Forus
Talent Strategy Lead
$170K–$250K
New York office · Full-time · Posted Jun 22, 2026
About the job
Works with the CEO and company leaders to build Forus’s talent strategy and identify, attract, assess, and hire exceptional people for critical roles.
What you'll do
- Identify priority hires and talent markets, and build maps of candidates, companies, and communities.
- Create strategies for reaching talent and shape Forus’s talent narrative across different markets.
- Develop candidate assessment approaches and repeatable recruiting playbooks; personally drive important searches.
What they ask for
- Track record of high-quality work in a demanding, talent-dense environment.
- Strong judgment about people, with evidence of recognizing or selecting unusually strong people.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Technical and analytical fluency to understand roles, assess evidence, work with data, and test tools or approaches.
Nice to have
- Experience as a founder, 0 -> 1 operator, investor, product manager, or in another high-performance role.
- Prior recruiting experience is not required.
Pay
$170K – $250K (base salary)
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