Talent Acquisition Leader
Role Overview
This is a senior leadership role where the Talent Acquisition Leader will build and scale the recruiting function from scratch at Tessera Labs, a fast-moving AI startup. Day-to-day responsibilities include partnering with founders on hiring strategy, owning full-cycle recruiting for technical roles like AI/ML and engineering, and designing scalable hiring processes and interview frameworks. The hire will have high impact by establishing the team, processes, and culture to support rapid growth in a cutting-edge AI environment.
Perks & Benefits
The role is fully remote, offering competitive compensation, equity, benefits, and perks, with high-impact leadership visibility to executives. It provides an opportunity to build something meaningful from the ground up in a fast-paced, ownership-driven culture focused on applied AI. While time zone expectations are not specified, typical remote tech roles may require flexibility for collaboration across regions, and career growth is implied through scaling the TA function and team development.
Full Job Description
About Tessera Labs
Tessera Labs is redefining how enterprises adopt and operationalize Artificial Intelligence. Backed by Foundation Capital and led by a world-class founding team, we build multi-agent AI systems that can automate complex business workflows across platforms like SAP, Salesforce, Workday, Snowflake, MuleSoft, and more.
Our mission: Bring real AI automation to the enterprise — with speed, precision, and measurable impact. We move fast, operate with extreme ownership, and build at the frontier of applied AI.
Tessera Labs is building cutting-edge AI technology—and we’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Leader to build and scale our recruiting function from the ground up. This is a true zero-to-one role for someone who has led technical hiring in fast-moving startup environments and knows how to build teams, processes, and culture from scratch.
What You’ll Do:
Build and lead Tessera Labs’ Talent Acquisition function from zero to one
Partner with founders and executives on hiring strategy and workforce planning
Hire, manage, and develop a high-performing TA teamOwn full-cycle recruiting for highly technical roles (AI/ML, engineering, product, data)
Design scalable hiring processes, interview frameworks, and candidate experience
Use data and market insights to guide hiring decisions
What We’re Looking For:
10+ years of recruiting experience in tech and AI environments
Experience using a variety of ATS - Ashby preferred
Proven startup experience, ideally early-stage or high-growth
Demonstrated success building a TA function from scratch
Strong people management and leadership experience
Deep expertise hiring technical and AI-focused talent
Strategic, hands-on, and comfortable with ambiguity
Why Tessera Labs:
Build something meaningful from the ground up
High-impact leadership role with executive visibility
Competitive compensation + equity + benefits + perks
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