About First Round

First Round is an early-stage venture capital firm on a mission to build and serve the world's strongest community of entrepreneurs.

We help startups like Notion, Uber, Roblox, Square, and hundreds more tackle company building firsts. We connect entrepreneurs with the knowledge, people, and companies they need for maximum impact.

Whether it’s pre-seed, seed or Series A, we’re building the world’s best product for founders who are just getting started.

About First Round's Founder Success Team

Our goal on the First Round Founder Success team is to turn all First Round Founders into ardent advocates. We do this by creating and delivering remarkable, innovative, and relevant programs and services to support founders in successful company building. We have dozens of services and programs that support a founder’s Go-to-Market, Research, Recruiting, Learning & Development, and Fundraising.

About the Senior Recruiter Role

The mission of the Recruiting work stream is to help founders hire their founding teams. One of our primary initiatives towards this mission is a program called Sourcing Assist aimed at getting 10+ high quality candidate intros for our founders for a key role. We’re searching for someone to work hand-in-hand with founders on this program to help them make the critical hires that will change the trajectory of their companies. 

Key Responsibilities

Founder Engagement and Advising - 15%

• Partner closely with founders to refine hiring profiles, including scoping out job roles and creating interview loops.

• Provide general recruiting guidance, from compensation/leveling to candidate closing strategies.

Build top-of-funnel sourcing pipelines - 50%

• Engage in high-volume candidate sourcing for a wide range of roles, encompassing technical and non-technical positions, with a focus on niche, difficult-to-fill senior-level roles (from founding IC to director-level). 

• Continuously refine your sourcing strategies through iterative improvements based on feedback.

Candidate engagement - 25%

• Craft compelling outreach messages to engage candidates and get them excited about the opportunity.

• Act as the liaison between candidates and stakeholders, facilitating introductions and feedback gathering while maintaining timely communication.

Track and improve your metrics - 10%

• Track your sourcing metrics and use data to inform your decisions. Analyze key performance indicators such as response rates, conversion rates, and time-to-fill to identify trends and areas for optimization.

• Continuously iterate and refine messaging approaches based on data-driven insights. Test different messaging variations, subject lines, and calls-to-action to determine what resonates most with candidates, driving higher engagement and conversion rates.

You could be a great Senior Recruiter at First Round if:

• You have 4+ years of technical and non-technical sourcing/recruiting experience in a fast-paced, tech environment.

• You possess impeccable attention to detail and excellent written and verbal communication. When it comes to representing First Round, your communications, both written and spoken, are top-notch and error-free. 

• You are highly organized and skilled at juggling competing priorities. You recognize the importance of staying on top of things and aren't afraid to seek help when needed. You rarely drop a ball and have a tight system for managing multiple recs at one time

• You're a strong relationship builder, able to build rapport with people from all backgrounds and levels.

• You are creative and gritty. Tough searches don't faze you. Instead, they fuel your drive to think outside the box and uncover every possible way to find that needle in a haystack.

• You have a deep sense of ownership over your work. You care deeply about the people you’re working with and quality of the work you do. You're quick to recognize when things aren't on track and seamlessly transition into problem-solving mode. 

• You are a fast learner and able context switch quickly from one thing to the next. You move with a sense of urgency. With constant change being the norm here, you hit the ground running every time- whether that’s sourcing on a new, unfamiliar profile or learning the latest recruiting tool. 

Please note this role will be based in San Francisco and will require at least 3 days/week in-office.