Founding Recruiter
At a glance
Mid-level Recruiting & Talent Acquisition role at BranchLab. Boulder, CO or NYC · full-time · $140,000–$200,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Run recruiting from role kickoff through sourcing, screening, interviews, references and offers for technical and business teams
- Work with hiring managers to set role priorities and evaluation criteria, separating essentials from preferences
- Build candidate pipelines through targeted outreach, referrals, professional communities and other relevant channels
- Keep candidate updates and interview scheduling clear and timely, while creating job descriptions, interview plans and scorecards
- Maintain the ATS and use pipeline data to spot delays and improve hiring outcomes
What you bring
- At least five years leading end-to-end recruiting, including direct sourcing, candidate evaluation and closing offers
- A record of hiring across technical and business functions, with the ability to get up to speed in new talent markets
- Hands-on ATS experience, including keeping search stages and candidate records accurate
- Experience building recruiting processes at an early-stage startup
Who this fits
This suits a hands-on recruiter who can build hiring practices while managing active searches across technical and business roles. The role is on-site in Boulder or New York City, and requires U.S. work authorization without current or future sponsorship.
From the employer
Founding Recruiter
Location Boulder, CO or New York City, NY
Employment Full time | On site
Department Recruiting | Reporting to: CFO
Work authorization Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the U.S. without the need for current or future sponsorship.
Not sure you meet every qualification? We encourage you to apply if you’re excited about this role and believe you could do it well. We value relevant experience in many forms, and you don’t need to check every box to be considered!
About BranchLab
BranchLab helps healthcare organizations and their agencies make smarter commercialization decisions and connect patients, providers, and caregivers to life-improving therapies and resources. Its AI-native platform, Pathwai™, supports audience planning, activation, and measurement while respecting the evolving privacy landscape. BranchLab works to improve performance without relying on individual-level health information.
Why join BranchLab
• Work on high-impact challenges where healthcare, data, and technology come together to help better therapies and resources reach the people who need them.
• Join a nimble, collaborative team where your ideas move quickly from conversation to action—and where your work is visible, valued, and tied directly to BranchLab’s growth.
• Share in BranchLab’s upside through competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and equity opportunities.
• Help shape the hiring engine for a company that is growing with purpose, moving fast, and building thoughtfully in a complex healthcare landscape.
• Be a trusted talent partner to leaders across the business, helping amazing people find work that is challenging, meaningful, and connected to real-world impact.
The opportunity
As our Founding Recruiter, you will own hiring for technical (engineering, data science, product) and business (sales, client success, marketing, etc.) teams. You’ll partner closely with hiring managers to understand what each role needs, find and engage strong candidates, and give every applicant a clear, respectful experience. You will source, assess, and close strong candidates while building best-in-class, repeatable recruiting practices with hiring managers.
What you will do
· Own full-cycle recruiting across technical and business roles, from role kickoff and sourcing through screening, interviews, references, and offers.
· Partner with hiring managers to define role priorities, distinguish essential qualifications from preferences, and agree on how candidates will be evaluated.
· Build candidate pipelines through thoughtful outreach, referrals, professional communities, and other relevant channels.
· Lead candidate communication and interview coordination, keeping processes timely, organized, and transparent.
· Develop practical hiring tools, including job descriptions, interview plans, scorecards, and guidance for interviewers.
· Own and maintain our ATS; use pipeline data to identify bottlenecks and improve results.
· Help hiring managers understand talent market conditions, including candidate availability, compensation expectations, and competing opportunities.
· Strengthen how BranchLab presents its mission, work, and culture to prospective candidates.
Qualifications
· 5+ years experience owning full-cycle recruiting, including direct sourcing, candidate assessment, and offer closing.
· A track record of recruiting for multiple roles across tech and business functions, with the ability to learn new functions and talent markets quickly.
· Strong sourcing skills and the ability to write personalized outreach that earns a response.
· Sound judgment in assessing candidates against role-related criteria and helping hiring teams make consistent decisions.
· Familiarity with structured interviews, recruiting analytics, and interviewer training.
· Excellent communication and organization skills, with a reliable approach to keeping candidates and hiring managers informed.
· Experience using an ATS to manage searches and maintain accurate pipeline information.
· Comfort building processes from the ground up, while doing the day-to-day work in a fast-growing company.
· Experience in early-stage recruiting or building recruiting processes at an early-stage startup.
Equal Employment Opportunity
BranchLab is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital, familial or caregiver status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Applicants and employees have the right to request a reasonable accommodation for a disability, pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition, or sincerely held religious belief or practice. To request an accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact people@branchlab.com. BranchLab prohibits retaliation against anyone who requests an accommodation, reports discrimination or harassment, participates in an investigation, or otherwise exercises rights protected by law.