Recruiting Lead & Talent Partner

Job summary

Own and execute end-to-end recruiting strategy, partnering with founders and department leaders to plan hiring and source, assess, and close candidates across technical, product, sales, and business teams. Build recruiting processes, talent pipelines, employer branding, and hiring metrics while supporting strategic and executive searches.

Job details

Recruiting Lead & Talent Partner Company: Karbon Digital Limited Location: Toronto, Canada (Hybrid / Remote) Type: Contract / Part-Time initially with potential FTE conversion About Karbon Digital Karbon Digital is an applied AI company building Docufy AI, an Agentic document intelligence platform that transforms unstructured documents into actionable business intelligence. Docufy AI helps enterprises automate document-heavy workflows across industries through AI-powered summarization, extraction, fraud detection, risk assessment, grounded Q&A, and document intelligence. We are scaling our engineering, AI research, product, and enterprise GTM teams and are looking for a Recruiting Lead to build a world-class talent pipeline. Role Overview The Recruiting Lead will own the end-to-end talent acquisition strategy for Karbon Digital. This role will partner directly with founders and leadership to identify, attract, evaluate, and close exceptional candidates across engineering, AI, product, sales, and business functions. This is a hands-on recruiting leadership role ideal for someone who enjoys building systems from scratch, creating talent pipelines, and helping a high-growth AI startup scale. Key Responsibilities Talent Strategy & Planning Build and execute a scalable recruiting strategy aligned with company growth plans. Partner with founders and department leaders to define hiring priorities, role requirements, and candidate profiles. Create quarterly hiring plans across: AI Engineering Software Engineering Data Engineering Product Management Enterprise Sales Marketing & Growth Operations Candidate Sourcing & Pipeline Development Build proactive talent pipelines using: LinkedIn Recruiter / Sales Navigator GitHub AI communities University networks Industry events Professional networks Develop targeted sourcing campaigns for highly competitive technical roles. Build relationships with passive candidates and industry professionals. Recruitment Operations Own the full recruitment lifecycle: Job description creation Candidate sourcing Screening calls Interview coordination Candidate evaluation Offer management Onboarding support Implement structured recruiting processes including: Interview scorecards Candidate tracking dashboards Recruiting metrics Hiring velocity reporting Employer Branding Strengthen Karbon Digital’s employer brand within the AI ecosystem. Promote company mission, technology vision, and startup culture. Support recruitment campaigns through: LinkedIn content University outreach AI communities Startup networks Executive & Strategic Hiring Support founder-led hiring for critical positions. Assist with identifying senior engineering leaders, AI specialists, and enterprise executives. Build relationships with technical leaders and industry experts. Skills & Competencies Strong sourcing and networking abilities. Excellent communication and relationship-building skills. Ability to assess technical talent. Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. Ability to work independently in a fast-moving startup environment. Founder mindset with ownership mentality. Compensation Competitive startup compensation structure including: Hourly / contract compensation initially Performance-based incentives Potential equity participation for long-term commitment Why Join Karbon Digital? Build the talent foundation of an emerging AI company. Work directly with founders and leadership team. Help shape the future of enterprise document intelligence. Join a company recognized in Canada's AI startup ecosystem. Opportunity to influence hiring strategy, culture, and company growth. Apply to help us build the next generation of AI talent. Requirements Ideal Candidate Profile

What you’ll do

Own and execute end-to-end recruiting strategy, partnering with founders and department leaders to plan hiring and source, assess, and close candidates across technical, product, sales, and business teams. Build recruiting processes, talent pipelines, employer branding, and hiring metrics while supporting strategic and executive searches.

Requirements

The role calls for strong sourcing, networking, communication, relationship-building, organizational, and technical talent assessment abilities. The ideal candidate can work independently in a fast-moving startup, take ownership, and build recruiting systems and pipelines from scratch.

Benefits

• Potential Equity Participation

Listed skills

• Relationship Building · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Talent Acquisition Strategy
• Full-Cycle Recruiting
• Candidate Sourcing
• Talent Pipeline Development
• Technical Recruiting
• Candidate Screening
• Candidate Evaluation
• Interview Coordination
• Offer Management
• Recruiting Operations
• Recruiting Metrics
• Employer Branding
• Stakeholder Management
• Relationship Building
• Technical Talent Assessment
• Hiring Planning

Job areas

• Human Resources
• Management & Leadership
• Technology
• Software
• Sales