5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in GTM & Ops roles within fast-paced startup settings.
Demonstrated success in hiring high-caliber talent that excels in their positions.
Ability to work urgently and efficiently in a hypergrowth environment.
Experience with highly technical products, ideally in infrastructure or developer tools.
Strong process instincts to balance efficiency with rigorous standards.
Autonomous worker who excels in ambiguous situations.
Expert sourcing skills to identify top-tier talent.
Responsibilities
Oversee full-cycle recruiting for all GTM and Ops roles at Blacksmith.
Develop outbound sourcing strategies from scratch, focusing on headhunting and leveraging your network.
Collaborate with founders to establish high standards for talent and ensure hiring aligns with these standards.
Manage the hiring process with a focus on both speed and quality.
Act as a consultant to the business, providing insights on market trends and talent opportunities.
Expand the company's talent network and employer brand to engage passive candidates effectively.
Benefits
Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance.
Competitive base salary plus equity.
401K match.
Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO).
Annual offsite events.
Early-exercise stock options available.
12 weeks of fully paid parental leave (US).
Full Job Description
What you'll do
Own full-cycle hiring for every GTM and Ops role at Blacksmith - Account Executives, Solutions Engineers, Marketing, Finance, and the business-side hires that keep the company running
Build outbound sourcing from scratch. We have a limited employer brand, so the pipeline comes from narrow, well-researched headhunting, our own customers, and your network
Partner directly with the founders to define what "exceptional" looks like for each role: we set an extremely high bar for talent and need a hiring process that ensures we meet this bar as we scale
Own the hiring process with urgency - you'll balance exceptional quality with speed. Velocity is key to how we hire
Be the expert advisor in the business - market trends, talent opportunities/challenges, tradeoffs. You should be able to operate as a consultant to the business
Build out our network and brand. Look for ways to engage with passive talent and build out opportunities to convert candidates through longer term, strategic sequences
You're a good fit if you have
5+ years of full-cycle recruiting across GTM & Ops roles within fast paced startup environments
A proven track record of hiring at an exceptional talent bar. The hires you've made have gone on to be highly successful in their roles
Urgency - you have to be comfortable and able to operate with urgency in a truly hypergrowth environment
You've worked with teams that have built highly technical products, and understand the nuances to selling a role in this environment to prospective candidates. Ideally this will have been a similar infrastructure or developer-tools product.
Good process instinct - you know how to not overburden hiring with unnecessary processes, whilst still maintaining the correct standard of rigour
High agency and thrive in ambiguity
Real sourcing craft: you know how to reach the p99 talent
