Head of Talent - Blockchain / Crypto

⚡ Head of Talent

💼 Blockchain / Crypto

💲 $180k base + bonus + equity

🌎 US – Remote

About the Company

A rapidly growing, regulated FinTech operating at the intersection of traditional finance and blockchain. The firm provides infrastructure and tools that enable businesses to issue, manage, and account for digital and fiat-backed assets across multiple networks - with a focus on transparency, compliance, and scalability.

Position Overview

As Head of Talent, you will own and build the company’s hiring engine from the ground up during a critical phase of growth. This is a founding, hands-on individual contributor role responsible for attracting, assessing, and closing top-tier talent across engineering, product, compliance, go-to-market, and leadership roles within the crypto and fintech ecosystem.

You’ll operate as a strategic partner to founders and functional leaders while remaining deeply involved in execution — sourcing, screening, interviewing, and closing candidates yourself. Your work will directly shape company culture, execution velocity, and the ability to scale a high-performing, compliant, and mission-driven team in one of the most complex and fast-moving markets in tech.

Key Responsibilities

Build & Own the Talent Function

• Serve as the first and sole Talent hire, owning the full recruiting lifecycle from role definition through offer close and onboarding support.
• Design and implement scalable recruiting processes, tools, and hiring frameworks suitable for a high-growth Series A company.
• Partner with founders and department heads to translate business goals into clear hiring plans and headcount priorities.
• Establish employer branding foundations, candidate experience standards, and hiring best practices.

Full-Cycle Recruiting Execution

• Personally source, screen, interview, and close candidates across Engineering, Product, Compliance, Legal, Sales, Client Success, and Operations.
• Develop creative sourcing strategies across crypto-native communities, fintech networks, referrals, and outbound channels.
• Run structured interview processes, including competency-based assessments and scorecard-driven evaluations.
• Manage offer strategy, compensation alignment, and closing conversations in competitive markets.

Crypto / Blockchain Talent Expertise

• Leverage deep knowledge of the crypto and blockchain ecosystem to assess technical, regulatory, and cultural fit.
• Recruit for specialized roles across blockchain engineering, smart contracts, infrastructure, payments, compliance, risk, and finance.
• Advise hiring managers on market dynamics, talent availability, compensation benchmarks, and hiring trade-offs.
• Maintain a strong network of crypto-native operators, engineers, and leaders.

Hiring Strategy & Stakeholder Partnership

• Act as a trusted advisor to leadership on org design, hiring sequencing, and talent risks.
• Drive alignment across founders, hiring managers, and interviewers to ensure efficient, high-signal hiring decisions.
• Track and report on hiring metrics including time-to-fill, pipeline quality, candidate conversion, and hiring velocity.
• Continuously refine hiring processes based on data, feedback, and company stage.

Culture, Compliance & Candidate Experience

• Ensure a high-quality, inclusive, and transparent candidate experience aligned with company values.
• Support compliant hiring practices across jurisdictions, including remote and distributed team considerations.
• Partner with Legal and Compliance to ensure recruiting practices align with regulatory expectations.
• Influence early culture by hiring individuals who raise the bar for performance, integrity, and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in full-cycle recruiting or talent leadership roles within crypto, blockchain, fintech, or deep technical startups.
• Proven experience recruiting in the crypto / blockchain ecosystem, including engineering and non-technical roles.
• Proven roladecks in the US Fintech/Crypto/Blockchain space.
• Track record of hiring high-impact talent in early-stage or high-growth environments.
• Strong experience partnering directly with founders and executive leadership.
• Comfortable operating as a hands-on IC while setting strategy and process.

Skills

• Elite sourcer: Deep experience with outbound sourcing, referrals, and community-driven recruiting.
• Crypto-native: Strong understanding of blockchain technologies, market dynamics, and crypto hiring challenges.
• Strategic operator: Thinks in terms of systems, pipelines, and long-term scalability while executing tactically.
• Trusted advisor: Builds credibility quickly with founders, hiring managers, and candidates.
• Closing strength: Skilled at managing competitive offers and selling vision, mission, and long-term upside.
• Process builder: Able to create structured, repeatable hiring processes without bureaucracy.
• Clear communicator: Strong written and verbal communication with the ability to align diverse stakeholders.