Talent Partner – Senior Recruiter

About Column

For companies building financial technology and transforming the financial services space, the biggest bottleneck to their growth and innovation is often the underlying banks and infrastructure stack they rely on. We have spent our careers founding and scaling companies like Plaid, Square, SoFi, Blend, and Affirm, and have seen this problem firsthand — builders and developers needing to partner with traditional banks, and creating API and abstraction layers over the patchwork that is the bank, its core, and many other vendors. All of this results in a complex (and often expensive) banking supply chain involving a user, fintech, BaaS middleware provider, bank, core and the Federal Reserve.

At Column, we set out to simplify and fix this. We are a bank and a software company built from the ground up, offering builders and developers technology-forward banking solutions that cut out the hundreds of vendors, middleware providers, and abstraction layers. This means a safer, more transparent, and less costly banking supply chain. Come build with us!

The opportunity:

As a Talent Partner at Column, you will play a pivotal role in fueling the company's growth by identifying, attracting, and hiring top-tier talent. In this position, you'll own the entire hiring process, partnering closely with Column's leadership team and key stakeholders to understand their business needs, while designing and executing a strategic approach to recruiting. You'll lead full-cycle recruiting for a diverse range of roles, including highly specialized and leadership positions, ensuring a seamless and exceptional candidate experience along the way.

This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned recruiter who is passionate about building high-performance teams and enjoys the challenge of niche and bespoke searches. You will also have the opportunity to help shape and evolve our recruiting processes as we scale.

This role reports directly to the Head of People, and is an in-person position where you'll be expected to work out of our Presidio-based office in San Francisco 3+ days a week.

What you’ll do:

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for a wide range of roles, including specialized and senior positions, from sourcing to offer.

• Partner with hiring managers and leadership to deeply understand business needs and help craft compelling job descriptions and hiring strategies.

• Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies to attract top-tier passive and active talent, building strong pipelines for current and future needs.

• Provide strategic guidance and insights on market trends, hiring best practices, and interview processes to ensure we are continually improving.

• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience, representing Column as a trusted brand ambassador.

• Track and analyze recruiting metrics to assess effectiveness and recommend solutions for improving our recruiting operations.

• Mentor and provide guidance to junior members of the recruiting team.

What you’ll need to be successful:

• 6-7 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including in-house recruitment experience at start-ups.

• Expertise in recruiting for a variety of roles, including niche, technical, and leadership positions.

• Proficiency in using LinkedIn Recruiter, applicant tracking systems, and innovative sourcing tools.

• Proven ability to build strong relationships with senior leadership and hiring managers as a trusted partner.

• Strategic mindset with a passion for building and refining recruiting processes in a fast-paced, scaling environment.

• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

• Experience in financial technology or banking is a plus, but a strong passion for these industries is essential.

What you’ll get from us:

• 🏥 Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, including options that are 100% covered by Column for you and 100% covered for your dependents!

• 👶 Comprehensive family planning and fertility benefits via partnership with Carrot, including reimbursement of up to $20,000 in qualified expenses

• 💳 FSA and HSA account options to enable use of pre-tax money for medical and dependent care expenses

• 📈 401k plan, including self-directed brokerage options

• 🌴 Flexible time-off policy - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge

• 👶 100% paid parental leave, including 16 weeks for birth mothers, 12 weeks for primary caregivers, and 8 weeks for secondary caregivers

• 🍽️ Catered lunches and dinners for SF employees

• 🚆 Commuter benefits

• 🎉 Regular team building events, including annual offsite

Pay transparency:

Compensation packages at Column include base salary, equity, and benefits. New hire offers are made based on a candidate's experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.

The annual US base salary range for this role is $165,000 - $180,000 + equity.

We look forward to hearing from you

Column is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We value bringing together a team with different perspectives, educational backgrounds, and life experiences, and believe a diversity of ideas is what allows us to develop the best solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application and recruiting process, please reach out to [email protected].

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