Talent Operator | Crypto Startup | NYC (Hybrid)

Location : New York United States Miami United States California United States (Hybrid) - On site in NYC - main preference will consider candidates from Miami and California. IF IN CALIFORNIA THE EXPECTATION IS THEY WILL RE-LOCATE TO NYC WITHIN 6 MONTH

We are looking for a Talent Operator to join us as our first dedicated internal talent hire. This isnt a traditional recruiting role; you will be the internal engine of the company working directly with the founders to build a world-class team from the ground up.

Youre someone who views talent as a strategic puzzle. Youll be responsible for managing our external partners and building the operational infrastructure that allows us to scale. As we grow toward 200 employees you will have the clear path to progress.

What youll own

• The Orchestrator: Manage the end-to-end hiring machine. Youll liaise internally with hiring managers to define roles and externally with elite search firms to ensure our pipeline is always moving.
• Founder Partnership: Work hand-in-hand with founders to define hiring bars and ensure a world-class candidate experience
• Systems & Data: Own the CRM/ATS. Youll keep our data pristine ensuring every candidate interaction is tracked and every follow-up is executed with precision
• Operations: Handle the heavy lifting of high-volume scheduling interview coordination

Who you are

• 03 Years of Experience: You might be a recent grad from a top-tier college or someone with early experience at a VC high-growth startup or recruitment company
• High agency full ownership. You dont wait for direction or for the perfect brief. You identify opportunities and get excited running the experiments yourself.
• The Internal Engine: You are hyper-organised and thrive on making things run more efficiently. You dont just find problems; you build the process to fix them.
• Excited by Talent: You believe that finding the right person for the right seat is the most important lever in a companys success.

Bonus points

• You understand the landscape and can speak the language of technical founders and engineers.
• Youve worked at a top-tier VC firm or participated in a program like YC where you learned how to spot talent
• Youve interned or worked at high-intensity high-growth crypto projects (e.g. in a non-technical capacity like Ops or HR at a place like Polymarket) and understand the pace required to win.

Base Salary equity

looking for someone who:

• Understands (and ideally has experience at) start ups
• Someone who is excited about talent
• Bonus if they understand Crypto (not essential)

The ideal profile for this role is someone who is willing to be scrappy understands start ups and either has experience recruiting at an early stage start up or be extremely interested in learning from the best.