Head of Talent Acquisition

Akido is rebuilding the healthcare experience from the ground up. Through early interventions designed around social determinants of health (SDoH), world-class care focused on chronic disease, and human-centered technology, we believe we can build a healthcare model that allows for all patients to live their fullest lives. We are a fast-growing, impact-focused, Y Combinator company created out of the University of Southern California’s D-Health Lab with the idea that empowering government, healthcare, and nonprofit services with population-based data could help usher in a new era of preventive public health. Today we are building a full stack medical network that leverages our predictive capabilities to provide a frictionless experience for both our patients and care providers. 

The Opportunity
We’re looking for a strategic, hands-on Head of Talent Acquisition to build and scale a high-performing talent acquisition function from the ground up. Reporting to the Chief of Staff and working closely with hiring managers, FP&A, and HR, this person will transform our lightweight recruiting processes into an engine that can support the rapid growth of a 1000-person organization. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of our recruiting machine—currently run through Greenhouse and a network of hiring managers and part-time recruiters—and turn it into a scalable, efficient, and candidate-centric function. You’ll have the autonomy to shape the future of talent at our company and the resources to grow a team as needed.

What you’ll do

• Own and evolve our full-cycle recruiting function, from strategy through execution, across technical, clinical, and business roles
• Define and continuously improve recruiting processes, systems (Greenhouse), workflows, and metrics to ensure efficiency and quality
• Partner closely with hiring managers to understand workforce plans, prioritize open roles, and deliver exceptional hiring outcomes
• Work with FP&A to forecast recruiting demand and ensure recruiting plans align with headcount budgets and timelines
• Collaborate with the HR Manager and Chief of Staff to integrate recruiting with onboarding, compensation benchmarking, and workforce planning
• Create and implement strategies to increase candidate quality, reduce time-to-fill, and improve the candidate experience
• Build and manage a flexible recruiting team over time using a mix of in-house, RPO, and contract resources to match hiring demands
• Develop and maintain sourcing strategies for hard-to-fill and high-impact roles, leveraging both inbound and outbound approaches
• Track, analyze, and report on recruiting metrics to leadership and iterate based on data and feedback
• Champion our employer brand and ensure consistent, values-aligned messaging across all candidate touch-points

Who you are

• 5+ years of experience in recruiting leadership roles (8+ years overall recruiting exp)
• Experience leading recruiting for clinical roles OR enterprise SAAS type tech companies
• Experience recruiting in an agency AND in-house preferred
• Proven track record of building or significantly improving recruiting processes and infrastructure
• Experience owning and managing an ATS (Greenhouse experience strongly preferred)
• Relationships with contract recruiting resources including contingency firms, sourcers, and RPOs
• Comfort with ambiguity, ownership, and operating in a startup environment
• Deeply aligned with our mission and excited to help build the future of healthcare delivery

Benefits

• Stock-options package
• Health benefits include medical, dental and vision
• 401K
• Long-term disability
• Unlimited PTO
• Life insurance
• Paid Leave Program

Akido Labs, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage qualified applicants of every background, ability, and life experience to contact us about appropriate employment opportunities.