Talent Lead at Agave | California, USA | Rezi

Talent Lead at Agave

Talent Lead

Agave · California, USA

3 days ago

Talent Lead

Agave · California, USA

4 days ago
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About the Role

Hiring is critical to our success, impacting product quality, customer relationships, and revenue. We are seeking a Talent Lead to significantly scale our team over the next year, supporting both technical and non-technical roles, managing external recruiting partners, and maintaining our high hiring bar.

Responsibilities

  • Source candidates from schools, industries, and networks where skilled, ambitious people cluster
  • Contribute to and help scale company-wide hiring goals for technical and non-technical roles
  • Assist in planning, creating, and releasing job descriptions and announcements
  • Develop creative hacks that short-circuit traditional methods and give us an edge over other companies
  • Partner with external recruiters to extend our network and add leverage to our hiring process
  • Screen candidates to determine their motivation, preferences, and fit for our open roles
  • Convert candidates efficiently, ensuring a thoughtful, personal touch at each step
  • Close candidates we want to join us, working alongside the co-founders and hiring managers
  • Coordinate recruiting logistics, including on-site interviews
  • Optimize our hiring processes, tools, and systems to ensure efficiency
  • Own relationships with the outside recruiters and agencies we work with
  • Manage performance, pipeline, and communication with external recruiting partners
  • Evaluate and onboard new partners where it makes sense to extend our reach
  • Ensure external efforts stay aligned with our bar, our process, and our candidate experience

Requirements

  • 1+ years of experience owning recruiting end-to-end at a fast-growing startup, including sourcing, screening, and building repeatable systems
  • High ownership and conscientiousness, able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously without sacrificing quality
  • Meticulous attention to detail, with a structured approach to tracking candidates, touchpoints, and timelines
  • Clear and concise oral and written communication skills
  • Proven ability to deliver results consistently and complete any task needed to hit hiring targets on time
  • Comfortable operating independently with little upfront guidance
  • Data-driven approach to iterating and proposing new methods

Skills

  • Sourcing technical hires
  • Managing external recruiting agencies or contract recruiters

Location

  • San Francisco, CA

Work Type

  • On-site
  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • 1+ years

Salary/Compensations

  • $90,000 to $160,000 base
  • Significant variable compensation for every hire

Benefits

  • 90% coverage of healthcare costs with multiple plan options
  • 100% 401k match up to 4% of annual salary
  • Annual performance bonuses tied to company growth goals
  • Sizable relocation bonus for out-of-area candidates
  • Bonus for moving within a 15-minute walk of the office
  • Breakfast and dinner stipends
  • Stocked kitchen with coffee, snacks, and drinks
  • On-site gym with Peloton, squat rack, Tempo, and Yoga setup
  • Visa sponsorship (H1B, TN, etc.)
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Full cost of Muni pass for public transit users

About the Company

  • Early-stage, yet de-risked startup with 500+ paying customers and $Xm+ recurring revenue.
  • Profitable and cash-flow positive for over 2 years with hockey-stick growth.
  • Offers benefits of an early-stage startup without the typical risks.
  • Provides huge impact, direct business exposure, and unique challenges.
  • Has eliminated key strategic risks such as unproven product, lack of market validation, lack of revenue, over-reliance on VC funding, and co-founder disputes.
  • Features a technical, diverse, and ambitious team with experienced co-founders.
  • Co-founders have a 10-year history, including a startup acquired by Amazon.
  • Operates in a massive, overlooked industry (construction) with a multi-year head start against potential competitors.
  • Backed by world-class investors (Accel, YC) and construction industry insiders (Procore and Autodesk executives, founders of leading construction tech companies).
  • Views recruiting as a strategic function essential for winning in their space.
  • Believes talent density is a key competitive advantage.
  • Hiring is the highest-leverage function, compounding faster than code or revenue.
  • A single great hire can change the company's trajectory.
  • The next 30 hires will shape the next 10 years of the company.