Founding Recruiter / Head of People
About Usul
Usul is building the “Amazon for Government”, a world where any company can sell to any government in a few clicks on their computer. Anything from national security tech, space stations, energy infrastructure, healthcare and more.
Our AI platform helps companies identify, pursue, and win the government opportunities they’re most likely to convert and makes it dramatically easier for governments to buy from the private sector.
In 1 year we’ve grown to $5M+ ARR securing Fortune 500 government contractors, the U.S. government and NATO as customers. We’re now entering the next phase of growth to capture the entire U.S. market and expand to over 60+ allied nations.
We’re building a small, elite team with high standards and low ego. We care about doing whatever it takes, getting better at the craft every week, and being genuinely fun to work with. We’re the youngest team in our world by far. We’re in our 20s running around defense conferences in Usul t-shirts, surrounded by 40 to 60 year olds in suits and military uniforms. People see us as the ambitious AI builders bringing real Silicon Valley energy and modern technology to one of the most traditional industries on earth.
About the role
We’re build a small, elite team with high standards and low ego. We care about doing whatever it takes, getting better at the craft every week, and being genuinely fun to work with. We’re the youngest team in our world by far. We’re in our 20s running around defense conferences in Usul t-shirts, surrounded by 40 to 60 year olds in suits and military uniforms. People see us as the ambitious AI builders bringing real Silicon Valley energy and modern technology to one of the most traditional industries on earth.
As our lead Founding Recruiter you will be the fuel on the fire to help scale the team to IPO globally. You’ll be responsible with scaling our scrappy culture and not compromising as we grow. We’re looking for some to take full ownership over the hiring process, building systems and leading the strategy for how attract and hire the best talent to this kickass team.
You’ll work directly with the founders to scale our hiring from our HQ in SF across the US and internationally as we expand.
What you will be doing:
Owning and executing recruitment for a ton of roles in the US and eventually globally including Engineering, Growth, Marketing and Ops.
Run quick and efficient hiring processes with candidates maximizing talent quality
Working with the founders on every hire and advising on org design and hiring strategy
Building a repeatable and scalable hiring funnel across tons of channels
Ideating and executing on out of the box ideas to attract talent, partnering with Marketing on levers to increase inbound and visibility on our mission
What we look for:
3-7 years of talent acquisition experience (growth stage startup ideally)
Experience hiring across multiple roles: engineering, growth, marketing etc.
Scrappy, get anything no matter how crazy done mindset
Willingness to vibe code or lean forward with how to supercharge our hiring process with AI
Awesome communicator whose able to convey mission and strategy of the company to candidates
Seen and help scale rapid growth and now how to build systems 0-1 while keeping fast pace
About the interview
15-minute screening with Joon (CTO) or Oliver (CPO)
30-minute Culture Fit with Jarren (CEO)
On-site work trial in San Francisco
Offer!