Teleskope The Recruiting Lead at Teleskope owns and scales full life-cycle recruiting across Engineering, GTM, and G&A functions. This role builds recruiting strategies, processes, and tools to support rapid company growth.
Responsibilities
Teleskope is hiring a Recruiting Lead to own and scale hiring across the company. As our first dedicated recruiting hire, you’ll play a critical role in building and growing teams across Engineering, GTM, and G&A, while shaping the recruiting strategy, processes, and tools that will support our next stage of growth. This role will report directly to the VP of Operations and work closely with hiring managers across the business to attract and hire exceptional talent while reinforcing a people-first approach to growth.
Must be based in New York City (hybrid, in-office in the Financial District).
Own full life-cycle recruiting for roles across Engineering, G&A, and GTM simultaneously, playing a critical role in building the teams that will shape Teleskope’s next stage of growth
Build and execute creative sourcing strategies to attract exceptional talent, develop strong pipelines, and deliver a thoughtful, high-quality candidate experience across every function
Act as a strategic talent partner to hiring managers and interviewers to define and execute best-in-class interview processes, including leading interviewer training, calibration sessions, and hiring enablement
Build Teleskope’s recruiting foundation from the ground up, including scalable processes, tools, AI-powered workflows, and reporting that make hiring smarter, faster, and more effective
Lead structured debriefs and drive alignment across stakeholders, and ensure hiring decisions are thoughtful, timely, and grounded in clear evaluation criteria
Be a champion of Teleskope’s mission and culture, creating a compelling candidate experience and helping top talent understand the impact they can make here
Own recruiting metrics and pipeline visibility, using data and insights to identify bottlenecks, improve hiring velocity, and keep leadership informed on progress and priorities
6+ years of full life-cycle recruiting experience, with direct experience across Engineering, G&A, and GTM functions
Prior experience recruiting inside an earlier-stage, high-growth startup that scaled quickly
Comfort directing and coaching the work of a more junior recruiter, even without a prior formal management title
Qualification
ActiveExperience recruiting in cybersecurity
Required
6+ years of full life-cycle recruiting experience across Engineering, G&A, and GTM
Prior experience recruiting inside an earlier-stage, high-growth startup
Comfort directing and coaching junior recruiters
Strong outbound sourcing skills for niche or hard-to-fill talent
Preferred
Prior formal people-management experience
Experience scaling a recruiting function from 0 to 1
Active, specific use of AI tools in a recruiting workflow
Experience partnering with a VC's talent team or an embedded recruiter on a search
