GovSignals
government contracting
RecruitingLead
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“Recruiting Lead at GovSignals. Skills: Own Full-Cycle Recruiting Across All Functions, Design and Implement Hiring Infrastructure, Partner with Leadership on Talent Strategy, Drive Recruiting Excellence, Scale the Function. build and own GovSignals' talent acquisition function from the ground up. partner directly with the CEO and leadership team to attract, evaluate, and close exceptional talent across every function”
What You'll Achieve.
attract, evaluate, and close exceptional talent across every function; Build deep talent pipelines for critical roles before they become urgent; Build repeatable hiring playbooks that maintain bar while increasing velocity; Drive Recruiting Excellence; Scale the Function
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of recruiting experience, at least 2 years in a startup or high-growth environment where you built or significantly scaled hiring, Demonstrated track record of personally closing exceptional talent, Experience hiring across multiple functions including technical roles (engineers) and go-to-market roles (sales, customer success, marketing), Ability to move fast without sacrificing quality—comfortable managing 10+ active searches simultaneously, sourcing skills with creativity in finding passive candidates beyond standard channels, Excellent judgment in evaluating talent and calibrating hiring bars, Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to build process while executing, Outstanding communication skills, High ownership mentality
Nice to Have
player-builder role—you will recruit directly while simultaneously building the systems and eventually the team to scale our hiring capacity
What You'll Do.
build and own GovSignals' talent acquisition function from the ground up
partner directly with the CEO and leadership team to attract
and close exceptional talent across every function
design our hiring processes
develop sourcing strategies
personally close candidates who will shape the trajectory of the company
recruit directly while simultaneously building the systems and eventually the team to scale our hiring capacity
and close candidates across engineering (product and platform)
Manage multiple concurrent searches while maintaining quality and candidate experience
Build deep talent pipelines for critical roles before they become urgent
Develop structured interview processes
and evaluation criteria for each role type
Build repeatable hiring playbooks that maintain bar while increasing velocity
Implement and optimize Ashby ATS workflows and recruiting metrics dashboards
Work with hiring managers to define role requirements
ideal candidate profiles
and compensation bands
Advise on org design and hiring sequencing to support company goals
Provide market intelligence on talent availability
compensation benchmarks
and competitive dynamics
Own recruiting metrics including time-to-fill
pipeline conversion rates
and offer acceptance rates
Continuously improve sourcing channels and candidate experience
Build GovSignals' employer brand through compelling job descriptions
and candidate touch-points
Establish the foundation to grow recruiting capacity as hiring needs increase
Document processes and build the operational infrastructure for a future recruiting team
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
partner directly with the CEO and leadership team; Work with hiring managers to define role requirements, ideal candidate profiles, and compensation bands; Advise on org design and hiring sequencing to support company goals; provide clear, actionable feedback to hiring managers
Communication Scope
Outstanding communication skills—you can represent GovSignals compellingly to candidates and provide clear, actionable feedback to hiring managers
Process & Methodology
Manage multiple concurrent searches
Full Job Description
ABOUT GOVSIGNALS We are shaping the future of government contracting with breakthrough AI-driven solutions. We are disrupting a multi-billion dollar industry and enabling private sector technologies to secure government contracts faster than ever, strengthening national security and driving economic growth. GovSignals has built the most advanced government contracting AI platform available. From Fortune 500 enterprises to government agencies, our platform multiplies the opportunities contractors can pursue and empowers them to deliver fully compliant, winning proposals in hours instead of months. As one of the largest aggregators of U.S. government data, we set trends rather than follow them. THE ROLE We are looking for our first Recruiting Lead who will build and own GovSignals' talent acquisition function from the ground up. This person will partner directly with the CEO and leadership team to attract, evaluate, and close exceptional talent across every function as we scale rapidly through our next phase of growth. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of hiring high-caliber people at startups, thrives in ambiguity, and understands that recruiting is both an art and a science. You will design our hiring processes, develop sourcing strategies, and personally close candidates who will shape the trajectory of the company. This is a player-builder role—you will recruit directly while simultaneously building the systems and eventually the team to scale our hiring capacity. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Own Full-Cycle Recruiting Across All Functions - Source, screen, and close candidates across engineering (product and platform), sales, GTM, client success, compliance, and operations - Manage multiple concurrent searches while maintaining quality and candidate experience - Build deep talent pipelines for critical roles before they become urgent Design and Implement Hiring Infrastructure - Develop structured interview processes, scorecards, and evaluation criteria for eac
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