Founding Recruiter

About the role

Joyful Health is building an AI-powered financial operating system for healthcare. As the Founding Recruiter, you will establish and scale our talent acquisition function from the ground up, driving our rapid growth by attracting top talent across all departments. This role is crucial for building a world-class team and shaping our company culture.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for 10+ concurrent roles across engineering, product, operations, sales, marketing, and RCM, with a focus on technical hiring.
• Develop and refine our recruiting infrastructure, including optimizing our ATS (Ashby), designing interview processes, creating scorecards, and establishing key performance metrics.
• Implement AI-driven workflows for sourcing, outreach, screening, scheduling, and analytics to enhance recruiting speed and quality.
• Cultivate and manage our employer brand, overseeing the careers page, LinkedIn presence, and candidate experience.
• Collaborate closely with hiring managers and founders, providing coaching on interviewing, candidate engagement, and closing strategies.
• Grow the recruiting function by hiring and managing additional recruiters within 12 months.

Requirements

• Deep commitment to Joyful Health's mission of improving healthcare financial operations.
• At least 5 years of recruiting experience, including significant time at a high-growth startup where you built or significantly contributed to the recruiting function.
• Proven ability to set up an ATS, design interview processes, and close challenging candidates.
• Strong technical recruiting background (engineering, product, data) with experience hiring across diverse functions.
• Demonstrated expertise in applying AI tools and automations to recruiting workflows to achieve significant productivity gains.
• Adaptability and ownership in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment, with a track record of successfully selling a company vision to candidates.

Nice to have

• Experience recruiting within the healthcare or healthtech industry.

Skills & tools

• ATS (Ashby preferred)
• AI-powered sourcing and automation tools
• Pipeline analytics
• Employer branding platforms (LinkedIn, career pages)

Practical notes

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• Unlimited PTO (minimum 10 days taken per year).
• Professional development stipends for courses and books.
• Regular team off-sites and events.
• We encourage all qualified candidates to apply, even if they don't meet every single criterion.