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:

In the Talent Research role at Column, you will have a significant impact on identifying and attracting best-in-class talent that is critical to the company’s next phase of growth. In this position, you will serve as a sourcing expert, using your research skills to map out talent pools, engage with passive candidates, and help build a robust pipeline of potential hires. You will partner with our recruiting team and hiring managers to strategically cultivate relationships with high-potential candidates for both current and future roles. This is an exciting opportunity for someone early in their career who is eager to dive into the world of hiring at a company that has an extremely high bar for talent.

This role 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:

• Strategic Sourcing: Proactively source candidates, focusing on the top of the recruiting funnel to build a strong talent pipeline.

• Talent Mapping: Research and map out talent pools across different industries, locations, and skill sets to identify potential candidates for both immediate and long-term needs.

• Market Research: Conduct market and competitor analysis to stay informed on industry trends, salary benchmarks, and shifts that could impact our talent acquisition strategies.

• Candidate Engagement: Engage with passive candidates through thoughtful and personalized communication, transforming prospects into active candidates while fostering a positive candidate experience.

• Collaborate with Hiring Teams: Provide hiring managers and executives with insights and strategies for building and maintaining strong talent pipelines, helping shape the future of our teams.

What you’ll need to be successful:

• Prior experience in sourcing, recruiting, or talent research is a plus, but not required – we welcome new grads excited to begin a career in recruiting.

• Strong research and analytical skills, with the ability to gather and interpret data to identify top talent.

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, particularly in engaging passive candidates.

• A passion for learning and staying up to date on industry trends and competitive landscapes.

• Eagerness to work in a fast-paced, startup environment.

• Attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

What you’ll get from us:

• 🏥 Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, including options that are 100% covered by Column for you and 50% covered for your dependents

• 💳 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

• 🍽️ Catered lunches and dinners for SF employees

• 🚆 Commuter benefits

• 🎉 Regular team building events, including annual offsite

Pay transparency:

The annual US base salary range for this role is $75,000 - $100,000.

This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Column, and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s skill sets, experience, licensure and certifications, location, and other business and organizational needs. Posted salary ranges reflect base salary only, exclusive of equity and other compensation and benefits.

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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