G&A Recruiter

Profound

New York +1 more

On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with startup recruiting experience and a strong network in G&A domains working in New York or San Francisco.

Best fit for

Candidates with experience in full-cycle hiring for G&A roles at fast-growing startups
— “Experience hiring Finance, HR, Legal, and Recruiting talent at fast-growing startups”
Individuals who can build sourcing strategies from scratch and maintain high candidate engagement
— “Creative sourcer with a real network and the persistence to build one where it does not exist”
Candidates who can define and implement new hiring processes and standards
— “Setting up process, standards, and relationships from scratch”

Things to consider

This role requires on-site presence in either NYC or SF, with no remote flexibility mentioned.
— “This is an on-site role based in our NYC or SF office”
The role demands a high level of autonomy and ownership in a newly created position.
— “As the first G&A Recruiter, you’ll be owning full-cycle hiring”

How to stand out

Highlight your ability to create scalable sourcing strategies and candidate engagement processes.
— “Build scalable sourcing engines across outbound, referrals, and talent communities”
Demonstrate your experience in defining hiring strategies and role scoping with hiring managers.
— “Partner closely with hiring managers to define hiring strategy for each function”
Showcase your data tracking skills, especially with metrics like time to fill and source yield.
— “Data and process minded, tracking time to fill and source yield”
Emphasize your experience with AI-enabled recruiting tools in sourcing and candidate evaluation.
— “Experienced with AI-enabled recruiting tools and workflows”

Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

owning full-cycle recruiting for G&A roles
building scalable sourcing engines

Typical background

recruitingtalent acquisition

Skills & requirements

Required

Full-cycle RecruitingSourcingHiring StrategyCandidate Experience

Preferred

Ai-enabled Recruiting ToolsProcess Improvement

Stack & domain

RecruitingSourcingTalent AcquisitionAi-enabled RecruitingATSCandidate EvaluationCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkLeadershipAdaptabilityAI

About the role

Original posting from Profound via Ashby

Profound is the fastest-growing AI marketing platform, used by 15% of the Fortune 500 including Comcast, Estée Lauder, and Walmart, and innovators like Ramp, MongoDB, and Figma. It is where marketing teams do the work: research, briefs, content, campaigns, reporting, all in one place, alongside agents that carry the load with them.
Built on 2B+ real user prompts and growing, Profound’s data shows you what people ask AI and what the models say back. Profound's AI Marketer joins that data with deep context about our customers to find the opportunities worth acting on, and then puts agents to work: automating reporting, drafting content, auditing pages for readability, running competitive research. It measures what works and gets better every day.
As the first G&A Recruiter, you’ll be owning full-cycle hiring for our Finance, HR, Legal, and Recruiting teams. You'll work directly with each function's leaders to decide who to hire and then run the search from start to finish.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Own full-cycle recruiting for G&A roles across Finance, HR, Legal, and Recruiting
Build scalable sourcing engines across outbound, referrals, and talent communities to keep the top of funnel humming
Partner closely with hiring managers to define hiring strategy for each function, including role scoping, leveling, sequencing of hires, and where to find the right talent
Define scorecards, interview loops, and tight SLAs for every search, and build them from scratch where nothing exists yet
Craft crisp outreach and a high-touch candidate experience that reflects our mission and pace
Instrument the funnel through ATS hygiene, conversion dashboards, and channel ROI, and iterate quickly on what works
WHO YOU ARE
Experience hiring Finance, HR, Legal, and Recruiting talent at fast-growing startups, ideally based in NYC
A full-cycle closer, from writing the job description to negotiating and signing the offer
Creative sourcer with a real network and the persistence to build one where it does not exist
Data and process minded, tracking time to fill and source yield, and knowing how to unblock bottlenecks
High-agency and persuasive, comfortable being the first in the seat and setting up process, standards, and relationships from scratch while pushing for speed without sacrificing quality
Experienced with AI-enabled recruiting tools and workflows, and knows how to apply them to sourcing, outreach, and candidate evaluation
LOCATION
This is an on-site role based in our NYC or SF office, designed for builders who thrive on speed, iteration, and meaningful impact.
For this role, the expected base salary range is $160,000 to $215,000 (NYC and SF). Profound's total compensation package is designed to be competitive and includes base salary, equity, and a full range of benefits and perks. Final compensation will depend on factors such as your skills, experience, qualifications, and location, and will be determined during the interview process. Our recruiting team will share more details about the full compensation package and benefits as you move through hiring.
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Source: Profound careers (Ashby)