Growth Lead

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI startup as Growth Lead, helping connect the company with researchers, engineers, candidates, and other members of the AI ecosystem. This cross-functional role spans recruiting, culture, community, and go-to-market relationship building, with a focus on frontier AI agents and reinforcement learning.

What You'll Do

Communicate the company's vision and develop compelling stories about its work.

Build relationships with candidates, AI researchers and engineers, and other people in relevant technical communities.

Define company culture and values, screen candidates, and create onboarding processes.

Own end-to-end recruiting and improve recruiting systems, tools, and automated workflows.

Help organize community events, represent the company at industry events, and create marketing or community content.

Collaborate with go-to-market teams to identify and build connections with high-priority leads.

What We're Looking For

Three to eight years of relevant experience, including ownership of end-to-end recruiting in an early-stage startup.

Experience building and improving recruiting operations, tools, and workflows, as well as defining culture and developing onboarding.

Experience engaging technical communities through recruiting, community building, go-to-market work, or ecosystem development.

Ability to understand and clearly explain technical products related to frontier AI agents, reinforcement learning, and training data.

Experience hosting events, representing a company publicly, creating content, and collaborating with go-to-market teams.

A relevant network in AI, reinforcement learning, or startup communities, and a portfolio of professional writing.

Comfort working independently in a fast-moving startup environment.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $130,000 to $225,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California. Candidates based elsewhere must be willing to relocate.