Recruitment Lead San Francisco Bay Area

About Flagright:
Flagright is an AI operating system for financial crime compliance used globally by Fortune 500 companies large banks fintechs and fast growing startups. We centralize transaction monitoring screening risk management and investigations into a single modern system built for scale real-time performance and regulatory rigor.

We operate as a lean high-performance team with high individual ownership and direct access to leadership.

Role overview:

Our Recruitment team drives the growth and success of Flagright. We are looking for a Recruitment Lead who can attract world-class talent scale high-performing teams and act as a player/coach to mentor and lead the recruitment function.

As a Recruitment Lead you will establish our hiring foundations and engage top talent through outbound outreach and targeted headhunting.

You will own hiring end-to-end from sourcing to offer ensuring excellent candidate experience across multiple jurisdictions. You will also coach and grow the recruitment team setting high standards for processes candidate experience and hiring outcomes. This role suits someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment values precision and takes pride in building high-performing teams.

People who thrive at Flagright:

• Take ownership and operate with urgency

• Are resourceful and solution-oriented

• Learn quickly and adapt to changing priorities

• Have strong opinions and can defend them

• Want to work with no-BS people building something important

People who struggle here:

• Need extensive hand-holding

• View high expectations as unreasonable

• Actually prioritize work-life balance

• Cant handle ambiguity

• Prefer consistent routine over fast-changing priorities

Key responsibilities:

Recruitment Leadership & Talent Acquisition

• Lead recruitment efforts to attract world-class talent across multiple functions

• Execute full-cycle hiring while also coaching and mentoring the recruitment team

• Partner with the leadership team to define role requirements and strategic hiring plans

• Source engage and assess top-tier candidates to meet hiring goals

• Maintain candidate pipelines track hiring metrics and optimize recruitment processes

• Ensure an exceptional candidate experience throughout the hiring journey

Who we are looking for:

• 5 years of recruitment experience with prior leadership and mentoring experience

• Experience hiring GTM & sales talent (AEs BDRs etc.)

• Experience working in organizations with merit-based hiring practices

• Proven ability to attract world-class talent in a fast-paced high-growth environment

• Strong understanding of full-cycle recruitment

• Highly organized detail-oriented and trusted with confidential information

• Clear communicator who can manage multiple priorities independently

• Comfortable with ATS platforms and recruitment analytics

• Based in the Bay Area with right to work in the USA (visa sponsorship not available)

Preferred skills

• Experience with Ashby

• Experience in startups fintech or fast-scaling organizations

• Experience hiring technical talent (Software engineers Creative Designer etc.)

• Experience hiring leadership talent (Sr AE Head of Sales etc.)

• In-house recruitment experience preferred over consulting companies/agencies

• Global hiring experience

• Ability to manage and scale distributed or multi-location teams

• Analytical mindset for recruitment metrics

What we offer:

• Leadership position with direct impact on how Flagright hires and scales globally

• High-bar environment focused on execution learning and continuous improvement

• Get equity from day 1 at a Y Combinator startup.

• Work alongside a highly competent top-tier team including professionals from Y Combinator ex AWS and Palantir.

• Enjoy a low-bureaucracy environment minimal meetings and an asynchronous communications culture.