Growth Lead

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI startup as Growth Lead, helping connect the company with researchers, engineers, candidates, and other members of the AI ecosystem. This cross-functional role spans recruiting, culture, community, and go-to-market relationship building, with a focus on frontier AI agents and reinforcement learning.

What You'll Do

• Communicate the company's vision and develop compelling stories about its work.
• Build relationships with candidates, AI researchers and engineers, and other people in relevant technical communities.
• Define company culture and values, screen candidates, and create onboarding processes.
• Own end-to-end recruiting and improve recruiting systems, tools, and automated workflows.
• Help organize community events, represent the company at industry events, and create marketing or community content.
• Collaborate with go-to-market teams to identify and build connections with high-priority leads.

What We're Looking For

• Three to eight years of relevant experience, including ownership of end-to-end recruiting in an early-stage startup.
• Experience building and improving recruiting operations, tools, and workflows, as well as defining culture and developing onboarding.
• Experience engaging technical communities through recruiting, community building, go-to-market work, or ecosystem development.
• Ability to understand and clearly explain technical products related to frontier AI agents, reinforcement learning, and training data.
• Experience hosting events, representing a company publicly, creating content, and collaborating with go-to-market teams.
• A relevant network in AI, reinforcement learning, or startup communities, and a portfolio of professional writing.
• Comfort working independently in a fast-moving startup environment.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $130,000 to $225,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California. Candidates based elsewhere must be willing to relocate.