Job Details

Stellic is building a future where every student can move through their education with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Our platform transforms the student experience, giving them the tools they need to make the right decisions about their degree plans, track their journey, and build an education and career path that's truly their own.

As Head of Talent, you will own and lead our recruiting function, including management of the recruiting team. Your mandate: attract, close, and onboard exceptional talent across all functions while building a high-velocity, high-quality talent engine.

Responsibilities

• Do whatever it takes to get great talent in the door at Stellic, from sourcing to close.
• Manage and develop the recruiting team, providing guidance, coaching, and clarity.
• Build and scale scrappy, high yield recruiting systems and processes for hiring across Engineering, Product, GTM, and Ops.
• Partner deeply with hiring managers to prioritize roles, define success profiles, and run tight, inclusive interview processes.
• Pitch and close top candidates with compelling storytelling and clarity around our mission and culture.
• Build and maintain a healthy, stage-appropriate pipeline of high-caliber candidates.
• Help define and reinforce a stellar candidate experience from first touch through signed offer.

Requirements

• Deeply aligned with Stellic's values and mission.
• A strong people partner and exceptional communicator who can influence across all levels, especially with founders and hiring leads.
• A strong leader and coach, able to uplevel a small recruiting team while leading by example.
• A hands-on operator with grit; you source, recruit, and close directly.
• Deeply understands the startup talent landscape, knows where to find the best people and how to attract them at our stage.
• A closer, skilled at pitching candidates and navigating competitive offers.
• A collaborator, loves working with hiring managers and helping them prioritize and streamline hiring.
• A systems thinker, builds repeatable, efficient recruiting workflows from the ground up.
• A storyteller and brand ambassador who helps shape how the outside world sees Stellic as a place to grow.

What We Offer

• Shape the future of an impact-driven company at the forefront of higher education transformation
• Work closely with an ambitious, mission-driven leadership team
• Own and scale the recruiting engine of a high-growth company
• Competitive salary, equity, and a culture of excellence, speed, and ownership.
• Work and learn from some of the most prominent thought leaders in higher education and SaaS
• Generous stock options in a Series A stage startup
• Flexible, outcome-based culture
• Comprehensive health insurance, with Stellic covering 99% of your premium and 75% for dependents on our base plan
• 401K and commuter benefits
• Annual international retreats in some of the most beautiful cities & towns

Stellic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our company values diversity and believes diverse teams make innovation possible. We encourage all qualified applicants from any race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other characteristics to apply.