Founding Recruiter

Nova Intelligence

$90K — $130K *
Staffing
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of recruiting experience, preferably in a high-growth startup environment.
  • Proven ability to identify and secure top talent in both technical and non-technical areas.
  • Experience hiring across various functional roles and seniority levels, including individual contributors and senior executives.
  • Familiarity with modern AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT for enhancing recruitment processes.
  • Demonstrated ability to work efficiently and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Own the full recruiting process from sourcing to closing for all functions.
  • Build and maintain a proactive sourcing engine to attract passive candidates.
  • Lead hiring efforts across diverse talent pools, including engineering and enterprise roles.
  • Manage relationships with external recruitment firms for senior and executive positions.
  • Ensure an exceptional candidate experience throughout the hiring process.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape the recruitment strategy for a growing startup post-Series A funding.
  • Impact the hiring process across a variety of functions and levels within the organization.
  • Work closely with the founding team and play a key role in company culture development.
  • Develop unique sourcing strategies to engage top talent in the competitive AI sector.
  • Experience a fast-paced, dynamic work environment where innovation is encouraged.
Full Job Description
We're looking for our first in-house recruiter to own how Nova hires. We just closed our Series A and the next 12 months will define who we become. You'll be the person making sure we hire the right people, fast, and that every candidate walks away thinking Nova is the most exciting bet in enterprise AI, whether we hire them or not.

This role spans the full hiring stack: sourcing across world-class engineers, SAP experts, go-to-market, operations, and everything in between. You'll partner with the founding team and external search firms on senior roles, build scalable processes for high-volume technical pipelines, and own candidate experience end to end.
Responsibilities
  • Own end-to-end recruiting across every function - engineering, SAP expertise, go-to-market, operations - sourcing, screening, scheduling, closing
  • Build the sourcing engine: identify and reach top talent who isn't on the job market
  • Run hiring across very different talent pools - top engineers, senior SAP practitioners with deep expertise, enterprise AEs, marketers, and operators
  • Manage relationships with external search partners on senior and executive roles
  • Own the candidate experience - every candidate should leave the loop thinking Nova was the most thoughtful, fastest-moving company they've talked to
Who You Are
  • 5+ years of recruiting experience, ideally including a stint at an early-stage, high-growth startup
  • Strong background identifying and closing top talent across both technical and non-technical roles
  • Experience hiring across different functions and seniority levels, from individual contributors to senior leaders
  • AI-native: you use Claude, ChatGPT, and modern tooling to automate sourcing, drafting, and pipeline ops. You'd rather build a workflow than do the same thing twice.
  • You move fast, write well, and have strong taste for talent

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