Founding US Talent Partner

Posted 5 Days Ago
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San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
140K-200K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology • Software
The Role
Lead and build Nothing's US hiring operation in San Francisco: own full-cycle executive and specialist searches, market-map talent, convert passive candidates, set hiring tools/processes, provide market intelligence, and advise the CEO and exec team.
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About Nothing

Nothing exists to make tech feel exciting again.

We’re building a different kind of technology company, one that puts design, emotion, and human creativity at the heart of everything we do. From the way our products look and feel to how we communicate and show up in culture, we believe technology should make you feel something.

Founded in London in 2020, we’ve grown from idea to global challenger in just a few years. Backed by GV (Google Ventures), EQT Ventures, and C Ventures, and investors like Tony Fadell (iPod), Casey Neistat, and Kevin Lin (Twitch), we’re now sold in 40+ markets with millions of users worldwide.

About the Team

Nothing's Talent Acquisition team is 12 people spread across London, Asia, and now for the first time the US. We don't fill seats. We find the people who'll define the next decade of personal technology, and we do it fast, because the giants we're up against aren't waiting. Right now we're building out US leadership across hardware, AI, design, and commercial functions from a standing start. You'll own that from day one: the SF patch, the exec searches, the tools, and the relationships that make it all work.

What You'll Do
  • Shape how Nothing builds its US team, acting as talent advisor to the CEO, exec team, and US stakeholders on senior searches.
  • Own full-cycle recruiting across exec and specialist roles in SF, from market mapping to offer close.
  • Convert passive, world-class talent into active candidates by telling Nothing's story with a point of view that cuts through the noise.
  • Build talent networks across SF's tech and commercial scene, spanning engineering, product, design, sales, and GTM, so people know Nothing before they're looking.
  • Track real-time market intelligence on comp, talent movement, and competitor hiring, so Nothing stays ahead, not reactive.
  • Set up the tools, processes, and rhythms a US hiring operation actually needs, built for a startup, not a legacy enterprise.
  • Feed what you learn back to the global TA team, making Nothing smarter about the US market.
What We're Looking For
  • 8+ years of recruiting experience, with real time in the SF Bay Area market and several years on senior and leadership searches.
  • You know the SF tech ecosystem including the companies, the people, the comp norms, backed by a network you've built yourself.
  • You've hired across technical and commercial functions and know a great engineering hire and a great GTM hire need different instincts.
  • You own your pipeline end to end. You hunt, you build, you close, and you don't wait on inbound.
  • You've built a hiring function before, not just worked within one, and you know what good looks like from day one.
  • You handle confidential searches with discretion and can influence at the C-suite without losing the human touch that makes candidates say yes.
  • You believe great recruiting doesn't feel like recruiting, and you build candidate experiences that prove it, whether it's a junior hire or a director search.
How We Work
  • Location: San Francisco (Jackson Square office)
  • Working Pattern: Full-time, in-office. We can work around personal needs where it makes sense, but being together is how we do our best work.
  • Salary Range: $140,000 - $200,000

Skills Required

  • 8+ years of recruiting experience
  • Proven experience recruiting in the San Francisco Bay Area market
  • Several years conducting senior and leadership searches
  • Deep knowledge of the SF tech ecosystem and a self-built network
  • Experience hiring across technical and commercial functions (engineering, product, design, sales, GTM)
  • Ability to own full end-to-end pipeline: sourcing, engaging, and closing candidates
  • Experience building a hiring function and defining processes/tools for a startup
  • Ability to handle confidential searches with discretion and influence at C-suite level
  • Skill in designing exceptional candidate experiences across junior to director-level searches
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The Company
HQ: Köniz
15,311 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Today, we’re left with just a few large incumbents. Lacking instinct and courage, they use research and analysis as crutches to make cold, unexciting and derivative products. Consumers are bored, no longer inspired by technology and instead feel uneasy about big tech and its impact on people's lives and society. Nothing is igniting change in the world. We’re here to make tech fun again, unleash creativity, and inspire our community to shape the future with us. About us: Nothing is a UK-based privately held company with backing from GV (formerly Google Ventures), EQT Ventures, C Ventures and other private investors including Tony Fadell (Principal at Future Shape & inventor of the iPod), Casey Neistat (YouTube personality and Co-founder of Beme), Kevin Lin (Co-founder of Twitch) and Steve Huffman (Co-founder and CEO of Reddit

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