Exa
Head of Talent
$200K–$300K
San Francisco, California · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 13, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years leading a talent acquisition function and managing or growing a team of recruiters.
About the job
Leads Exa’s talent acquisition strategy, team, systems, and recruiting execution, including critical executive and specialized technical searches.
What you'll do
- Develop and execute recruiting strategy, including for international expansion, and grow the recruiting team.
- Lead high-priority searches and partner with founders and hiring managers on roles, interviews, candidate assessment, and closing hires.
- Build scalable recruiting operations, hiring standards, and a strong candidate experience, using Exa’s internal AI tools.
What they ask for
- 5+ years leading a talent acquisition function and managing or growing a recruiter team.
- Strong record hiring highly technical talent and ability to engage with engineers about candidate quality.
- Experience leading executive and senior leadership searches.
- Experience building or improving recruiting systems in a high-growth company; comfort using data to guide decisions.
Pay
$200K – $300K USD base salary
AI focus
Leverage Exa’s internal AI tools to build scalable recruiting operations.
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