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Founding Recruiter [Onsite, SF] AI x Martech

$150,000 to $225,000 a year

Zella Group

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    Founding Recruiter [Onsite, SF] AI x Martech

    A modern marketing automation platform is replacing legacy tools like Marketo and HubSpot with an AI-native rebuild of how B2B marketing runs. This isn't AI bolted onto old software — it's drag-and-drop email, AI-powered personalization, real-time segmentation, and no-code workflows in one platform, with AI agents handling the heavy lifting. Trusted by 5,000+ businesses.

    They've raised a $28M Series A from top-tier VCs, and the team includes folks from Airbnb, Palantir, Pinterest, Shopify, and LinkedIn.

    This is a founding hire: they need their first dedicated recruiter to own full-cycle hiring across engineering and GTM, working directly with the founders on every hire — they've made 5 in the last 6 weeks and want to move faster.

    Why Join Them?

    Real momentum: Fresh Series A, 5,000+ businesses on the platform, and hiring velocity that needs a dedicated owner today.

    Founding Ownership: First recruiter in the door. You build the sourcing playbooks, interview processes, and recruiting infrastructure (Ashby, Calendly, agency management) from scratch — and they become the company standard.

    Centralized, Founder-Backed Function: Recruiting isn't a side motion here. Every hiring manager is founding team, and the buy-in comes from the people actually running each org.

    Clear Growth Path: This seat grows into Head of Talent as the team scales.

    Strong Package: $150K–$225K base + competitive equity, with visa sponsorship and relocation assistance available for the right candidate.

    The Ideal Candidate

    Experience: 2–5 years of full-cycle recruiting across technical and GTM roles at startups — high-growth (seed to Series B) strongly preferred. You've built or owned recruiting somewhere, not just plugged into an established machine.

    Range: Comfortable recruiting engineers and GTM hires, and managing external agencies on top.

    Skills: Proactive outbound sourcer — Ashby or similar, LinkedIn Recruiter, plus AI/enrichment tools like Clay, Juicebox, and Harmonic. AI-forward in how you work.

    Mindset: Conviction — you push back on hiring managers with data-driven opinions. Grit for the sourcing grind. Polished, professional LinkedIn presence (founding, outward-facing role — they will check).

    Not a Fit: Large-company-only backgrounds with established teams and processes, or recruiters who rely on inbound pipelines rather than proactive outbound.

    Other Details

    Salary: $150K–$225K base + competitive equity (DoE) — comp scales with experience across the band
    Work Policy: On-site 5 days/week in San Francisco
    Visa Sponsorship: Available, with relocation assistance for the right candidate
    Interview Process: 4 steps — screen, behavioral, take-home, on-site (can run start to finish in ~5 days)
    Tech Stack: Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, Juicebox, Clay, Harmonic, Calendly

    A note for humans: Tired of competing with bots and fake profiles? So are we. If you're SF-based and know you fit this role, skip the queue — reach out to us via team@crestviewtalentlabs.com with your resume.

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