Talent Lead

Responsibilities

• Own and run the hiring process end-to-end (sourcing, screening, interviews, and closing)
• Personally source and hire candidates across the company
• Build hiring processes and infrastructure from scratch, including interview loops, scorecards, pipelines, and candidate tracking
• Work closely with hiring managers to define roles, hiring priorities, and candidate profiles
• Drive hiring across a wide range of functions, including GTM, Ops, Research, Product, and Engineering
• Lead international hiring across the US, EU, UK, and other markets
• Build and maintain hiring metrics and reporting
• Develop a strong candidate experience and represent White Circle throughout the hiring process
• Partner with leadership on long-term talent planning and hiring strategy

Requirements

• Several years of experience running hiring at a startup
• Comfortable owning the full recruiting process yourself
• Experience building hiring processes and recruiting operations from scratch
• Experience hiring across multiple functions (GTM, Operations, Research, Product, and Engineering)
• Experience with international hiring across multiple countries and markets
• Highly data-driven and comfortable tracking and analysing recruiting metrics
• Excellent sourcer with ability to find strong candidates beyond simply posting jobs
• Fluent English (C1+)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience hiring for AI, ML, and Research roles
• Experience building a recruiting function as the first or one of the first talent hires
• Experience hiring in the US, EU, and UK
• Experience with employer branding and building a strong talent pipeline
• Experience using AI tools to improve sourcing, screening, research, or recruiting ops

Benefits

• Meaningful equity package
• Paid time off in line with your local regulations
• All the hardware, tools, and services you need
• Covered subscriptions for AI agents
• Team off-sites twice a year

About the Company

White Circle is an AI Safety company building the safety, reliability, and optimization layer for AI systems. We've raised $11M from top funds, founders, and senior leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, HuggingFace, Mistral, DeepMind, Datadog, Sentry, and others.