As the first Head of Talent, you will lead global strategy to hire the top 0.1% of AI researchers and engineers. You will own full-cycle recruitment and people operations, building an elite team from the ground up for a high-growth startup currently making real-world impact in industrial manufacturing.
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Talent and People Lead at Foresight Data Machines
Foresight Data Machines is looking for a relentless Talent and People Lead to build an elite team of the top 0.1% of AI researchers and engineers. As a rapidly growing startup on track for 5x YoY bookings growth, we are deploying real-world AI in heavy industries that makes billion-dollar decisions. If you are a high-speed hunter who can define an elite hiring bar without a playbook and want to lead people operations for a high-trust, high-intensity team in Austin or London, this is your chance to shape the future of industrial AI.
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Location
Austin, United States
Compensation
Not Disclosed
Company
Foresight Data Machines
Role overview
Software
Foresight Data Machines develops AI-powered process control solutions for the electric steelmaking and metals industries. The company combines artificial intelligence, physics, and operations engineering to provide predictive process models, control optimization algorithms, and products like ScrapChef that improve efficiency, productivity, quality, material efficiency, and enable economic production of new steel products.
What you will do
- Lead global talent strategy to source specialized technical talent, including AI researchers and Forward Deployed Engineers, using non-obvious channels.
- Own the full-cycle recruitment process, designing high-signal, low-friction interview loops that ensure an exceptional candidate experience.
- Design and manage all people operations, including compensation benchmarking, performance management frameworks, and the global onboarding experience.
Who this is a fit for
- Proven track record of hiring exceptional technical talent at high-growth startups, with a deep understanding of what world-class engineers value.
- A relentless "hunter" mentality with the ability to identify winners from math competitions, open-source contributors, and unconventional talent pools.
- Demonstrated excellence in communication and a conscientiousness to drive results autonomously in a dynamic, high-speed industrial AI environment.
Why this role is remarkable
- You will be the primary gatekeeper of the "ScrapChef" bar, directly shaping the culture and caliber of a world-class engineering and product organization.
- Join a rapidly growing startup on track to increase bookings 5x YoY, moving from Seed to Series A while disrupting the global steelmaking industry.
- Work in a high-trust, low-friction environment where AI systems are already deployed in factories, making billion-dollar decisions in real-time.
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