21.01.2026 A-Players Talent Acquisition Specialist — New York

Overview

AsaTalent Partner atA-Players, you act asabusiness-facing hiring operator . You own client relationshipsend-to-end and are responsible for delivering high-impact hires that shape companies— not just fill headcount. You work inanAI-native way toanalyze roles, markets, and candidates beyond surface signals and make high-quality hiring decisions.

You’ll work directly withfounders andC-levelleaders , run complex searches across Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Leadership, and represent A-Players asatrusted hiring partner .

Responsibilities

• Full-cycle client ownership
  • Lead client kickoffs and clarify hiring goals, success criteria, and constraints
  • Design hiring strategies, timelines, and scorecards
  • Run weekly syncs with founders and hiring managers
  • Own offer strategy, negotiation, and closing
• High-impact searches
  • Work on 3–4 active roles at a time, prioritizing quality over volume
  • Hire across Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Leadership
  • Typical roles include:
    • Founding / Senior Engineers (US/EU)
    • Heads of Marketing, Growth, Product (US/EU)
    • Senior CSMs, Designers, VC Analysts, CEOs (US/EU)
• Candidate experience & judgment
  • Conduct deep, structured interviews focused on skills, mindset, and A-Player traits
  • Assess beyond job titles — motivation, decision-making, ownership, growth trajectory
  • Guide candidates from first contact through offer and onboarding

Qualifications

• Proven track record recruiting in US and/or EU markets
• Confident working directly with founders and senior stakeholders
• Can manage multiple searches without losing depth or quality
• Think in terms of business impact, not just recruitment mechanics
• Highly self-directed and comfortable owning outcomes end-to-end
• Care deeply about hiring done right — structured, thoughtful, and ethical
• Work in an AI-native way: you already use AI tools in your daily workflow (research, market mapping, candidate analysis, communication) or actively experiment with them to think faster, go deeper, and make better hiring decisions
• Strong English (Upper-Intermediate or higher, written and spoken)
• Ability to overlap 2–4 hours with US time zones
• Full-time availability (this is not a freelance or side role)

What we offer

• Lots of progressive topics to tell the world about (e.g., impact-first culture, A-Players, diversity, equality, sustainability, mission, values, startups, investments, leadership, nomadism).
• Extreme care for your personality and talent.
• Culture of transparency and partner relationship.
• Opportunity to work with the most impact-driven startups globally.
• Ability to build the A-Players community in the world.
• Remote work mode combined with various team activities.

About Us

A-Players is a US-based recruiting company with a Ukrainian core team. We work exclusively with impact-driven tech startups and VCs in the US and Europe — from early-stage, YC-backed teams to post-Series A companies scaling their leadership and core functions.We don’t operate as a traditional agency.We embed deeply into our clients’ teams, work on full exclusivity, join weekly syncs, help founders shape hiring strategy, and own searches end-to-end.

Values

We\'re living byour values: impact, transparency, quality, growth, and partnership.

Achievements

Weare extremely exclusive about which companies wepartner with. We’ve hired talent for mission-driven worldwide companies like Reface, Grammarly, Propertymate, Mindvalley, Wix, and Veriff.