Founding Recruiter | AI + Insurance

Our client is an AI startup shaking up the insurance industry and they’re hiring a Founding Recruiter to build the talent engine from zero to scale. This is a true 0→1 role where you’ll own recruiting end-to-end and partner directly with the founding team during a major growth phase.

If you like autonomy, speed, and actually seeing your impact (instead of fighting red tape), keep reading.

What You’ll Do

• Own full-cycle recruiting across engineering, product, and go-to-market roles, managing 8–12 active searches

• Design and execute a scalable hiring strategy to support 4x team growth

• Source, engage, and close top-tier talent, delivering 10–15 hires per year in competitive markets

• Build and refine recruiting processes end-to-end: job scoping, sourcing, interviews, and candidate experience

• Partner with leadership on headcount planning, org design, and long-term talent strategy

• Drive diverse and inclusive hiring practices that expand the talent pool

• Provide real-time market intel on compensation, competitors, and talent trends

• Manage multiple sourcing channels: direct sourcing, agencies, investor networks, and tools like Ashby, Gem, HireEZ, etc.

• Define, track, and optimize recruiting metrics: time-to-fill, conversion rates, source of hire

• Own employer branding and storytelling, helping candidates buy into the mission, momentum, and equity upside

• Grow into building and leading the recruiting function as the company scales

Who You Are

• 5–10 years of full-cycle recruiting experience in high-growth startups (Series A–E preferred)

• Strong track record of hiring across technical and GTM roles

• Experience building recruiting functions from scratch or operating in true 0→1 environments

• Fluent with modern ATS and sourcing tools (Greenhouse, Ashby, Gem, HireEZ)

• Data-driven and operationally sharp you measure, iterate, and improve

• A strong closer who knows how to sell vision, mission, and opportunity

• Comfortable in fast-moving, ambiguous environments (you don’t wait for instructions)

• Scrappy, hands-on, and allergic to unnecessary bureaucracy

Why Join

• Build and shape the recruiting function at a category-defining AI company

• Work directly with founders and execs on talent and growth strategy

• Own the entire recruiting engine with real influence across the business

• Help scale a company redefining AI + insurance

• Competitive equity, benefits, and a culture built on ownership, autonomy, and speed