Growth Lead

Clera

$100K — $150K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Genuine enthusiasm for frontier AI models and a drive to advocate for innovative technical visions.
  • Proven ability to connect with people through roles in recruiting, business development, or community engagement.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills; must be articulate, outgoing, and perceptive in social situations.
  • Prior experience working independently in a fast-paced startup environment where ambiguity is common.
  • Capable of digesting and communicating technical information clearly to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Articulate the company's vision effectively to attract candidates and industry influencers.
  • Identify and foster relationships with key individuals in the AI and ML fields.
  • Establish and promote company culture and values within recruitment and onboarding processes.
  • Manage the entire recruitment process with the Chief of Staff, enhancing systems and automation.
  • Collaborate with marketing and events teams to represent the company at industry gatherings and produce engaging content.
  • Partner with Go-to-Market engineers to forge pathways into priority leads and partnerships.

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship available.
  • Opportunity for significant ownership and impact at a well-supported early-stage AI company.
Full Job Description
About the Role

We're a fast-growing, early-stage startup building infrastructure for reinforcement learning (RL) environments - enabling AI labs and developers to train, evaluate, and align frontier models to real-world workflows. We're hiring a Growth Lead to help evangelize our vision and connect us with the right people across the AI ecosystem.

This is a high-trust, high-ownership role where you'll shape recruiting, culture, and community from the ground up. You'll work cross-functionally alongside engineering, marketing, and go-to-market teammates to tell our story, build world-class teams, and expand our network in the frontier AI space. Visa sponsorship is available.
What You'll Do
  • Tell our company's story compellingly - get candidates, researchers, and industry players genuinely excited about our mission through worldbuilding and narrative.
  • Find, engage, and build relationships with candidates, AI/ML engineers, RL researchers, and other key figures in the AI ecosystem.
  • Define company culture and values, then apply them to candidate screening and new-hire onboarding processes.
  • Own end-to-end recruiting in partnership with the Chief of Staff - building and optimizing recruiting systems, tooling, and automated workflows.
  • Collaborate with the Marketing & Events function to host and represent the company at community and industry events, and to create compelling content.
  • Work with Go-to-Market engineers to identify introduction pathways and connection strategies into high-priority leads and partners.
What We're Looking For

Required
  • Genuine excitement about frontier AI models and the drive to evangelize a bold technical vision.
  • Demonstrated experience finding and connecting with people - whether through recruiting, business development, community building, or a similar function.
  • Strong interpersonal skills: articulate, extraverted, and skilled at reading people and rooms.
  • Experience operating independently at an early-stage startup in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
  • Ability to understand technical products well enough to explain them clearly and accurately to a range of audiences.

Nice to Have
  • Existing network within the RL research, RL engineering, or broader startup communities.
  • A clear point of view on how great technical companies build and communicate their story.
  • Prior experience in recruiting, community management, or content creation at a startup.
  • A standout writing portfolio that demonstrates your storytelling ability.
  • Desire to grow into adjacent functions such as marketing, events, or go-to-market over time.
Compensation & Benefits
  • Salary: $100,000 - $150,000 USD annually
  • Visa sponsorship available
  • Opportunity for significant ownership and impact at an early-stage, well-backed AI company
Location

This role is on-site in San Francisco, CA. We're looking for candidates who are based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco - strong in-person presence and local networking are core to this role.

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