Talent Acquisition Lead

About the Position: Bluefish is looking for a passionate and experienced Talent Acquisition leader to own full-cycle recruiting for technical, GTM, and operational roles. This person will play a critical role in shaping how we attract and hire top talent as we scale. As an early member of the People team, you’ll build scalable recruiting processes, partner closely with leadership and hiring managers, and help ensure we bring in exceptional talent to support our next stage of growth. This role is ideal for someone who is hands-on and strategic , excited to roll up their sleeves in recruiting while also building long-term hiring infrastructure and an employer brand that stands out. What You Will Be Doing Own full-cycle recruiting across technical, GTM, and business roles, from sourcing through offer. Partner with executives and hiring managers to define role requirements, scorecards, and hiring strategies. Build and manage a strong candidate pipeline using creative and proactive sourcing methods. Manage relationships with external recruiting agencies, including negotiating contracts, setting performance expectations, and ensuring alignment with hiring needs and company culture. Develop and strengthen Bluefish’s employer brand to attract top-tier talent. Track and report recruiting metrics (pipeline health, time-to-fill, and candidate experience). Drive an excellent candidate experience and ensure consistent, high-quality hiring processes. Continuously improve recruiting workflows, tools, and best practices as the company scales What We’re Looking For 7–10 years of talent acquisition experience, ideally in a high-growth SaaS or startup environment. Proven success leading full-cycle recruiting across diverse functions and seniority levels. Strong ability to influence and partner with executives and hiring managers. Experience building recruiting processes and infrastructure from the ground up. Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills. Highly organized with strong attention to detail and follow-through. A balance of strategic thinking and hands-on execution. Excited to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving startup environment. Nice-to-Haves Experience scaling a company from ~20 to 200 employees. Familiarity with ATS tools, sourcing platforms, and recruiting analytics. Strong employer branding or talent marketing experience. About Bluefish: Bluefish believes that AI represents the next major chapter of the internet – and that consumers will increasingly use AI to consume information and media online. On this new AI internet, brands will need new tools and technologies to tell their stories to consumers online – and a new marketing ecosystem will be created around AI. Bluefish is building the platform that helps brands engage consumers on this new AI channel, with powerful enterprise tools to manage AI brand safety and engage consumers with thoughtful and personalized AI marketing experiences. The Bluefish team is a tight-knit group of mar-tech industry veterans who previously helped build foundational ad-tech platforms now owned by Meta and Microsoft. Bluefish, the leading AI marketing platform for the Fortune 500, recently announced a $20M Series A funding round led by NEA, with participation from Salesforce Ventures. Additional investors include Crane Venture Partners, Swift Ventures, and Bloomberg Beta. We are a globally distributed team, with business operations based in New York City and engineering based in Berlin. Why Bluefish & Our Values: Unique opportunity to join on the ground floor of a fast-moving startup building at the center of AI Tackle challenging and abstract problems while disrupting the $300BN legacy mar-tech industry Join an experienced high-performing team where you will have immediate ownership and impact Experience a true meritocracy with significant career growth upside as the business scales Our Values: Demonstrated grit and resourcefulness—you find creative solutions, adapt qui