Founding Recruiter Job at Valeriehealth in San Francisco

About the Company

Valerie Health is the AI front office for independent provider groups. We are reimagining how independent practices operate by using AI to modernize patient/provider communication, enhance care, and drive industry-changing operational efficiencies.

Why join us now?

• Team: We are led by Pete Shalek (2x health tech exits, including a $600M acquisition by Optum) and Nitin Joshi (scaled Uber Eats + Health, Stripe Connect, and Bridge–acquired by Stripe for $1.1B). Beyond our founders, our team brings DNA from category leaders and high‑growth startups, including Uber, Stripe, Snowflake, BCG, MuleSoft, Modern Health, and Found Health.
• Trajectory: We are scaling rapidly, automating hundreds of thousands of tasks per month less than a year post‑launch, with 50%+ month‑over‑month growth.
• Funding: We are backed by General Catalyst, Primary Ventures, BoxGroup, and angels including the founders of One Medical and Oscar.

About the Role

We are looking for a strategic, hands‑on Founding Recruiter to build our talent function from the ground up. You will serve as a strategic partner to our leadership team, directly owning the search to hire world‑class engineers and strategic non‑technical roles. Beyond your own requisitions, you will oversee the broader hiring machine, managing our recruiting operations and high‑volume operations roles to ensure excellence across the board.

This is not just a "seat‑filling" role. This is a chance to design our recruiting engine, define our talent brand, and shape the culture of a future category leader.

What You’ll do

• Strategic Recruiting Engine: You will own full‑cycle recruiting for technical and strategic non‑technical roles. You will act as a "hunter," using creative sourcing strategies to attract top‑1% talent.
• Delivery Hiring Oversight: You will manage a high‑volume ops recruiter responsible for our delivery team, ensuring quality and consistency across all hiring verticals.
• Talent Branding: You will work with both founders and our leadership team to amplify our story in the market, driving referrals and inbound interest.
• Recruiting Operations: You will implement the stack (Ashby), design structured interview plans, and create data‑driven reporting loops to keep hiring managers aligned.
• Candidate Experience: You will define what it feels like to interview at Valerie Health, ensuring candidates become an advocate for our brand.

Who You Are

• Experience: 3-8 years of recruiting experience, with at least 2+ years in a talent dense, early‑stage startup environment. You have a proven track record of closing Senior/Staff level Engineers.
• Operational Toolkit: You are data‑native. You know how to use modern ATS platforms (Ashby experience is a massive plus) to track funnel metrics and spot bottlenecks.
• Talent Bar: You prioritize quality over quantity. You understand that in a startup, one bad hire is worse than a missed hire.
• Communication: You can sell the vision. You are able to distill complex technical requirements and pitch the "rocketship" opportunity to candidates.
• Ownership: You don’t wait for permission. You see a broken process, and you fix it. You are willing to roll up your sleeves for scheduling coordination one minute and advise a founder on comp strategy the next.

Bonus Points

• Experience hiring for non‑technical roles (GTM, Ops, G&A).
• Experience managing junior recruiters/sourcers.

Compensation & Benefits

• Be a founding operator with meaningful ownership in an AI‑native, high‑growth startup
• Competitive salary, equity and benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) and PTO
• Work directly with senior leadership on projects critical to company growth and scale