# Founding Recruiter at Hera

- Company: Hera
- What the company does: AI Motion Designer. Backed by Accel.
- Company website: https://hellohera.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: New York, New York
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $170K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-28
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hellohera/f3bac8ee-497d-47c7-a679-a952532e5a02
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/hera-founding-recruiter/

## About the role

You are my right hand on talent. Recruiting at Hera isn't a support function, it's how we win. You'll sit close enough to the founders to know exactly why each role is critical, how our narrative is evolving week to week, and how to tell that story to the exact person we need in the room. When the pitch shifts, you shift with it. When a candidate hesitates, you know which thread to pull.

## What they're looking for

- You sell a mission, not a job. Candidates leave a conversation with you believing in Hera's mission and their specific place in it. You can hold the whole company narrative in your head, and you quickly adapt as our narrative evolves
- You're a hunter. You'd rather build a pipeline from zero than manage inbound. You're relentless on sourcing, fluent with AI tools, and treat "no response" as the start of a sequence, not the end of one
- You've run full-cycle recruiting. You've closed candidates across technical and non-technical roles, and you know that a founding engineer, a clinician, and a BD lead each need a completely different pitch
- You obsess over candidate experience. You know every interaction is brand-building, and that how we treat the people we don't hire says as much about us as how we treat the ones we do
- You're a builder. You thrive bringing clarity to ambiguity. You track your own metrics, you're rigorous about what's working, and you iterate without being told
- You read people deeply. You catch the hesitation a candidate hasn't said out loud and know whether it's comp, conviction, or a partner in another city

Tags: Founding Team