About Dust

We're creating a new AI operating system that has the potential to change the way companies operate. Our mission at Dust is to transform how work gets done by letting any team and employee shape the exact agents they need to accelerate their jobs.

With 70%+ weekly active users, people stick with Dust as much as they do with Slack and Notion. We already are a core part of their jobs.

We're at an exciting stage of our journey—and growing fast. We're serving great customers like Cursor, Clay, Whatnot, and Persona, and aim to x6 our growth by the end of 2025.

Dust is a Sequoia-backed company with an experienced and determined team of optimists (coming from companies like Stripe or OpenAI) that like to focus on users, getting great things done by shipping fast, and doesn’t take itself too seriously while doing so.

Summary

We're looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to own our go-to-market hiring. This is a rare opportunity to be the architect of a hiring machine that will fuel our growth, hiring 20-30 GTM roles across Pre&Post Sales, and Marketing.

You'll work with a product you can use daily, building AI agents to transform your own recruiting workflows, while evangelizing how AI is revolutionizing talent acquisition.

You'll have ownership of GTM hiring while partnering closely with leadership to create scalable, repeatable systems that balance a high hiring bar with world-class candidate experience.

Our culture

• Product-First: Unlike others focused on building foundation models, we're laser-focused on creating delightful product experiences with existing LLMs. Think “No GPUs before PMF”.

• Small, High-Impact Team: Join a team of alumni from Stripe, Square, OpenAI, and other top tech companies. We're intentionally keeping our team small and mighty – every individual has massive scope and impact.

• Transparency & Collaboration: Our repository is open source, and we leverage serendipity between team members. We believe the best ideas emerge when the team shares information and insights openly.

• Proactive Problem-Solving: If you see something broken, fix it—without waiting for permission. We don't wait for solutions - we create them.

• Ship to Learn: We move fast and learn from real user feedback.

• Intellectual Humility: We value strong convictions balanced with open-mindedness. Team members confidently advocate for their ideas while remaining receptive to new perspectives and evidence that might change their minds. If new data emerges, we adapt quickly.

What You'll Do

Build the GTM Hiring Machine

• Own end-to-end recruiting for GTM hires across Pre and Post Sales, as well as Marketing.

• Design and implement structured interview processes with objective scorecards for each role type

• Build sourcing playbooks, talent maps, and attraction strategies for competitive market

• Instrument hiring data and create dashboards to track pipeline health, time-to-hire, offer acceptance rates, and other key metrics

Create World-Class Candidate Experience

• Ensure every candidate leaves as a Dust fan, regardless of outcome

• Provide timely, actionable feedback at every stage

• Design efficient systems that respect candidates' time while maintaining high bar

• Set candidates up for success with clear communication and preparation

Build Dust's Employer Brand

• Create compelling narrative about why top GTM talent should join Dust

• Develop content, events, and community presence in market

• Evangelize how AI is transforming the talent industry

Partner with Leadership & Hiring Teams

• Train hiring teams on structured interviewing and objective evaluation

• Influence hiring strategy and talent planning

Use AI to Transform Recruiting

• Build Dust agents to automate workflows, improve efficiency, and enhance candidate experience

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