Talent Partner

Cara

$100K — $120K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in recruiting or people roles, preferably in high-growth tech environments.
  • Proven ability to manage the recruitment process independently from sourcing to closing.
  • Experience collaborating with founders, executives, and hiring managers on talent-related decisions.
  • Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with sensitivity to employee issues.
  • Highly proactive and organized, thriving in fast-paced startup settings.

Responsibilities

  • Own full-cycle recruitment for engineering, product, GTM, and business roles.
  • Collaborate with founders and hiring managers to shape talent profiles and recruiting strategies.
  • Identify and cultivate relationships with top talent in the AI and insurance sectors.
  • Assist with employee topics such as onboarding, performance management, and development.
  • Develop scalable recruiting and people processes as the company expands.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to play a key role in shaping talent acquisition and people operations.
  • Work in a dynamic and fast-paced startup environment.
  • Collaborate closely with leadership and influence company culture.
  • Engage in hands-on recruiting across diverse roles and functions.
  • Develop skills in both talent acquisition and people operations.
Full Job Description
About the Role

As a Talent Partner, you'll help build the team and people infrastructure behind Cara's next stage of growth. You'll own recruiting across technical and business roles, partner with leadership on talent strategy, and support employee topics including onboarding, performance, and development.

This is a highly hands-on role for someone excited to build both talent acquisition and people operations at a fast-growing startup.

What You'll Do
  • Own end-to-end recruiting across engineering, product, GTM, and business roles, from sourcing through offer and close.
  • Partner with founders and hiring managers to define talent profiles and recruiting strategies.
  • Proactively identify and build relationships with exceptional talent across the AI and insurance communities.
  • Support employee topics including onboarding, performance management, and development.
  • Build scalable recruiting and people processes and programs as Cara grows.


What You Have
  • 3+ years of experience across recruiting, talent, or people roles, ideally in high-growth technology companies.
  • A track record of independently managing searches from talent mapping and sourcing through closing.
  • Experience partnering closely with founders, executives, and hiring managers on talent and people decisions.
  • Strong judgment, communication, and relationship-building skills, including comfort handling sensitive employee topics.
  • A highly proactive and organized approach with comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment.

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