Head of Talent Acquisition - High Growth DTC Brand

TL;DR

Head of Talent Acquisition (DTC): Own end-to-end talent acquisition function for high-growth DTC health brand, building always-on hiring processes for key revenue roles with an accent on proactive sourcing, pipeline management, and strategic poaching support. Focus on driving speed, ensuring quality hires, and optimizing processes to reduce time-to-hire under aggressive growth demands.

Location: Preferred experience or understanding of US recruiting markets.

Salary: $4-6k/mo base + significant performance-based bonus tied to hire quality and tenure.

Company

Bootstrapped DTC brand delivering conscious health products, achieving $100M revenue in first year, led by second-time founders.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end pipeline for Tier 1 roles: source, screen, manage ATS flow, and create job posts for high-volume positions like Video Editor and Customer Service.
• Support Tier 2 strategic poaching: map competitors, gather intelligence for founder outreach, handle confidential data.
• Improve processes: test new sourcing channels, analyze bottlenecks, reduce time-to-hire, represent company professionally.
• Drive KPIs: 20+ Tier 1 hires/quarter, 3 Tier 2 placements/quarter, high sourcing-to-interview rates, quality of hires.

Requirements

• Proactive/high agency: constantly drive processes and improvements without waiting for tasks.
• Professional communicator with discretion for candidate interactions and confidential poaching.
• Systems thinker able to optimize complex, high-volume recruiting funnels.
• Attention to detail for ATS management and high-stakes outreach.
• Goal-oriented focus on volume, quality metrics, and process speed.
• Preferred: experience/understanding of US recruiting markets.

Culture & Benefits

• Direct access to founders, full operational autonomy in function.
• Performance-based comp with strong bonus on hire quality/tenure.
• Clear path to Head of People for top performers.
• No corporate bureaucracy; action-biased, detail-obsessed, accountable culture.
• Fast-paced, asynchronous environment emphasizing speed of execution.

Hiring process

• Submit application answering 3 specific questions on hiring process experience, quality of hire, and sourcing channels.
• Include code word "AgencyFirst" to demonstrate attention to detail.
• Applications reviewed only if instructions followed fully.