Head of Talent

HockeyStack is a generational Applied AI company on a mission to automate sales marketing and customer success for B2B companies. We build the most complete and accurate picture of the B2B buyer by integrating with every tool your team uses partnering with third-party data providers and deploying custom AI research agents. We use this data to power applications that automate high-value high-complexity workflows across the go-to-market and revenue teams. Our core products include:

• Marketing Intelligence instantly answers questions like What led to that sudden drop in pipeline

• Account Intelligence surfaces next-best actions to help reps move target accounts toward conversion

Since launching in January 2023 weve come through Y Combinator and raised a $26M Series A led by Bessemer. Were growing 3 year-over-year have hit multimillion ARR and process over 60 TB of GTM data monthly. Based at our San Francisco HQ we operate fully in-person move fast and hire people who are ready to win.

Your Mission

HockeyStack moves at founder speed and we hire the people who can keep pace. Were expecting to reach $10M of ARR by year end and our headcount has expanded 69% in the last four months. The sky is the limit and the rocketship shows no sign of slowing down. Were only getting faster better more resilient and more robust with each passing day.

As our Head of Talent your mission is to architect and operationalize a world-class recruiting engine that cuts through chaos drives predictable execution and delivers bar-raising talent across every team.

Youll build the systems reporting and accountability frameworks that enable us to hire with accuracy velocity and discipline. Youll be the connective tissue between founders hiring managers and our recruiting team ensuring clarity alignment and shared ownership throughout the company.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You recruit you build you standardize you coach and you raise the bar all at once.

Above all youll serve as a critical thought partner to HockeyStacks founders and a guardian of HockeyStacks DNA as we scale through this next phase of hyperspeed growth. Are you ready to become the master architect of a category-defining institution

What Youll Do

Own End-to-End Talent Strategy & Execution

• Lead and scale the entire Talent function: Recruiting Sourcing and Coordination.

• Own every part of the hiring engine from top-of-funnel through onboarding alignment.

• Define and drive structured processes for kickoff calibration evaluation and hiring decisions.

Architect Systems Process and Governance

• Build and maintain the single source of truth for Talent (Ashby Notion Sheets).

• Implement a rigorous governance model for headcount planning approvals req types and seat management.

• Create and enforce SLAs across Talent and hiring managers including 24-hour feedback daily reporting and weekly calibration cadences.

• Build standardized frameworks: job descriptions role scoping tools scorecards interview plans and decision rubrics.

Drive Accountability Across the Organization

• Hold hiring managers accountable to quality speed and process including calibration SLAs and candidate experience standards.

• Train hiring managers on structured interviewing behavioral evaluation culture-add assessment and decision-making.

• Run the weekly Talent operating cadence: kickoff midweek blockers end-of-week pipeline review next-week planning.

Scale Sourcing & Top-of-Funnel Production

• Build a sourcing engine that consistently delivers high-volume high-quality outbound

• Establish outbound programs candidate samples target company lists and ideal profile taxonomies.

• Build referral systems internal promotion loops and employer branding channels to grow warm pipeline.

Deliver Predictable Insight-Driven Reporting

• Own dashboards for funnel health passthrough ratios source contribution interviewer load time-to-fill and offer acceptance.

• Deliver a weekly Founder Summary with insights risks priorities and actions.

• Maintain clean accurate audit-ready data in the ATS.

Create a White-Glove Candidate Experience

• Standardize candidate communications expectations setting and process transparency.

• Build pre-game and debrief rituals that align interviewers eliminate redundancy and accelerate decisions.

• Partner with People Ops to ensure flawless handoff pre-boarding and first-week readiness.

What Were Looking For

A Builder Who Scales Talent Functions From Zero to Systematic

• 7 years of full-cycle recruiting experience; 3 years leading Talent teams or owning Talent operations in high-growth environments.

• Demonstrated ability to hire across Engineering Product Design Sales Marketing and G&A.

• Proven ability to drive predictable hiring velocity across multiple departments simultaneously.

Operational Athlete With a Systems Mindset

• Deep experience implementing ATS systems (Ashby strongly preferred) and building reporting dashboards workflows and data rules.

• Expertise in creating interview frameworks competency matrices scorecards and structured decision-making processes.

• Strong command of headcount planning approvals budgeting alignment and recruiting governance.

Hands-On Operator Who Executes and Leads

• Willing to recruit daily source candidates run screens close offers and coach hiring managers while scaling the team behind you.

• Strong communication instincts: direct clear calm under pressure and able to reset expectations quickly.

• Obsessed with clean data reporting accuracy and transparency.

High-Ownership High-Urgency High-Standards

• You move fast and expect others to do the same without sacrificing precision.

• You can bring structure to ambiguity and build order where none exists.

• You hold yourself and others accountable through clarity consistency and metrics.

Culture Add Not Culture Fit

• You lead with humility honesty and service.

• You value velocity paired with thoughtfulness and operational discipline.

• You believe Talent is a strategic advantage and a frontline execution function.

Why Join Now

Were at an inflection point. The product is proven the market is massive and the opportunity is wide open. Youll be joining a company with real traction rapid growth and meaningful backingwhere every person still shapes the outcome. This isnt just a job. Its a chance to build something category-defining with people who care deeply about doing it right.

As part of our San Francisco California-based team the on target earnings range for this role is $200000 $250000 USD annually depending on experience and qualifications.

HockeyStack is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability or any other legally protected status. We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.

Required Experience:

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