Recruiting Lead
Primer
Location
Remote
Employment Type
Full time
Department
Operations
About Primer
Fixing our K-12 education system is a civilizationally-important problem. We believe that all of our problems — including the ones that dominate the headlines — are downstream of education.
We have a simple thesis on how to solve it: empower 1,000's of educators to launch microschools in their communities.
We believe the historical tradeoff between price (tuition) and quality is a false dichotomy.
PrimerOS automates and eliminates much of the costs of traditional schools. Microschools have a structural advantage — asset-light real estate — which means much lower capex and opex. You put it together, and you get something that's never existed before: a world-class education that's accessible to normal American families and can rapidly scale.
Responsibilities
Partner with the founder, hiring managers, and finance to lead headcount planning and workforce forecasting.
Own end-to-end recruiting across key roles at Primer — from sourcing to close — with a focus on quality, speed, and candidate experience.
Partner closely with hiring managers across teams (education, operations, engineering, product, finance, and more) to understand their needs and build strong pipelines of exceptional candidates.
Build and maintain candidate outreach strategies — including cold sourcing, passive engagement, and creative ways to reach new talent pools.
Build and refine scalable recruiting processes, tools, and metrics.
Manage our internal hiring infrastructure, ensuring every candidate moves through a clear, well-structured process.
Quickly ramp up on new roles and lead first-round screening calls for teams across the company.
Provide hiring managers with best practices, training, and guidance.
Represent Primer to candidates with professionalism, clarity, and excitement about our mission — you’ll almost always be their first impression of our team.
Track and report on recruiting progress and metrics to the leadership team, ensuring we’re constantly improving with each new search.
Qualifications
Experience in a full-cycle recruiting or talent acquisition role, ideally in a fast-paced, high-growth startup.
Experience in a recruiting leadership role.
Proven success sourcing and hiring for a range of roles, from individual contributors to leadership positions across multiple functions.
Builder mentality: you enjoy solving problems from first principles and scaling what works.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to build trust with both candidates and the internal team.
High agency + high organizational skills — you’ll need to manage multiple searches and deliver an exceptional candidate experience.
Nice-to-Haves
Prior experience as a sole recruiter or founding talent hire.
Experience with Ashby
If this sounds like you, fill out the application below with a bit about yourself and we'll take it from there! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email us at jobs@primer.com.