Founding Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Sourcer
At a glance
Mid-level Recruiting & Talent Acquisition role at Conversion. San Francisco · full-time · $80,000–$140,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Build the sourcing function from scratch and contact candidates for open go-to-market and technical roles
- Work with founders and hiring managers to plan sourcing and keep candidate pipelines active
- Improve recruiting operations by maintaining pipelines, documentation, ATS records and interview steps
- Use recruiting data and market signals to guide compensation, hiring pace and sourcing priorities
What you bring
- You know how to write outreach sequences that draw interest from people who are not actively job hunting
- You can use modern recruiting platforms, including Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter or another listed tool, to build candidate pipelines
- You have used AI tools such as Claude or GPT to improve sourcing workflows, automation and outreach
- Strong writing skills for creating thoughtful messages to prospective candidates
Who this fits
This suits a hands-on sourcer who can shape a new recruiting function and make progress amid ambiguity. You’ll work in person in San Francisco five days a week and partner directly with founders and hiring managers.
From the employer
About Us
Conversion is the agentic marketing automation platform for modern enterprises such as Plaid, ClickHouse, Webflow, and Productboard. Our platform lets growth teams run their entire go-to-market motion in one place, from acquisition through retention, with AI agents doing the work that legacy tools like Marketo, HubSpot, and Pardot can't.
We've raised $28M+ from Abstract Ventures, True Ventures, and HOF Capital. The team is based in San Francisco and includes engineers, designers, and operators from Airbnb, Palantir, Pinterest, IMC, Shopify, LinkedIn, and Microsoft.
About the Role
You'll build and own Conversion's sourcing function from the ground up. That means partnering directly with founders and hiring managers to reach out to exceptional talent across both GTM and technical roles. Furthermore, it includes helping shape the systems, culture, and candidate experience that will define how we grow.
This role is in-person 5 days/week in San Francisco.
What You'll Do
Own all things sourcing. You will own cold outreach utilizing Juicebox, LinkedIn, and other sourcing tools to reach out to ideal candidates across all of our open roles.
Partner with hiring managers to build effective sourcing strategies and keep pipelines full of world class talent
Iterate on the recruiting infrastructure: pipelines, documentation, ATS hygiene, and interview processes
Use data and market insights to advise on compensation, pacing, and where to focus sourcing efforts
Qualifications
You're an expert in message sequences to engage passive candidates
You're experienced and proficient in modern recruiting tools (For e.g. Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, Juicebox, Harmonic) to build and activate candidate pipelines
Experience using AI tools such as Claude, GPT, etc... to augment sourcing automation, workflows, and messaging effectiveness
Excellent written communication to draft thoughtful and effective outreach messages to passive candidates
Bonus points: experience at a high-growth startup/building a recruiting playbook
Comfortable with ambiguity and able to drive execution and defining direction
Useful links
Website: https://conversion.ai/
Learn more about our company culture here: https://conversion.ai/careers
Read our Series A announcement here: https://techcrunch.com