Recruiting Lead
Role summary
Reform is seeking a Recruiting Lead to scale its early team and reshape global trade. This hands-on, strategic role involves owning the full hiring funnel, from sourcing exceptional talent to designing interview processes that align with the company's culture of high standards, speed, and curiosity. The lead will partner directly with founders and technical leads to define hiring priorities, shape the employer brand, and build relationships with top engineering, product, and go-to-market talent. Responsibilities include full-cycle recruiting, developing creative sourcing strategies, designing candidate experiences, and implementing recruiting systems and data workflows. The ideal candidate has 3-6 years of experience recruiting for early-stage startups or top-tier tech companies, with proven success in technical recruiting.
This is a hands-on, strategic role: you’ll work directly with the founders and technical leads to identify hiring priorities, shape our employer brand, and build relationships with top engineers, product thinkers, and GTM talent.
## Responsibilities
* Own full-cycle recruiting across technical and GTM roles — from sourcing to close.
* Partner closely with founders to define roles, processes, evaluation rubrics, and People Ops/HR-related pieces.
* Build creative sourcing strategies to identify exceptional, mission-aligned candidates.
* Design and refine candidate experiences that are fast, rigorous, and human.
* Implement early recruiting systems, tools, and data workflows to scale hiring efficiently.
* Represent Reform’s mission and culture as the first point of contact for candidates.
## Qualifications
* 3–6 years of experience recruiting for early-stage startups or top-tier technology companies.
* Proven success recruiting engineers or technical talent (bonus for GTM exposure).
* Exceptional communication skills and candidate empathy.
* Strong operational rigor. You thrive in fast-moving environments and ambiguity.
* Experience or interest in global trade, AI, or logistics tech is a plus.
## Why join us
* You’ll be foundational in shaping Reform’s team, culture, and trajectory.
* Work directly with founders to design a world-class recruiting function.
* Join a mission-driven company transforming how global logistics operates.
* Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance.
