Director, Talent Acquisition (AI)

TL;DR

Director, Talent Acquisition (AI/SaaS): Scale global recruiting function supporting growth from 150 to 600+ employees across engineering, go-to-market, and other functions with an accent on team leadership, employer brand building, and AI-powered operations. Focus on designing scalable hiring systems, advising executives on strategy, and leveraging AI for pipeline analysis, market intelligence, and workflow efficiency.

Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

Salary: $190K – $240K (base) + equity

Company

Early-stage AI-powered platform transforming professional services like audit and advisory workflows.

What you'll do

• Build, coach, and lead a globally distributed talent acquisition team with a culture of ownership and data-driven improvement.
• Act as trusted advisor to founders, executives, and hiring managers on hiring decisions using market knowledge and data.
• Develop compelling employer brand and candidate experiences that differentiate in competitive AI talent markets.
• Design and improve recruiting processes, tools, dashboards, and metrics, integrating AI as a core accelerant.
• Track recruiting KPIs to identify bottlenecks and demonstrate business impact.
• Own the talent acquisition roadmap, evolving it with business growth.

Requirements

• 10+ years in talent acquisition, leading teams at high-growth AI/SaaS startups scaling to 600+ employees.
• Proven executive influence on hiring strategy and global recruiting across geographies and time zones.
• Experience building employer brand, scalable processes, AI tooling (Ashby plus), and high-performing teams.
• AI-native workflows in recruiting with measurable impact; comfortable with ambiguity, adaptable, growth mindset.
• Bonus for San Francisco market experience and technical AI/ML hiring.

Nice to have

• Hands-on AI sourcing/screening tools experience.
• Compensation benchmarking for competitive offers.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible PTO, 401(k), wellness support, tech and work-from-home reimbursements.
• Competitive compensation with equity ownership.
• Fast-paced environment trusting people, removing obstacles for great work.
• Values: Fearless, Fast, Lovable, Owners, Win-win, Inclusive.
• High-impact early-stage role shaping industry-leading recruiting function.