Director, Talent Acquisition
About the role
Fieldguide is hiring a Director, Talent Acquisition to own and scale a global recruiting function for rapid, high-quality growth. Strategic and hands-on leadership to design scalable hiring systems, employer brand, and a data-driven recruiting organization in a remote-first company.
Responsibilities
- Build, coach, and lead a high-performing, globally distributed talent acquisition team, including developing strong people managers
- Evolve the metrics and reporting function, creating live dashboards for understanding team performance and identifying bottlenecks in the process. Use data to inform process and decision making.
- Create a culture of ownership, accountability, and data-driven continuous improvement across the recruiting function, balancing speed and quality as the company scales
- Build and scale a compelling employer brand, clearly articulating Fieldguide’s mission, culture, and value proposition to attract top talent in competitive markets
- Partner with founders, executives, and functional leaders to forecast hiring needs and align recruiting strategy with business priorities
- Translate short- and long-term company goals into clear, actionable hiring plans across teams and regions
- Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers and executives, guiding hiring decisions and tradeoffs with sound judgment and data
- Collaborate closely with People Operations and Finance on headcount planning, budgeting, and compliance
- Design and operate global hiring models that work across geographies, time zones, and labor markets
- Ensure a consistent, inclusive, and high-quality candidate experience worldwide
- Define and track meaningful recruiting metrics to assess performance, surface bottlenecks, and inform decisions
- Continuously improve recruiting processes, tools, and systems to support growth and efficiency, particularly with AI
- Stay current on market trends, particularly in technical, AI, and hard-to-hire talent areas
Qualifications
- 10+ years of talent acquisition experience, including 5+ years leading teams at high-growth AI or SaaS startups
- Experience scaling organizations from approximately 150 to 500+ employees
- Proven ability to influence founders, executives, and senior leaders on hiring strategy and execution
- Demonstrated success designing and executing end-to-end global recruiting strategies
- Experience building, developing, and retaining high-performing talent acquisition teams
- Strong background in building scalable recruiting processes and systems, including AI and SaaS tooling, vendors, and budgets
- Experience hiring in highly competitive geographic markets (e.g. San Francisco, New York)
- Experience building employer branding or talent marketing initiatives
- Experience supporting international expansion and new market entry
Skills
Benefits
- Competitive compensation packages with meaningful ownership
- Flexible PTO
- 401k
- Wellness benefits
- Technology & Work from Home reimbursement
- Flexible work schedules
About Fieldguide
Vertical AI for Audit & Advisory Firms
Fieldguide is a vertical AI platform for modern assurance and advisory firms that digitizes the end-to-end engagement workflow on a single platform. Built by former Big Four practitioners and experienced technology leaders, Fieldguide is trusted by top CPA firms to improve margins, win new business, and build stronger client relationships. We’re based in San Francisco, CA, but built as a remote-first company that enables you to do your best work from anywhere. We're backed by top investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, 8VC, Y Combinator, Floodgate, Elad Gil, Justin Kan, Qasar Younis, Eric Ries, and more.
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