Founding Recruiter

Trove
New York, NY
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates with full-cycle recruiting experience who strategically source passive talent and build infrastructure, working in-office 3 days per week in the collectibles domain.

Best fit for

  • Individuals who thrive in shaping narratives and engaging passive talent in a fast-growing startup
    — “Sharpen the narrative to engage passive talent, building pipeline where none exists”
  • Professionals who can represent a company's culture and values externally without oversight
    — “deliver an outstanding candidate experience that consistently represents our culture and values externally”

Things to consider

  • Requires in-office presence 3 days per week in New York despite being a remote-friendly industry
    — “Location: NYC (in office 3 days per week)”
  • Candidates must be comfortable with high ownership and long-term strategic planning
    — “You'll have a high level of ownership over your area and a blank canvas to build on”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in building recruiting infrastructure from scratch for early-stage companies
    — “you build the process before you need it, not after it breaks”
  • Demonstrate a history of shortening time to hire while maintaining high talent standards
    — “A track record of shortening time to hire without lowering the bar”
  • Emphasize data-driven improvements to hiring processes and outcomes
    — “Leverage data to enhance the process, identify what's working and iterate on what isn’t”
  • Demonstrate proactive pipeline building for future roles, even before headcount is approved
    — “Proactively build pipeline for future roles, cultivating relationships with top talent over time”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Individual

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What success looks like

  • own the full hiring funnel
  • deliver outstanding candidate experience
  • build and maintain hiring infrastructure
Typical background
5+ years in full-cycle recruitingrecruiting in a fast-growing company

Skills & requirements

Required

Full-cycle RecruitingTalent AcquisitionCandidate ExperienceRecruitment StrategyRecruitment Process Optimization

Preferred

Start-up ExperienceCollectibles Industry Knowledge

Stack & domain

RecruitingFull-cycle RecruitingSourcingClosing Passive CandidatesWritingCommunicationSystemsData AnalysisCuriosityLeadershipHiring

About the role

Original posting from Trove via Ashby

Location: NYC (in office 3 days per week)

Trove is building the future of collectibles, bringing culture, community, and commerce together in one mobile experience. We're a small team building fast, and we're hiring our first internal recruiter to help set strong team foundations and scale our business over time.

You'll own the full hiring funnel, partnering with leadership to strategically source and attract outstanding talent across every area of the business. You’ll deliver an outstanding candidate experience that consistently represents our culture and values externally in the hiring market. We’re looking for someone who digs into the real business needs behind a role, helps define and hold the bar for talent, and isn't afraid to ask hard questions that lead to better decisions. You'll have a high level of ownership over your area and a blank canvas to build on, setting a strong foundation for our recruiting function - and our business - for years to come.

On any given week, you might:

  • Build and maintain the hiring infrastructure, leveraging technology to automate and scale
  • Source and run outbound campaigns across all open roles
  • Sharpen the narrative to engage passive talent, building pipeline where none exists
  • Leverage data to enhance the process, identify what's working and iterate on what isn’t
  • Proactively build pipeline for future roles, cultivating relationships with top talent over time
  • Help with initiatives related to culture and engagement when hiring volume is low

You have experience and success in these areas:

  • 5+ years in a full-cycle recruiting role, ideally somewhere seed to early-scale
  • A track record of shortening time to hire without lowering the bar
  • Comfortable sourcing and closing passive candidates, not just processing inbound
  • Strong writer and communicator, representing our brand externally without oversight
  • Systems-minded: you build the process before you need it, not after it breaks
  • Genuine curiosity about Trove and the collectibles space

What success looks like:

  • Time to hire drops measurably quarter over quarter
  • Passive candidates respond because the narrative is so compelling
  • The pipeline matches our bar for talent
  • Candidates walk away with a strong impression of Trove, regardless of outcome
  • Pipeline exists for future roles before headcount is approved

Source: Trove careers (Ashby)

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