Founding Talent Partner
$160k - $200kKick
Why Kick Kick is an applied AI company building the first self-driving bookkeeping experience. We've raised $20M from OpenAI, General Catalyst and Google Ventures to help millions of Business Owners and Accountants to automate the boring stuff-so they can focus on what matters most. What You'll Do
- Own the full recruiting life cycle; including sourcing, screening, coordinating interviews, managing offers, and closing candidates across GTM, Engineering, Product, & Operations roles
- Partner directly with the founders and hiring managers to define role requirements, build scorecards, and calibrate on candidate quality
- Build Kick's recruiting infrastructure from scratch (e.g., applicant tracking, interview processes, structured & automated feedback loops, and employer branding)
- Source proactively through LinkedIn, networks, events, and creative channels
- Track and report on recruiting metrics (pipeline health, time-to-fill, conversion rates) to continuously improve the process
- Be a stellar first impression of Kick for every candidate
- Has 3-6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally with 1-2 years at a high-growth startup
- Has personally closed hires across GTM & technical roles (not just one or the other)
- Has experience as a AI-Native recruiter, leveraging the newest technologies to find great candidates
- Scrappy and resourceful sourcer who doesn't wait for inbound applications
- Strong closer who can sell a mission-driven startup to candidates weighing offers from bigger companies
- Highly organized as this role will manage 8-12 open roles at a time
- Excellent judgement on people with an ability to pattern match on quality, not just credentials
- Comfortable building process from scratch rather than inheriting a playbook
- Based in, or willing to relocate to, Palo Alto, CA (4 - 5 days / week in office)
- Recruited for Applied-AI and/or FinTech companies in the Bay Area and/or Toronto
- Experience building the recruiting tech & process stack from the ground up
- Hired for Accounting, Bookkeeping, or Financial Services roles
- Worked at a company during the "20 to 100 employees" growth phase
- A network in the Bay Area and/or Toronto startup ecosystem
- Partnered with or managed external recruiting agencies.
- Downtown Palo Alto, in person, 4-5 days per week
- 1 block from the Palo Alto Caltrain Express stop
- Candidates should be based in the Bay Area or open to relocation
- Top-of-market $160,000-$200,000 total compensation + meaningful equity
- Employee-friendly equity (QSBS eligible)
- 100% employer paid medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Apple laptop/headset, health/commuter stipends
- Daily lunch and unlimited Verve coffee.
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