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DiligenceSquared is an AI-native consulting firm delivering investment-grade market research and commercial due diligence powered by AI agents and experienced consultants. The founding team brings deep experience from Blackstone and BCG, backed by Y Combinator and Relentless. Clients include 6 of the 10 largest private equity firms globally, representing over $4T in combined AUM.
You will serve as Talent & People Lead, working directly with founders to build the talent and people function from the ground up. This is a hands-on, broad-ownership role combining recruiting leadership with people operations management.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own full recruiting lifecycle: partner with founders and hiring managers to define roles, source candidates, run interviews, coordinate feedback and close hires across consulting, GTM, engineering and operations
- Build targeted candidate pipelines through thoughtful outreach, referrals and relationship-building
- Create role scorecards, assessments and consistent interview processes to improve hiring effectiveness
- Deliver exceptional candidate experience and help close competitive offers through clear communication and negotiation support
- Build and coordinate onboarding from offer acceptance through first weeks
- Manage day-to-day people operations in Rippling: employee records, payroll, benefits, onboarding, offboarding, handbook maintenance and policy updates
- Coordinate work authorization and immigration documentation with employees and external counsel
- Support performance management and development through reviews, feedback and actionable development plans
You'll work in a small, senior team with high ownership, close founder access and minimal bureaucracy. Regular offsites, team dinners and collaborative office culture.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum 5 years of recruiting experience with strong track record of personally sourcing, assessing and closing exceptional candidates
- Proven ability to own searches from start to finish, including difficult hires and passive candidates
- Hands-on execution style; comfortable managing multiple concurrent searches with attention to detail
- Strong judgment about people; thoughtful assessment and ability to distinguish impressive backgrounds from strong role fit
- Excellent written and verbal communication; compelling outreach and credible representation
- Operational discipline: organized, responsive, reliable with administrative details
- Discretion and maturity handling sensitive information
- High initiative; identifies needs, proposes practical approaches and follows through
- Fluency with AI tools for research, preparation and administration
PLUS EXPERIENCE:
- Recruiting at early-stage or rapidly growing companies
- Hiring across consulting, commercial and technical roles
- Building recruiting or people function from ground up
- Hands-on ownership of onboarding, benefits administration or HR processes
- Familiarity with Ashby, Rippling or similar systems
