About Lyfe Hardware
Lyfe Hardware is a US-based architectural hardware and home fixtures company. We design, manufacture, and ship premium hardware solutions to the US market, with a distributed team across the Globe
We are at a stage where the business is scaling rapidly, and so is the team. We are now hiring a TA Lead to build our hiring engine from the ground up — someone who has done this before and can do it again, better.
The Role
This is a 0-to-1 build. You will own the entire talent acquisition function — strategy, sourcing, processes, tools, vendor relationships, and hiring outcomes — across three geographies.
You will not inherit an ATS, a hiring playbook, or a recruiter team. You will design and build all of it. You will work directly with the CEO and COO, with no layers in between.
If you've been the first or second TA hire at a growth-stage startup and want to do it again with full ownership and founder partnership, this is for you.
What You'll Do
- Own end-to-end hiring across India, Philippines, and Global Hiring — from JD creation to offer closure
- Design and execute hiring strategy: sourcing channels, evaluation frameworks, interview structures, offer benchmarks
- Build the TA tech stack from scratch — ATS, sourcing tools, assessment platforms, candidate CRM
- Source actively through LinkedIn, Naukri, and other global platforms — this is a hands-on role, not just a managerial one
- Partner with founders and department leads to translate business needs into hiring plans
- Set up structured interview processes, scorecards, and reference check protocols
- Negotiate offers and own the close — including counter-offer management
- Build and maintain the employer brand across LinkedIn, careers page, and outreach communication
- Define and track hiring metrics — time to hire, source mix, offer acceptance, quality of hire
- Hire and mentor junior TA team members as the function scales
What We're Looking For
- 5–8 years of in-house TA experience at startups (not agencies or consultancies)
- Has built a hiring function from scratch at least once — ideally as the first or second TA hire at a growth-stage startup
- Cross-border hiring experience — has hired globally.
- Hands-on sourcing chops — Boolean search, LinkedIn, cold outreach
- Has hired across functions — engineering, design, operations, sales, and leadership roles
- Comfortable working in a remote-first, async-first environment with founder-led decision-making
- Strong written and verbal communication — you will be the company's first touchpoint with most candidates
- Structured thinker who can build processes, but also pragmatic enough to skip them when speed matters
- High ownership, low ego — happy to source profiles one moment and present to founders the next
Bonus Points
- Experience hiring for D2C, ecommerce, consumer brands, or hardware/home fixtures companies
- Experience hiring in the Philippines or other Southeast Asian markets
- Familiarity with Asana, Slack, Google Workspace, and modern HR tooling
- Has previously built a candidate referral or employer brand program from scratch
What We Offer
- Full ownership of a critical function with direct partnership with the CEO and COO
- Greenfield setup — no legacy systems, no inherited politics, no layers of approval
- Cross-border hiring exposure across three geographies
- Competitive compensation, benchmarked to growth-stage D2C / consumer startups
- Remote-first, async-first culture
- Clear path to Head of TA / People function as the company scales
- Founder-led environment where decisions get made quickly and execution moves fast
Skills: leadership,sourcing,d2c,scratch,communication,start-up scaling,hiring,ownership,async,linkedin
