Founding Recruiter & People Operations

The role

You will lead full-cycle recruiting for technical and operations roles and build the company's internal people operations. You will report to the CEO and spend roughly 2/3 of your time recruiting and 1/3 building people systems.

What you will do

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for critical technical and operations roles.
• Build repeatable sourcing channels and an exceptional recruiting brand.
• Create and own an exceptional candidate experience.
• Partner with leaders to define roles, calibrate talent bars, and close hires.
• Own the employee lifecycle including onboarding, HRIS, benefits, and leave administration.
• Maintain practical, compliant employment policies.
• Protect and strengthen Orchard's culture as the company scales.

Required qualifications

• 3-7+ years of experience recruiting with ownership in a fast-growing startup or high-performance environment.
• Track record of personally recruiting and closing exceptional technical talent.
• Experience helping an organization scale from 10's of employees to 100+.
• Strong sourcing instincts.
• Strong operating rigor across recruiting funnels, headcount plans, and people systems.
• Comfort owning all processes around creating a stellar work environment.
• Hands-on experience with HRIS, benefits, onboarding, and other core people operations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with 100% of employee premiums covered.
• The opportunity to build Orchard's Recruiting and People function from the ground up.

About the company

Orchard is building the AI Farmer to automate farms and secure America's food supply. The company is backed by more than $25 million from investors including Quiet Capital, Shine Capital, and General Catalyst.