About the Role
Hike Medical is seeking its first Head of Talent to build the talent function from the ground up. This company-building role involves working directly with founders to define hiring strategies, attract exceptional talent, and maintain a high talent bar during scaling. The role owns end-to-end recruiting and shapes organizational design, hiring philosophy, interview quality, and scaling strategies.
Responsibilities
- Own company-wide hiring across engineering, AI, product, GTM, operations, clinical, manufacturing, and leadership
- Partner with founders on hiring priorities, org design, and hiring plans based on milestones
- Lead executive and difficult searches
- Build sourcing strategies and structured interview processes that prioritize signal
- Build recruiting infrastructure, operations, training, and analytics
- Improve offer acceptance and candidate experience while maintaining an exceptional talent bar
- Make Hike a company exceptional people want to join
Requirements
- Experience building recruiting within a fast-growing startup, ideally from Seed through Series B/C
- Comfortable sourcing for senior AI engineers, manufacturing leaders, or enterprise sales executives
- Operates with an operator mindset, not solely as a recruiter
- Deep care for talent density
- Resourceful, moves quickly, and enjoys building systems from scratch
- Ability to produce great outcomes without excessive process
- Enjoys interacting with candidates and hiring managers
Location
- SF Rincon Hill
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Seed through Series B/C startup experience
About the Company
- Hike Medical is building the defining company in musculoskeletal care, operating at the intersection of AI, robotics, and healthcare.
- Product lines include an AI-vision platform for custom 3D-printed orthotics, an AI agent platform for DME workflow automation, and SoleForge, a vertically integrated 3D-printing factory.
- The long-term vision is to produce AI-designed, robotically manufactured orthotic and prosthetic devices at scale.
- The company has raised $22M through Seed and Series A rounds from top-tier investors.
- Operates a fast, results-first, high-ownership culture.
- Located in a new SF Rincon Hill office.
