Head of Talent

Hiring Manager: [Jennifer Smith] - CEO

At Scribe recruitment isn’t a support function; it’s one of our most strategic levers. Our edge is our people and we’re looking for an impact-driven talent leader to build a world-class hiring function.

You’ll own and scale the recruiting function end-to-end from strategy and systems to candidate experience and employer brand. You’ll be responsible for building the infrastructure that attracts top talent and sets them up to thrive.

You’ll work side by side with our CEO co-founder and functional leaders to define what great looks like at Scribe and build the hiring engine that brings it to life.

You might be a recruiting leader with 2+ years of management experience or simply a sharp operator with only business experience and a passion for talent. In every case you bring conviction systems thinking and a bias toward action and you’re energized by building at the earliest stages of scale.

We’re building a talent destination a place where exceptional people come to do the best work of their careers.  We will be known as being a top talent magnet and the team we build is a key part of our long-term legacy.

As our Head of Talent you will:

• Develop and implement an opinionated point-of-view on what recruiting excellence looks like at Scribe (including processes funnel metrics sourcing and closing strategies interview processes interview training use of AI tools etc)

• Manage hire and scale a high-performing recruiting team (currently 4: [2] technical [1] GTM and [1] coordination) 

• Own full-cycle recruiting for select high-priority roles yourself

• Co-own compensation philosophy and competitive banding with Finance and HR 

• Define and execute on a “talent brand” story for Scribe to be known externally as a world-class talent destination (in partnership with leadership)

• Own hiring prioritization system and team capacity model 

• Act as a culture carrier and bring Scribe’s values into every interaction internally and externally

• For candidates with an interest or background in HR there may be future opportunities to own people-related strategy and expand the role over time

🔍Check out this post from Jennifer Scribe’s CEO about why talent is her 1st 2nd and 3rd top priority

Our HQ is in beautiful San Francisco California. This is a hybrid role; we expect you to live in or near San Francisco and work from the office 3 days per week.

• Strong people manager with at least 2 years of people management experience (in operations talent people or another role) including as a hiring manager

• Proven track record of success in high-growth fast-moving environments (Series B–E stage startups)

• Strong first-principles data-driven thinker

• High EQ and exceptional communication skills to build trust at all levels 

• Have strong opinions about how to recruit and manage for a very high talent bar (based on experience as a previous hiring manager and/or in a talent function)

• Culture-builder who raises the bar on what’s possible

• Deep belief in the power of talent to shape the trajectory of a fast-growing company

If you’re reading this thinking “that’s me!” we want to meet you!

• You’re looking to inherit a fully built recruiting machine - we’re building

• You prefer to advise from the sidelines; this is a hands-on player-coach role

• You’ve never worked in a fast-paced software or startup environment with high hiring standards

• You expect compensation to be your primary lever for closing candidates. We compete on mission impact and team not just cash

• You’re most comfortable in environments where the hiring bar flexes to meet funnel goals. Here we keep the bar high and focus on better inputs

Scribe is where exceptional people come to do the best work of their careers. More than 94% of the Fortune 500 use Scribe to document and scale how work gets done. We’re growing fast since our founding in 2019 we’ve grown to over 4 million users across 600000 businesses. Based in San Francisco we've raised $55M in funding from top-tier investors and are honored to have been named a Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startup and LinkedIn Top Startup. Join us in our mission to uplevel how people do work.

We are builders aspiring to master our crafts. We care deeply about our teammates and want to win together.
We embrace the following values:

• Accelerate impact

• Raise the bar

• Make our users heroes

• Clear is kind

• Rapid learning machine

• One team one dream

We use trusted third-party market data and a tiered location system to ensure our salaries are competitive and equitable. Compensation is tied to a clear pay band for each role level and we maintain pay parity by applying the same band across all team members at that level.

Tier 1: $180000 - $220000 Base

🎁 Full-Time US Employee Benefits Include

• Some of the nicest and smartest teammates you’ll ever work with

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits for you and your family

• Equity ownership in a hypergrowth startup

• Flexible PTO plus company holidays

• 401k

• Paid Parental Leave

• Commuter Benefits (SF office employees)

• WFH Stipend

At Scribe we celebrate our differences and are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel supported and empowered to do their best work. We believe this benefits not only our employees but our product customers and community as well. Scribe is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

What We Do

We are a fast-growing Series B Workflow AI startup headquartered in San Francisco. Scribe is loved by 4 million users across 600000 companies including 94% of the Fortune 500. Teams at New York Life HubSpot and Northern Trust use Scribe to work smarter faster and deliver exceptional results. Scribe has been named as a Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startup and LinkedIn Top Startup and has raised $55M in funding from leading investors (Redpoint Tiger Global Amplify and others). We’re on a mission to uplevel how people do work. We believe that behind every company are the exceptional people who make it thrive. We live to see our customers’ faces light up when they realize the magic of Scribe. We raise the bar. We're rapid learning machines. We're all here to do the best work of our careers. And we win together. If this sounds like you we’d love to hear from you!