Deep Tech Recruiter (AI, Biotech, Nanotech)
Deep Tech Recruiter (AI, Biotech, Nanotech)
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Grafton Biosciences is a stealth-mode, San Francisco-based biotech startup focused on solving disease through groundbreaking innovations in early detection and therapeutics. We are combining breakthroughs in synthetic biology, machine learning, and manufacturing to fundamentally extend healthy human lifespans. Were looking for passionate team members who want to shape the future.
Why This Role Matters
Top?tier AI & computational talent is rare and moves fast. We need a strategic and hands?on recruiting leader who can:
- Own the full hiring funnelfrom workforce planning to signed offer
- Speak transformer?model and CRISPR?screen fluently
- Design scalable processes, metrics, and tools that improve every quarter
- Advise founders, hiring managers, and candidates with equal credibility
- Retain world?class teammates by crafting onboarding, growth, and engagement programs that keep top performers thriving and committed
Reporting Line
This position reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) a veteran of high?growth startups and seasoned HR leadershipcreating a tight feedback loop between talent strategy, financial stewardship, and people operations.
Core Responsibilities
- Headcount & Planning forecast hiring needs and translate them into OKRs and dashboards
- Full?Cycle Recruiting source and close AI/ML, data?science, computational?biology, hardware, and biotech roles
- Pipeline Building cultivate talent pools via open?source communities, academic labs, Kaggle, and conferences
- Hiring?Manager Enablement deliver interviewer training, structured rubrics, bias?mitigation tactics, and feedback SLAs
- Employer Brand craft a narrative that resonates from wet?lab scientists to LLM researchers
- Retention & Engagement partner with People Ops and managers to build career frameworks, L&D pathways, and recognition programs that drive long?term retention and belonging
- Vendor Management engage and manage external search partners for surge capacity
- Offer & Onboarding collaborate with Finance & People on compensation, negotiations, compliance, and seamless starts
What You Bring
- 5+ years technical recruiting, with 3+ years leading or building the function in a high?growth deep?tech or AI company (SeedSeries B)
- A winning track record closing senior AI/ML, data?infrastructure, or computational?biology talent from academia, startups, biopharma, and hyperscalers
- Proven ATS implementation and dashboarding skills that continually improve time?to?fill, quality?of?hire, funnel diversity, and retention
- Demonstrated success boosting new?hire NPS and 1?year retention through targeted onboarding and development initiatives
- Player?coach mindset : ~90 % hands?on sourcing today, ~10 % strategyshifting as the team grows
- Negotiation acumen that packages cash, equity, and mission to outcompete Big Tech
- Inclusive ethos and up?to?date knowledge of equitable hiring practices across demographics and geographies
- Bonus : STEM degree; experience in biotech, med?device, or other regulated industries
What We Offer
- Competitive cash compensation and meaningful equity
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
- Intentional career?growth and retention programsmentorship, L&D stipends, and clear promotion pathways
- A once?in?a?lifetime chance to help invent the future of human health alongside world?class engineers and scientists
Growth Path
- Today : Founding Deep?Tech Recruiter
- Next : Head of Talent as the team scales
- Future : Head of People/HR, architecting and leading the entire talent & people organization
Seniority level
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Job function
Project Management
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