Sentient Labs · 4 months ago
Director: Talent and Culture
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
6+ years expSentient is a company focused on building a strong talent and culture framework. As the Director of Talent & Culture, you will be responsible for designing and implementing hiring processes, culture-building practices, and performance infrastructure to support the growth of the organization.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Content CreatorsSoftware
Responsibilities
Own full-cycle recruiting across technical, research, and operational roles, from sourcing to closing
Design and implement scalable hiring processes, tools, and candidate experiences aligned with our mission and values
Partner with founders and team leads to define hiring plans, role design, and organizational structure
Build and embed foundational culture practices, including onboarding, rituals, internal comms, and team norms
Develop and maintain lightweight performance and feedback systems to support high trust and high autonomy
Track key hiring and people metrics to drive continuous improvement and hiring efficiency
Support leadership with org design, compensation planning, leveling frameworks, and succession planning
Champion diversity, transparency, and long-term thinking across all talent-related decisions
Qualification
Required
6–10 years of experience across recruiting, talent operations, or people leadership, ideally in early-stage startups
Proven success hiring for hard-to-fill technical and leadership roles in high-velocity environments
Strong operational ability with experience implementing systems for performance, leveling, and development
Exceptional stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence cross-functional leadership
Systems thinker with the ability to turn ambiguity into structure and move from zero to one
Deep alignment with Sentient's mission and a high-integrity approach to organizational building
Preferred
Background in AI, frontier tech, or open-source ecosystems
Experience working in remote-first, distributed, or asynchronous teams
Familiarity with tools like Greenhouse, Ashby, Lattice, or similar platforms
Prior experience designing or implementing equity, compensation, or incentive systems
Passion for decentralization, open collaboration, and building durable organizations
Company
Sentient Labs
Sentient's mission is to ensure that Artificial General Intelligence is open-source and not controlled by any single entity.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$85M2024-07-02Seed· $85M
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