**Please apply via our Careers Page: **https://axle.health/careers/head-of-talent-acquisition
About You — The Role
We’re looking for a dynamic and strategic Head of Talent Acquisition to lead and scale our hiring efforts as we grow. You will play a foundational role in shaping our team, culture, and employer brand.
Our dream candidate is both strategic and hands-on—someone who can build scalable recruiting processes while personally sourcing and closing top-tier talent. You thrive in a fast-paced, resource-constrained startup environment, and you know how to attract world-class candidates to an early-stage, high-impact company.
What You'll Do
- Define and execute a recruiting strategy that aligns with company growth goals and culture
- Own full-cycle recruiting for key roles across engineering, product, sales, and operations
- Build and manage a strong pipeline of talent, proactively sourcing for current and future needs
- Develop and refine interview processes, ensuring efficiency, fairness, and a great candidate experience
- Implement recruiting tools, ATS workflows, and hiring analytics to improve decision-making
- Partner with leadership and hiring managers to forecast hiring needs and build high-performing teams
- Elevate Axle Health’s employer brand through content, events, and engagement with the talent community
- Drive diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives to ensure inclusive and representative hiring
- Create compelling compensation and offer strategies in collaboration with leadership
- Optimize onboarding processes to ensure a seamless transition from candidate to employee
- Track and analyze recruiting metrics to continuously improve hiring efficiency and effectiveness
Requirements
Must have…
- 5+ years of experience in a recruiting or talent acquisition leadership role
- A proven track record of hiring top talent in a high-growth startup environment
- Experience running full-cycle recruiting across technical roles
- Ability to craft compelling hiring pitches and sell candidates on the company’s vision
- Deep understanding of recruiting tools, applicant tracking systems, and sourcing strategies
- Experience partnering with leadership on headcount planning and hiring roadmaps
- Strong negotiation skills and ability to close candidates effectively
- High emotional intelligence (EQ) with the ability to build trust with candidates and teams
- A data-driven mindset with experience optimizing hiring metrics and processes
Our dream candidate would have…
- Experience building recruiting processes from the ground up at an early-stage startup
- Expertise in diversity recruiting strategies and inclusive hiring practices
- Experience running full-cycle recruiting across both technical roles and non-technical roles
- Experience scaling a company from 10 to 50+ employees
- Familiarity with compensation benchmarking and offer structuring
What We Offer
In addition to offering a competitive salary and best-in-class equity, we want to ensure every team member has the tools they need to work to the best of their ability. To that end:
We are committed to your Ownership:
- We cultivate an environment where team members feel ownership over the work they do. Everyone in an organization has big ideas and we want to hear them and implement them
- All of our employees have equity compensation. We want you to benefit from all the hard work you do in helping patients and catalyzing this shift in healthcare.
We are committed to your Wellness:
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision
- Unlimited PTO and sick days
- Flexible working hours
We are committed to your Growth:
- Fast paced work environment geared towards professional growth
- Get the chance to move roles within the organization to learn new skills and contribute in other areas
We are committed to building Community:
- Monthly team events, dinners, & happy hours
- Special team events: yacht party, Universal Studios, Magic Castle, Vegas, etc.
**Please apply via our Careers Page: **https://axle.health/careers/head-of-talent-acquisition
