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Tavus is a Series B AI research lab pioneering human computing, backed by Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, and Scale Venture Partners. They are building AI Humans—a new interface enabling natural, face-to-face conversations at scale through real-time human simulation models.
You will serve as Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, owning full-cycle recruiting to scale the team across engineering, product, operations, and business functions. This high-impact role partners closely with hiring managers and leadership to understand evolving talent needs, shape hiring plans, and bring exceptional people to Tavus.
Key responsibilities include:
- Full-cycle recruiting: sourcing, building talent networks, candidate management, closing, and hiring-manager partnership
- Building recruiting systems and processes from scratch or significantly improving existing ones
- Balancing hands-on recruiting with thoughtful partnership and strategic planning
- Anticipating talent needs and helping leadership shape hiring strategy
- Operating across multiple functions as hiring needs evolve
- Leveraging AI tools to enhance recruiting efficiency
This role thrives in early-stage environments and requires someone comfortable with ambiguity, capable of building systems, and passionate about shaping a high-performance team at the frontier of AI.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 4+ years of experience, ideally as first recruiter at an early-stage startup
- Proven track record building recruiting systems/processes from scratch or significantly improving existing ones
- Experience leveraging AI in recruiting
- Exceptional communication and candidate experience instincts
- Highly organized, self-directed, comfortable working in ambiguity
- Ability to quickly understand complex problems and structure solutions
- Strong communication, attention to detail, and professional judgment
- Demonstrated ability to operate in high-performance, high-expectation environments
- Passion for AI and opportunity to shape teams working at the edge of what's possible
BONUS:
- Founder experience or startup building background
- Experience hiring for non-technical roles (G&A, GTM)
- Experience building out roles/processes in Ashby
- Familiarity with Portal 1 and 2
