Founding Recruiter [Onsite, SF] AI x Martech
A modern marketing automation platform is replacing legacy tools like Marketo and HubSpot with an AI-native rebuild of how B2B marketing runs. This isn't AI bolted onto old software — it's drag-and-drop email, AI-powered personalization, real-time segmentation, and no-code workflows in one platform, with AI agents handling the heavy lifting. Trusted by 5,000+ businesses.
They've raised a $28M Series A from top-tier VCs, and the team includes folks from Airbnb, Palantir, Pinterest, Shopify, and LinkedIn.
This is a founding hire: they need their first dedicated recruiter to own full-cycle hiring across engineering and GTM, working directly with the founders on every hire — they've made 5 in the last 6 weeks and want to move faster.
Why Join Them?
Real momentum: Fresh Series A, 5,000+ businesses on the platform, and hiring velocity that needs a dedicated owner today.
Founding Ownership: First recruiter in the door. You build the sourcing playbooks, interview processes, and recruiting infrastructure (Ashby, Calendly, agency management) from scratch — and they become the company standard.
Centralized, Founder-Backed Function: Recruiting isn't a side motion here. Every hiring manager is founding team, and the buy-in comes from the people actually running each org.
Clear Growth Path: This seat grows into Head of Talent as the team scales.
Strong Package: $150K–$225K base + competitive equity, with visa sponsorship and relocation assistance available for the right candidate.
The Ideal Candidate
Experience: 2–5 years of full-cycle recruiting across technical and GTM roles at startups — high-growth (seed to Series B) strongly preferred. You've built or owned recruiting somewhere, not just plugged into an established machine.
Range: Comfortable recruiting engineers and GTM hires, and managing external agencies on top.
Skills: Proactive outbound sourcer — Ashby or similar, LinkedIn Recruiter, plus AI/enrichment tools like Clay, Juicebox, and Harmonic. AI-forward in how you work.
Mindset: Conviction — you push back on hiring managers with data-driven opinions. Grit for the sourcing grind. Polished, professional LinkedIn presence (founding, outward-facing role — they will check).
Not a Fit: Large-company-only backgrounds with established teams and processes, or recruiters who rely on inbound pipelines rather than proactive outbound.
Other Details
Salary: $150K–$225K base + competitive equity (DoE) — comp scales with experience across the band
Work Policy: On-site 5 days/week in San Francisco
Visa Sponsorship: Available, with relocation assistance for the right candidate
Interview Process: 4 steps — screen, behavioral, take-home, on-site (can run start to finish in ~5 days)
Tech Stack: Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, Juicebox, Clay, Harmonic, Calendly
A note for humans: Tired of competing with bots and fake profiles? So are we. If you're SF-based and know you fit this role, skip the queue — reach out to us via
team@crestviewtalentlabs.com
with your resume.