Director, Talent Acquisition

About Us

Fieldguide is establishing a new state of trust for global commerce and capital markets through automating and streamlining the work of assurance and audit practitioners specifically within cybersecurity privacy and financial audit. Put simply we build software for the people who enable trust between businesses.

Were based in San Francisco CA but built as a remote-first company that enables you to do your best work from anywhere. Were backed by top investors including Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives Bessemer Venture Partners 8VC Floodgate Y Combinator DNX Ventures Global Founders Capital Justin Kan Elad Gil and more.

We value diversity in backgrounds and in experiences. We need people from all backgrounds and walks of life to help build the future of audit and advisory. Fieldguides team is inclusive driven humble and supportive. We are deliberate and self-reflective about the kind of team and culture that we are building seeking teammates that are not only strong in their own aptitudes but care deeply about supporting each others growth.

As an early stage start-up employee youll have the opportunity to build out the future of business trust. We make audit practitioners lives easier by bringing together up to 50% of their work and giving them better work-life balance. If you share our values and enthusiasm for building a great culture and product you will find a home at Fieldguide.

About the Role

Fieldguide is entering a rapid stage of growth where hiring excellence is a critical lever for company success. As Director Talent Acquisition you will own and scale a global recruiting function that supports rapid high-quality growth across the company.

This role is both strategic and hands-on. You will partner closely with executive leadership to translate business goals into workforce plans design scalable hiring systems and employer brand from the ground up define and implement the agentic strategy and develop a team capable of hiring exceptional talent in competitive markets. You will shape how we hire who we hire and how our culture shows up throughout the candidate experience.

This is a defining leadership role for someone who enjoys building durable systems for high volume hiring influencing senior stakeholders and developing strong recruiting teams while maintaining a high bar for execution.

What Youll Do

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 Fieldguides 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

Who You Are

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

The Impact You Will Have

In this role you will hit the ground running demonstrating immediate impact to Fieldguide.

By 90 days the Director Talent Acquisition is :

Built trust and operating credibility with founders execs and hiring managers becoming the go-to partner for hiring strategy and decisions

Established clear ownership priorities and operating rhythms across the recruiting function resulting in more predictable and higher-quality hiring

Delivered a clear data-backed talent acquisition roadmap aligned to business goals including near-term execution improvements and longer-term scale plans

First 30 Days : Develops a deep understanding of Fieldguides business product and culture while assessing the current state of recruiting across people process and tools. Builds strong relationships with founders executives People Ops Finance and hiring managers and stabilizes execution by addressing immediate gaps in open roles and pipelines.

Days 30-60 : Clarifies team structure responsibilities and operating cadence and partners with business leaders to improve hiring planning and intake. Begins standardizing hiring practices and candidate experience while introducing early process or tooling improvements that reduce friction and increase predictability.

Days 60-90 : Implements meaningful improvements to recruiting metrics processes and systems that measurably impact hiring speed and quality. Aligns leaders on a scalable global hiring model and positions talent acquisition as a proactive strategic partner to the business.

More about Fieldguide

Fieldguide is a values-based company. Our values are :

Fearless - Inspire & break down seemingly impossible walls.

Fast - Launch fast with excellence iterate to perfection.

Lovable - Deliver happiness & 11 star experiences.

Owners - Execute & run the business with ownership.

Win-win - Create mutual value & earn trust for life.

Inclusive - Scale the best ideas with inclusive teams.

Some of our benefits include

Competitive compensation packages with meaningful ownership

Flexible PTO

401k

Wellness benefits

Technology & Work from Home reimbursement

Flexible work schedules

Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

Illustration,Defence,HVAC,AJAX,Drafting,Customer Development

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 190 - 245