Hiring: Head of Talent Acquisition Company: Javelin Venture Partners Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-12 12:12:36 Employment Type: Full-time / On-site Target Skills & Keywords : Computer Vision, Machine Learning About the job Experience: •8+ years of full life cycle recruiting experience, ideally in high-growth technology, AI, deep tech, or similarly competitive talent markets. Required Skills: •You'll own full life cycle recruiting, recruiting operations, workforce planning, reporting, tools, external partners, and candidate experience. You'll manage our contract recruiting resources and, as we grow, design and build the Talent Acquisition organization that comes next. •This role rewards moving quickly without trading away quality. You'll help hiring teams name the few capabilities that actually matter and reach confident decisions in deep-tech markets where the best candidates have options. If you like building the foundation while still delivering results today, this is that job. •Full Life Cycle Recruiting - Personally run a portfolio of searches across engineering, AI/ML, research, product, go-to-market, operations, and corporate functions, including executive and highly specialized roles. Own every stage from intake and market mapping through sourcing, assessment, offer, close, and onboarding handoff. •Direct Sourcing - Build creative sourcing strategies to find and engage exceptional passive talent in competitive markets. Learn our technology, strategy, and customers well enough to represent the company credibly to people who are not looking. •Executive Talent Advisory - Advise executives and hiring managers on role design, candidate profiles, talent availability, market dynamics, and hiring strategy. Lead intake and search-strategy discussions that settle requirements, assessment criteria, ownership, and timelines, and help leaders separate essential capabilities from preferences. •Hiring Process & Assessment - Design hiring processes that balance speed, rigor, inclusion, and candidate experience. Build structured interviews that produce real evidence, coach interviewers, keep momentum by driving timely feedback and resolving delays, and partner with Compensation on offers that are competitive and internally consistent. •Recruiting Team & Partners - Manage contract recruiters, sourcers, search firms, and agencies: set priorities and performance standards, allocate requisitions by business priority, judge partners on hiring outcomes and pipeline quality, and decide when contract, agency, or full-time support is the right answer. •Build the Function - Define the future structure, capabilities, and operating model of Talent Acquisition, then recruit, onboard, and develop the team as we grow. Build a recruiting culture that is accountable and focused on speed, quality, and business impact. Qualifications: •Exceptional direct-sourcing ability, with a track record of engaging and closing hard-to-reach passive candidates. •An AI-forward mindset, with demonstrated experience integrating AI tools into recruiting workflows to increase capacity and improve decisions. You use technology, automation, and disciplined prioritization to manage a broad and shifting workload. •Comfort operating through ambiguity and changing priorities, and the range to move fluidly between strategy, leadership, and hands-on execution. •A bias for simplifying process, focusing assessment on what matters most, and using evidence to guide decisions. •High integrity and discretion with sensitive candidate and company information. •Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience. •Operational familiarity with the responsible and legally compliant use of AI and automation in recruiting. •Recruiting experience in computer vision, machine learning, robotics, geospatial technology, enterprise software, or physical AI. Compensation: •$225,000 - $250,000 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!