Inefficient spending in local government, especially in critical areas such as health, education, infrastructure, and safety have a deep impact on communities. At Starbridge, we believe the root of inefficiency lies in barriers that prevent private businesses from effectively collaborating with agencies & schools. This leads to overspending on outdated technologies and internal processes, slowing innovation and costing taxpayers money.

Starbridge is the bridge between business and government. Our AI-powered platform empowers businesses to secure state, local government & education sector contracts efficiently, helping governments solve problems faster and more effectively.

We’re hiring a Founding Head of Recruiting to build and run the talent engine behind Starbridge. You’ll 100x our top-of-funnel, turn passive candidates into high-conviction hires, and make sure the best people on the planet hear about us first.

This role is based in-person at our Chelsea Piers HQ in NYC. You’ll work directly with the founder.

What You'll Do

🚀 Blast the Funnel Open

• Run high-velocity outbound using Juicebox, managing multi-inbox campaigns across LinkedIn, email, and GitHub.

🌍 Flood the Market

• Own inbound saturation in Eastern Europe—job boards, Telegram groups, niche platforms—to keep us top-of-mind for elite technical talent.

• Define our Employer Value Proposition to become the #1 employer for GTM/Ops in NYC and #1 brand for elite engineers in Eastern Europe.

🤝 Close Killers & Create Superfans

• Design a lightning-fast, high-signal, candidate-obsessed interview process.

What We’re Looking For

• 4+ years experience of recruiting and fast promotion path at a high-performance startup or similarly intense environment. Excited & experienced to focus 70%+ of time on sourcing.

• Fluent with modern recruiting tools: Juicebox, Clay, Gem, etc.

• Engineering-minded and systems-oriented—you think in funnels, feedback loops, and automation.

• Highly organized, outcome-driven, and immune to fluff.