Founding Talent Lead

The role:
Founding Talent Lead

In the last few months, we've proven repeatedly to the market that Flint is the team to build the future of the internet. It's now time to invite a recruiting leader in-house to build out the Talent and People function from the ground up. Flint has invested in the People function from Day 0. Hiring, investing in, and growing our people is a critical pillar of startup success.

We're looking for a high-octane, high-care person to scale our engineering and GTM functions while maintaining our founding team's talent density.

The candidate we're looking for does the following:

• Own the end-to-end recruiting function: sourcing, recruiting, coordinating, closing
• Build a world-class talent brand - we want everyone in the AI tech and marketing community to know Flint's reputation for talent density
• Position Flint front and center in front of world-class talent
  • Get sky's-the-limit creative on top of funnel sourcing - events, videos, growth hacks
  • Strong bonus points for a strong social media presence
• Directly influence the way Flint nurtures, hires, onboards, and cares for our talent
• Partner directly with the founders and their strong networks
• Lead by influence from the inside, mobilizing our team to leverage our career and college networks
• Maintain, manage and report on candidate pipelines, incl. relentless outbound sourcing, referrals, and proactive talent mapping
• Build the heart of our recruiting engine with scalable systems and processes over time
• Report on key talent acquisition metrics (e.g., time-to-hire, source effectiveness, candidate quality, funnel conversion) to drive iteration and improvement

Basic qualifications:

• You have 3+ years of recruiting experience, ideally with deep technical recruiting exposure.
• You're experienced using Ashby as an applicant tracking system, running outbound sourcing sequences, and enriching leads
• You're familiar with mainstays like Linked In Recruiter but also with AI sourcing tools like Juicebox and Gem and Happenstance
• You're familiar with highly competitive talent acquisition (aka. hiring during "talent wars")
• You've leaned into AI and automation in setting up hiring systems and processes
• You're comfortable navigating ambiguity and iterating through processes
• You're an excellent, strategic communicator:
  • High empathy - for an overall great candidate experience
  • Identification - great "talent sense" - able to identify potential
  • Closing - convincing without ever being disingenuous

Preferred qualifications:

• You have experience in hiring AI talent
• Active social media presence - you live on X and LI yourself
• You are well connected / embedded in tech networks
• You genuinely understand the massive market opportunity for Flint (every business has a website), and have maybe lived this experience
• You are excited by the prospect of being personally responsible for hiring the team that defines a new category
• You have prior experience in the People function beyond talent acquisition (total benefits, workplace, etc.)

• Tech Crunch
• Business Insider
• Pragmatic Engineer podcast
• CNBC
• Follow us on Linked In and X

• Historic office in Jackson Square with amenities
• Competitive compensation with equity
• 20 PTO days a year and full health benefits
• Lunch and a fully stocked snack bar at the office
• Dog-friendly workspace
• More benefits coming very soon

We are an intensely creative team. After work, we are readers, photographers, singers, film critics, bakers, yoga teachers, interior designers, and more. Catch us in action at our launch party, rock climbing, birthday celebrations, trivia nights, pilates, and more.