tl;dr

we're hiring a founding talent partner to source for proof of skill & the companies that hire through us, and to help sell that capability into new accounts. half recruiter, half closer.

what you'll do

* own full-cycle sourcing & recruiting for our client companies across tech, product & business roles. intake to offer.

* source aggressively across linkedin, job boards, referrals, communities & your own network. then use yoshi & the proof stack to screen & verify faster than any agency on the market.

manage & leverage relationships with recruiting agencies pan-india to scale pipeline when needed.

* partner closely with hiring managers at our client companies to understand role requirements & calibrate fast.

* build & maintain a warm bench of high-quality passive candidates you can place across multiple clients. source once, place many.

* drive a fast, structured interview process: screening, coordinating & closing with urgency.

track funnel metrics & continuously optimize time-to-hire & quality-of-hire.

* act as a commercial partner, not just a recruiter. pitch posk's sourcing into prospective clients, run discovery on their hiring pain & turn it into signed mandates.

* own & grow the accounts you deliver into. every role you fill well is the upsell into the next five.

* carry a number. your work ties to revenue (mandates, placements, account expansion), not just reqs closed.

who you are

* 3+ years of recruiting experience, ideally a mix of agency & in-house.

proven track record closing tech & startup roles (engineering, product, growth).

* strong agency background. you know how to work the market, not just post & pray.

deep, active network of recruiting agencies across india.

* excellent at candidate experience. responsive, direct & respectful of people's time.

* high-agency & self-driven. you don't wait for a process, you build one.

* you can sell. you're comfortable on a client call, running outbound & closing a commercial conversation, not only a candidate one. if selling makes you flinch, this isn't your role.

* based in mumbai.

major plus if you've

* recruited for early-stage startups (series a & below).

* placed candidates internationally or worked with global hiring mandates.

* experience hiring for ai-native companies.

* built or managed a small recruiting team.

* sold or delivered a recruiting service (raas, agency, embedded). you've lived on the revenue side of hiring, not only delivery.

why join us

• you'll be the first human layer on top of a platform built to make hiring faster & fairer. yoshi & the proof stack do the verification. you bring the judgment, the relationships & the close. you won't just fill roles. you'll help define what great hiring looks like, & sell that to the companies betting on it.