Head of Talent

About F2 F2 is the AI platform for private markets investors — purpose-built to transform how institutional teams underwrite, diligence, and deploy capital. Our AI converts messy, unstructured deal materials into investment-grade insights in minutes, helping private credit funds, commercial banks, and private equity firms make faster, more confident decisions. Backed by leading investors, including NFX and Y Combinator, we’re scaling a world-class product and engineering team to build the future of vertical AI for finance. We are scaling quickly across our offices in New York, San Francisco, and London. Role Overview We’re hiring a Head of Talent to build and own the full recruiting function at F2 — from strategy to close. We’re doubling our headcount over the next two quarters, and this role is critical to making that happen. You’ll partner directly with Finance and senior leadership to build hiring plans, set comp bands, and bring the caliber of people who will define what F2 becomes. As our first dedicated talent leader, you’ll build the function from the ground up — with real ownership and real impact. This is the right role for someone who has built hiring infrastructure from scratch in a high‑growth startup environment, knows how to recruit without relying on big‑company brand leverage, and can operate as both a strategic talent partner and a hands‑on full‑cycle recruiter. What You’ll Do Own full‑cycle recruiting across functions, with an emphasis on engineering, product, AI, deployment, and GTM roles. Build the recruiting engine from the ground up: sourcing strategy, pipeline architecture, interview process, scorecards, candidate experience, offer process, and close strategy. Partner with leadership and Finance on headcount planning, role prioritization, comp bands, recruiting budget, and agency ROI. Bring a sales mindset to candidate engagement, including outbound messaging, narrative‑building, objection handling, and close strategy. Build strong pipelines in competitive talent markets, especially NYC and SF engineering, AI, product, and GTM ecosystems. Create lightweight but rigorous recruiting systems, including ATS hygiene, reporting, funnel metrics, source quality, and hiring manager accountability. Act as a talent brand ambassador for F2, helping candidates understand the size of the opportunity, the quality of the team, and the urgency of the market. Help the company scale thoughtfully across New York, San Francisco, and London while keeping talent density high. You Might Be a Great Fit If You have 6+ years of recruiting experience, including meaningful time in an early‑stage or high‑growth startup environment. You have built a hiring function or recruiting engine from scratch, not just operated inside an established recruiting machine. You have hired across technical and go‑to‑market roles, ideally including software engineering, product, AI, sales, and customer‑facing roles. You understand what it takes to recruit in low‑brand‑leverage environments where candidate selling, precision, persistence, and market mapping matter. You are fluent in the NYC and SF talent markets and understand how competitive engineering and AI recruiting have become. You are highly commercial: you can build a candidate narrative, sell the company, navigate objections, and close top talent. You are analytical and comfortable with headcount plans, recruiting funnels, comp calibration, and basic recruiting finance. You move quickly, operate with precision, and thrive in ambiguity. You are energized by AI, private markets, and the chance to help build a category‑defining company. Preferred Qualifications Experience scaling a startup from pre‑seed, seed, or Series A through a major growth phase. Experience hiring for AI, fintech, B2B SaaS, infrastructure, or vertical software companies. Strong track record recruiting in both New York and San Francisco talent markets. Experience partnering with founders, Finance, and senior leadership on headcount planning. Familiarity with Ashby or similar modern ATS platforms, plus comfort building recruiting dashboards and pipeline reporting. Why F2? Join a fast‑growing AI company building the execution layer for private markets and finance. Own the talent function at a critical stage of company growth. Work directly with founders and senior leaders on the hires that will shape the company. Join a high‑talent‑density, in‑person culture across New York, San Francisco, and London. Competitive compensation, meaningful equity, and benefits. Build something from scratch in a market where product momentum, customer urgency, and category timing are aligned. Location: New York, New York - Fully Onsite in our beautiful office in FiDi Base Salary: $170,000 – $200,000 + equity + benefits For exceptionally senior candidates, final compensation may vary based on scope and experience. #J-18808-Ljbffr Sarah Smith Fund