Talent Lead

TL;DR: We’re looking for a hands-on Talent Lead to own and build our hiring function from scratch. You’ll personally drive hiring across the company, build scalable recruiting processes, track hiring performance, and work closely with the Head of People and hiring managers across GTM, Ops, Research, and Product.

About us

White Circle is an AI Safety company building the safety, reliability, and optimization layer for AI systems. At the core of our platform are policies – simple natural-language rules that define what an AI model should and shouldn’t do. We automatically test, enforce, and continuously improve these policies at scale.

We’ve raised $11M from top funds, founders, and senior leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, HuggingFace, Mistral, DeepMind, Datadog, Sentry, and others

We process over one hundred million API calls every month

We fine-tune and train our own LLMs so they run faster and cheaper than any open or proprietary model

We’re a small, highly focused team. If you want to work deeply on hard problems, see your work ship to production quickly, and influence how AI safety is actually built – you’re the one we need.

You will:

Own and run the hiring process end-to-end (sourcing, screening, interviews, and closing)

Personally source and hire candidates across the company (this is a hands-on recruiting role)

Build our hiring processes and infrastructure from scratch, including interview loops, scorecards, pipelines, and candidate tracking

Work closely with hiring managers to define roles, hiring priorities, and candidate profiles

Drive hiring across a wide range of functions, including GTM, Ops, Research, Product, and Engineering

Lead international hiring across the US, EU, UK, and other markets as we expand

Build and maintain hiring metrics and reporting, including pipeline conversion, time to hire, source performance, and offer acceptance

Use hiring data to identify bottlenecks and continuously improve the recruiting process

Build and maintain strong sourcing channels across different functions and geographies

Develop a strong candidate experience and represent White Circle throughout the hiring process

Help define and improve our approach to hiring, including how we assess candidates and make hiring decisions

Partner with leadership on long-term talent planning and hiring strategy

You’ll fit right in if you:

Have several years of experience running hiring at a startup, ideally in an early-stage or high-growth environment

Have personally hired a meaningful number of people and are comfortable owning the full recruiting process yourself

Have built hiring processes and recruiting operations from scratch

Have experience hiring across multiple functions, including GTM, Operations, Research, Product, and Engineering

Have experience with international hiring across multiple countries and markets

Are comfortable working directly with leadership and senior hiring managers

Are highly data-driven and comfortable tracking and analysing recruiting metrics

Are an excellent sourcer and know how to find strong candidates beyond simply posting jobs

Communicate clearly and build strong relationships with both candidates and hiring managers

Are comfortable operating independently in an environment where processes are still being built

Speak and write fluent English (C1+)

A big plus:

Experience hiring for AI, ML, and Research roles

Experience building a recruiting function as the first or one of the first talent hires

Experience hiring in the US, EU, and UK

Experience with employer branding and building a strong talent pipeline

Experience using AI tools to improve sourcing, screening, research, or recruiting ops

Why White Circle

Meaningful equity package

Paid time off in line with your local regulations, no matter where you work from

All the hardware, tools, and services you need

Covered subscriptions for AI agents

Team off-sites twice a year: we’ve recently been to the Alps, Saint-Tropez, and Mabella

How we hire

Introductory call with Head of People (25 min)

Practical Recruitment Exercise with Head of People (60 min)

Final conversation with our CEO (45 min)

Please submit your application in English.

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