Recruiter / Talent Acquisition Junior / Senior / Lead

Catalyst Labs is a specialized talent agency focused on Recruitment, People Operations, and Talent Acquisition. They are seeking professionals with demonstrated experience in internal talent teams and embedded recruiting functions to manage full-cycle recruitment processes for their clients across various industries.

Responsibilities:

• Proven experience managing full-cycle recruitment sourcing, screening, stakeholder alignment, interviewing, and closing candidates
• Background in a reputable internal talent team, a Tier 1 agency, a venture-backed startup, or a high-caliber corporate HR environment
• Strong understanding of modern recruiting fundamentals, including structured interviewing, scorecards, competency-based assessments, and hiring manager alignment
• Hands-on experience in at least one major recruiting specialty: Technical Recruiting (AI/ML, engineering, product), GTM & Sales Hiring, G&A Recruitment (Finance, HR, Ops), Executive Search, High-volume or campus recruiting, International/remote hiring strategies
• Familiarity with modern Talent and PeopleOps tooling: ATS platforms (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby), Sourcing tools & automation, CRM and pipeline engagement systems, Hiring analytics, dashboards, and funnel metrics, Onboarding workflows and HRIS systems
• Experience building partnerships with hiring managers, advising on role design, and refining hiring processes
• Strong research and sourcing capabilities beyond LinkedIn using advanced search methods, market mapping, and competitor analysis
• Ability to manage candidate experience with professionalism, clarity, and speed
• Experience in People Operations (policies, onboarding, retention, culture, performance cycles) is a strong plus
• Candidates with a track record of high-quality placements, reduction of time-to-fill, process optimization, or scaling teams in fast-paced environments will stand out