3 months ago

Founding Talent Partner

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Last checked: 12 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

A founding Talent Partner oversees the full recruiting life cycle for GTM, Engineering, Product, and Operations at Kick. You’ll build recruiting processes from scratch, partner with founders, and manage 8–12 open roles, sourcing proactively and optimizing metrics to fuel rapid growth in a high-impact startup.

Location: Palo Alto

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Entrepreneurship & Venture Building

Key Responsibilities

•Own the full recruiting life cycle; including sourcing, screening, coordinating interviews, managing offers, and closing candidates across GTM, Engineering, Product, & Operations roles.
•Partner directly with the founders and hiring managers to define role requirements, build scorecards, and calibrate on candidate quality.
•Build Kick’s recruiting infrastructure from scratch (e.g., applicant tracking, interview processes, structured & automated feedback loops, and employer branding).
•Source proactively through LinkedIn, networks, events, and creative channels.
•Track and report on recruiting metrics (pipeline health, time-to-fill, conversion rates) to continuously improve the process.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 200,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionEquityCommuter BenefitsMeal Allowance

Key Requirements

•3-6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally with 1-2 years at a high-growth startup.
•Personally closed hires across GTM & technical roles (not just one or the other).
•Experience as an AI-Native recruiter, leveraging the newest technologies to find great candidates.
•Scrappy and resourceful sourcer who doesn’t wait for inbound applications; strong closer who can sell a mission-driven startup.
•Based in, or willing to relocate to, Palo Alto, CA (4-5 days / week in office).

Experience:StartupRecruitingTech recruitingGTMAI recruiting

Skills:CommunicationRelationship-buildingSourcingNegotiationOrganization

Languages:English

Tech Stack:LinkedInATSApplicant tracking system

Company Brief

Kick

Kick is a live-streaming platform focused on gaming, IRL, and variety content, offering creators monetization tools, community features, and a competitive revenue-sharing model to attract streamers and viewers away from incumbent platforms.

Industry: Streaming Platforms

Founded: 2022

Website

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3 months ago

Founding Talent Partner

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 12 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Palo Alto

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Entrepreneurship & Venture Building

Key Responsibilities

•Own the full recruiting life cycle; including sourcing, screening, coordinating interviews, managing offers, and closing candidates across GTM, Engineering, Product, & Operations roles.
•Partner directly with the founders and hiring managers to define role requirements, build scorecards, and calibrate on candidate quality.
•Build Kick’s recruiting infrastructure from scratch (e.g., applicant tracking, interview processes, structured & automated feedback loops, and employer branding).
•Source proactively through LinkedIn, networks, events, and creative channels.
•Track and report on recruiting metrics (pipeline health, time-to-fill, conversion rates) to continuously improve the process.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 200,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionEquityCommuter BenefitsMeal Allowance

Key Requirements

•3-6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally with 1-2 years at a high-growth startup.
•Personally closed hires across GTM & technical roles (not just one or the other).
•Experience as an AI-Native recruiter, leveraging the newest technologies to find great candidates.
•Scrappy and resourceful sourcer who doesn’t wait for inbound applications; strong closer who can sell a mission-driven startup.
•Based in, or willing to relocate to, Palo Alto, CA (4-5 days / week in office).

Experience:StartupRecruitingTech recruitingGTMAI recruiting

Skills:CommunicationRelationship-buildingSourcingNegotiationOrganization

Languages:English

Tech Stack:LinkedInATSApplicant tracking system

Company Brief

Kick

Industry: Streaming Platforms

Founded: 2022

Website