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Pogo is hiring its first Talent Partner to build the People function from the ground up as the company scales. This is a full-cycle recruiting and People Ops role that combines hands-on recruiting across all functions with the opportunity to develop broader People programs and systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own full-cycle recruiting across engineering, design, GTM, and other business functions
- Partner with hiring managers to define roles, ideal candidate profiles, and interview processes
- Build sourcing strategies with the in-house sourcer and develop pipelines for recurring roles
- Conduct initial interviews, manage candidate experience, and drive searches from first conversation through offer and close
- Build and improve recruiting systems, workflows, and metrics as the company grows
- Own key People programs including onboarding, performance reviews, employee experience, offsites, and internal HR policies
- Over time, help build programs like co-ops/internships, new grad recruiting, employee referrals, and other talent pipelines
This role offers exposure to the entire company—you'll recruit across all functions and work directly with founders and functional leaders on critical hiring and People decisions. You'll grow beyond recruiting into onboarding, performance management, People systems, and employee experience, with a path toward broader People leadership as Pogo scales.
The role is hands-on and individual contributor-focused. You'll run first calls, drive searches, partner with hiring managers, and build People programs yourself. Priorities may shift quickly as hiring needs evolve, and you should be comfortable balancing immediate recruiting needs with longer-term People work. The company operates at startup pace with expectations beyond standard hours, though flexible scheduling and unlimited PTO (with a minimum 20-day vacation policy) are offered.
Requirements:
- 3–5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally at a fast-growing startup or high-ownership environment
- Experience recruiting across multiple functions (engineering, design, GTM, business roles)
- Strong judgment about people and ability to quickly learn what "great" looks like in unfamiliar functions
- Strong communication skills and ability to represent the company well to candidates
- Highly organized with ability to build systems where none exist
- Bonus: Early Talent hire experience at a startup, experience building recruiting or People systems and processes from scratch, comfort building systems with AI
