Job description
Hi! 👋 I’m Dan, Founder and CEO of TLDR.
I’m looking for a Head of Talent Acquisition to scale our high-velocity talent acquisition engine as we rapidly expand across all functions. You’ll be our talent architect: sourcing exceptional candidates, working with external contingency recruiters, orchestrating our recruiting pipeline, and ensuring every hire raises the bar while moving at startup speed.
This role requires a rare blend of operational excellence, relationship building, and uncompromising standards. You’ll leverage modern recruiting tools to build diverse pipelines, partner with external recruiters to extend our reach, and serve as the guardian of our culture by ensuring every person who joins TLDR is truly exceptional.
Who We Are
TLDR is a media company redefining how professionals consume industry news. Our portfolio of 12+ newsletters spans tech, AI, cybersecurity, and more, delivering bite-sized, trusted content to a rapidly growing audience of 6+ million decision-makers.
We’re scaling fast and need to build world-class teams across engineering, sales, marketing, and operations. We need a ful who gets excited about finding needles in haystacks, someone who treats recruiting like a product where every interaction is optimized and every hire is a win.
🎯 What You’ll Do
Own Full Cycle Recruiting End-to-End: Manage the complete recruiting process from sourcing to offer acceptance across technical and non-technical roles, maintaining velocity without sacrificing quality
Build Scalable Recruiting Infrastructure: Design and implement recruiting processes, templates, and systems that can handle 10x our current hiring volume
Orchestrate External Recruiting Partners: Source, vet, and manage relationships with contingency recruiters, ensuring they understand our bar and can deliver qualified candidates
Conduct High-Signal Initial Screens: Run efficient yet thorough phone screens that quickly identify top talent while providing an exceptional candidate experience
Manage Contractor Vetting Pipeline: Evaluate and onboard contractors across various functions, ensuring compliance, cultural fit, and capability alignment
Champion the Talent Bar: Be the guardian of quality, pushing back on pressure to compromise standards and ensuring every hire makes the team stronger
Drive Data-Driven Recruiting: Track and optimize key metrics like time-to-fill, source quality, and conversion rates to continuously improve our recruiting engine
Create Exceptional Candidate Experiences: Ensure every candidate, hired or not, walks away impressed with TLDR and becomes an advocate for our brand
🧠 What We’re Looking For
3+ years of full cycle recruiting experience, preferably in high-growth startups or tech companies, and a focus on GTM roles
Experience managing external recruiting agencies and contingency partners
Strong ability to assess both skills and cultural fit through structured interviewing
Expertise with modern ATS platforms and recruiting tools (we use Ashby)
Data-driven approach to recruiting with experience tracking and improving funnel metrics
Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills
Ability to move fast while maintaining high standards: you know when to push for speed and when quality matters most
Self-starter mentality: you proactively identify hiring needs and build pipelines before roles are even open
❤️ Why TLDR
Be the first recruiter at a profitable, fast-growing media company (currently 21 FTEs)
Build the recruiting function from the ground up with full autonomy
Work directly with me to shape the future of the company
Remote-first culture with flexible hours: we care about results, not face time
401(k), health, dental, vision, unlimited PTO
Join a team of A-players who value excellence and move with urgency
Total Comp Range: $125,000 - $200,000
📥 Ready to build a world-class team and scale our recruiting engine? I’d love to hear about your proudest hires, your approach to maintaining a high bar under pressure, and your vision for building TLDR’s talent acquisition function. Let’s chat!
