Founding Recruiter - San Francisco Bay Area at Flagright.com

About Flagright: Flagright is an AI operating system for financial crime compliance used globally by Fortune 500 companies, large banks, fintechs, and fast growing startups. Flagright enables real-time risk detection, automated investigations, and intelligent decisioning, helping compliance teams operate at their full potential in the fight against financial crime. We operate as a lean, high-performance team with high individual ownership and direct access to leadership. Role overview: Our Recruitment team drives the growth and success of Flagright. We are looking for a Founding Recruiter who can attract world-class talent, scale high-performing teams, and act as a player/coach to mentor and lead the recruitment function. As the Founding Recruiter, you will establish our hiring foundations and engage top talent through outbound outreach and targeted headhunting. You will own hiring end-to-end from sourcing to offer, ensuring excellent candidate experience across multiple jurisdictions. You will also coach and grow the recruitment team, setting high standards for processes, candidate experience, and hiring outcomes. This role suits someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, values precision, and takes pride in building high-performing teams. People who thrive at Flagright: - Take ownership and operate with urgency - Are resourceful and solution-oriented - Learn quickly and adapt to changing priorities - Have strong opinions and can defend them - Want to work with no-BS people building something important People who struggle here: - Need extensive hand-holding - View high expectations as “unreasonable” - Actually prioritize work-life balance - Can’t handle ambiguity - Prefer consistent routine over fast-changing priorities Key responsibilities: Recruitment Leadership & Talent Acquisition - Lead recruitment efforts to attract world-class talent across multiple functions - Execute full-cycle hiring while also coaching and mentoring the recruitment team - Partner with the leadership team to define role requirements and strategic hiring plans - Source, engage, and assess top-tier candidates to meet hiring goals - Maintain candidate pipelines, track hiring metrics, and optimize recruitment processes - Ensure an exceptional candidate experience throughout the hiring journey Who we are looking for: - 5+ years of recruitment experience, with prior leadership and mentoring experience - Experience hiring GTM & sales talent (AEs, BDRs, etc.) - Experience working in organizations with merit-based hiring practices - Proven ability to attract world-class talent in a fast-paced, high-growth environment - Strong understanding of full-cycle recruitment - Highly organized, detail-oriented, and trusted with confidential information - Clear communicator who can manage multiple priorities independently - Comfortable with ATS platforms, and recruitment analytics - Based in the Bay Area with right to work in the USA (visa sponsorship not available). This is a fully in-person role, based in our Santa Clara office. Preferred skills - Experience with Ashby - Experience in startups, fintech, or fast-scaling organizations - Experience hiring technical talent (Software engineers, Creative Designer, etc.) - Experience hiring leadership talent (Sr AE, Head of Sales, etc.) - In-house recruitment experience preferred over consulting companies/agencies - Global hiring experience - Ability to manage and scale distributed or multi-location teams - Analytical mindset for recruitment metrics What we offer: - Leadership position with direct impact on how Flagright hires and scales globally - Reports directly to the CEO - High-bar environment focused on execution, learning, and continuous improvement - Get equity from day 1 at a Y Combinator startup. - Work alongside a highly competent, top-tier team, including professionals from Y Combinator, ex AWS, and Palantir. - Enjoy a low-bureaucracy environment, minimal meetings, and an asynchronous communications culture.