hold them to velocity and quality
• Close candidates yourself by tailoring the narrative to what motivates them

• 2+ years recruiting or sourcing experience, in-house or agency
• Fast. Hours not days. No chasing required
• High ownership. You fix or flag, you don't route around problems
• Strong outbound instincts, comfortable cold-reaching senior people
• Comfortable building from ambiguity with no playbook

• Fully onsite, five days a week, NYC.
• High intensity, some evenings.
• Minimal layers between you and a decision.
• Real ownership and real accountability from day one.
• Unlimited PTO
• Dinner covered every night in office
• Clear path to leading the talent function as the company scales