Senior Recruiter

About Novo

Novo is building a modern banking platform for small businesses, freelancers, startups, and entrepreneurs. The company aims to give business owners the tools and support that traditional banks often fail to provide, making it easier to run and grow a business. Its product combines business accounts with integrated features for payments, international transfers, and transaction management, helping customers save time and improve cash flow.

Why Novo

• Fast-growing Series B fintech company with a mission-driven team focused on helping small businesses across the US
• Supportive, positive, and inclusive work environment
• Opportunity to work with modern technologies and current architecture approaches
• Learning and development support to help employees grow and connect with their teams
• Office presence in New York City and India

Role Overview

Novo is seeking a strategic Senior Recruiter who is comfortable working at the intersection of hiring, automation, and process improvement. This person will not only manage recruiting outcomes, but also help create scalable systems that improve speed, quality, and efficiency as the company expands.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for technical, business, and leadership positions.
• Work toward hiring targets while ensuring candidates have a strong experience throughout the process.
• Create sourcing and outreach approaches that strengthen pipeline quality and improve conversion rates.
• Design recruiting workflows that use AI for sourcing, screening, scheduling, and reporting.
• Assess and introduce recruiting technologies, automation tools, and AI agents that boost team productivity.
• Develop repeatable processes that cut down manual work and speed up hiring.
• Spot and resolve bottlenecks in recruiting operations.
• Create structured interview methods, scorecards, and hiring frameworks.
• Collaborate closely with hiring managers during intake, calibration, and final decision-making.
• Use recruiting metrics and labor market insights to guide hiring strategy and workforce planning.

What You Need

• At least 5 years of internal recruiting experience in startups or other fast-growing organizations.
• Demonstrated success hiring for both technical and non-technical roles.
• Hands-on experience building recruiting processes, systems, and workflows.
• Solid knowledge of AI-enabled recruiting tools and workflow automation.
• Strong sourcing capability and effective stakeholder management skills.
• A data-oriented approach, strong organization, and comfort working in uncertain environments.
• A builder mindset with an ongoing focus on improvement.

Success Measures

• Hiring goals are achieved without lowering quality or harming the candidate experience.
• Recruiting processes become more automated and easier to scale.
• Improvements are seen quarter over quarter in funnel conversion, time-to-fill, and hiring efficiency.
• Hiring managers view you as a reliable advisor and strategic partner.
• The recruiting function becomes stronger, more effective, and more efficient because of your work.