Head of Talent

Kaizen Labs
New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 250,000 - 300,000 annuallyFunction: People, HR & TalentSkills: ["Direct communication","Ownership","Candidate-focused recruiting","Team leadership","Process improvement"]

Own Kaizen’s recruiting engine end-to-end: build hiring process, pipeline, and reporting across every function, and raise the hiring bar as you personally close the most difficult senior and executive searches. Lead and scale a small recruiting team, manage tools like Ashby, Juicebox, and LinkedIn Recruiter, evaluate and negotiate with agency partners, and establish a strong employer brand across NYC and DC while partnering on headcount planning for rapid growth.

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Kaizen Labs
Kaizen Labs
5 days ago

Head of Talent

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Job Summary

Own Kaizen’s recruiting engine end-to-end: build hiring process, pipeline, and reporting across every function, and raise the hiring bar as you personally close the most difficult senior and executive searches. Lead and scale a small recruiting team, manage tools like Ashby, Juicebox, and LinkedIn Recruiter, evaluate and negotiate with agency partners, and establish a strong employer brand across NYC and DC while partnering on headcount planning for rapid growth.
Location: New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: People, HR & Talent
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and run Kaizen’s recruiting engine, including process, pipeline, and reporting across all functions.
  • •Own the company hiring bar and raise it by winning over top talent for hard-to-fill roles.
  • •Carry concurrent searches across go-to-market, operations, engineering, and design, personally closing senior and executive candidates.
  • •Own the recruiting stack in Ashby, Juicebox, and LinkedIn Recruiter, providing leadership pipeline visibility and automating coordination work.
  • •Manage a team of three recruiters, hire additional approved recruiters, set recruiting standards, and invest in the career growth of the team.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 250,000 - 300,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife Insurance401kParental LeavePaid LeaveGym MembershipLearning BudgetHome OfficeFsa

Key Requirements

  • •Scaled a talent function through significant headcount growth with clear outcomes showing what you built and produced.
  • •Operated as a trusted peer to company founders, with direct communication, strong ownership, and the ability to handle hard conversations.
  • •Built and managed a recruiting team (recruiters, coordinators, sourcers), including investing in career growth and development.
  • •Carried concurrent searches across engineering and go-to-market roles from IC through Director and above, including roles with no obvious candidate pool.
  • •Used AI and automation in your recruiting workflow and configured/managed an ATS (ideally Ashby).
Experience:GovernmentDefense techRegulated industry
Skills:Direct communicationOwnershipCandidate-focused recruitingTeam leadershipProcess improvement
Tech Stack:AshbyJuiceboxLinkedIn RecruiterATSAIAutomation

Company Brief

Kaizen Labs
Builds modern, people-first e-government software to modernize resident-facing services (parks & recreation, permitting, licensing, payments) for local, state, and federal agencies across the U.S.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2022
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