Technical Recruiting Lead

3 Weeks ago • 8 Years + • Talent Acquisition • $200,000 PA - $240,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Decagon is seeking a Technical Recruiting Lead to scale its team and fuel rapid growth. The role involves partnering closely with company leaders and co-founders to build Engineering, Product & Design, and Agent Product Management teams. Responsibilities include thinking creatively to attract and close top talent, optimizing interview processes for speed and efficiency, mentoring team members, owning technical hiring goals, and leading initiatives to improve the broader Talent function. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, a proven ability to build and scale talent teams in competitive markets, strong communication and partnership skills, experience owning OKRs, and comfort navigating ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
Must have:
  • 8+ years full-cycle recruiting experience
  • Built and scaled top talent teams
  • Effective communicator
  • Strong stakeholder and candidate partnerships
  • OKR ownership
  • Comfortable with ambiguity
  • Fast-paced environment adaptability
Good to have:
  • Deep knowledge of AI talent landscape
  • Network of top-tier candidates
  • Proactive data utilization for hiring
  • Sharp eye for talent
  • Philosophy for identifying exceptional talent
Perks:
  • Equity

Job Details

About Decagon

Decagon is the leading conversational AI platform empowering every brand to deliver concierge customer experience. Our AI agents provide intelligent, human-like responses across chat, email, and voice, resolving millions of customer inquiries across every language and at any time.

Since coming out of stealth, Decagon has experienced rapid growth. We partner with industry leaders like Hertz, Eventbrite, Duolingo, Oura, Bilt, Curology, and Samsara to redefine customer experience at scale. We've raised over $200M from Bain Capital Ventures, Accel, a16z, BOND Capital, A*, Elad Gil, and notable angels such as the founders of Box, Airtable, Rippling, Okta, Lattice, and Klaviyo.

We’re an in-office company, driven by a shared commitment to excellence and velocity. Our values—customers are everything, relentless momentum, winner’s mindset, and stronger together—shape how we work and grow as a team.

About the Team

Decagon’s Talent team partners directly with company leadership to shape org design, define what exceptional looks like, and hire the people who will shape our future. We’re Gen AI-native and constantly pushing the boundaries of how Talent teams operate - moving fast, solving hard problems, and playing a critical role in building a world-class organization.

About the Role

Decagon is rapidly scaling our team and looking for highly capable Recruiters to fuel this growth. As a Recruiter, you’ll have ownership and autonomy in partnering closely with company leaders and building world class teams. This role is for someone who is a builder at heart and driven to create outsized impact.

In this role, you will

  • Partner with company leaders and Co-Founders to build our Engineering, Product & Design and Agent Product Management teams

  • Think outside of the box to engage with and close top talent

  • Build and optimize interview processes for speed and efficiency

  • Lead by example and mentor team members on best practices

  • Own goals for portions of technical hiring

  • Lead initiatives to improve broader Talent function, (brand, ops, marketing, etc.)

  • Operate with a one team mindset in meeting bold team wide hiring goals

Your background looks something like this

  • Have 8+ years of experience in a full-cycle recruiting role

  • You’ve built and scaled top talent teams in competitive markets

  • An effective communicator and adept at building strong partnerships with stakeholders and candidates alike

  • You’ve been an OKR owner and swiftly delivered on complex initiatives

  • You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and a fast paced environment

Even better

  • Bring deep knowledge of the AI talent landscape and a network of top-tier candidates

  • Use data proactively to unblock hiring challenges and inform decision-making

  • Have a sharp eye for talent and a clear philosophy on what separates the exceptional from the great

Compensation

$200k - $240k + equity

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