Recruiting Lead

About Us

Rho is the modern banking platform built for startups. Open accounts in minutes, issue cards, manage expenses, pay bills, and close the books – all in one connected platform backed by real human support.

About the Role

Rho is on a mission to hire exceptional talent. As our Recruiting Lead, your mission is to architect and drive a world-class hiring engine that scales with precision and purpose. You’ll set the bar for what great recruiting looks like at Rho—across functions, seniority levels, and evolving business needs.

This is a senior individual contributor, player-coach role. You’ll run complex, high-impact searches end-to-end, while also supporting other recruiters by helping them sharpen their search strategy, unblock hiring managers, and navigate challenging or ambiguous reqs. Your impact encompasses managing individual roles and meaningfully contributing to how Rho's recruiting engine operates.

At Rho, our Talent team takes pride in being selective—we don’t fill seats; we find high-slope, ambitious people eager to shape what’s next.

This role reports directly to Rho’s Head of Talent & People and is based onsite in either our Soho or SLC office.

What You’ll Do

• Own and lead full-cycle recruiting or some of Rho’s most critical roles, spanning multiple functions depending on business needs and your strengths.

• Mentor and guide by sharing market insight, pressure-testing search strategy, and helping unblock challenging roles, stalled funnels, or misaligned hiring manager expectations.

• Design and optimize recruiting infrastructure: interview processes, data dashboards, and talent pipelines that help Rho move fast and hire right.

• Partner cross-functionally across business functions to forecast hiring needs, refine role scope, and drive alignment around quality, signal, and velocity.

• Treat recruiting like half art, half science: craft messaging that cuts through the noise, A/B test sourcing strategies, and adapt with data-driven insight.

• Obsess over metrics and outcomes: track funnel performance, measure quality of hire, and continuously raise the bar.

• Champion Rho’s talent brand in the SLC/NYC market and beyond—bringing our story to life through every candidate touchpoint.

What You Bring

• 7+ years of recruiting experience with depth in at least one domain (Technical, Product, GTM, G&A, or regulated functions) at a high growth startup.

• Full-cycle recruiting skills: source, nurture, and close exceptional technical talent.

• Proven success mentoring recruiters and sourcers, and building scalable hiring operations.

• Exceptional ability to influence and partner with senior stakeholders across business units.

• A track record of data-driven recruiting—comfortable diagnosing funnel health, forecasting hiring, and presenting insights.

• High ownership and accountability; you thrive when operating autonomously and building from zero to one.

• Deep understanding of the SLC/NYC recruiting market and how to attract top builders in a competitive landscape.

• Curiosity, experimentation, and resilience—you iterate, test, and adapt fast.

• Fluency with modern recruiting tools (LinkedIn, Notion, Slack, Google, Zoom; Ashby and Juicebox experience highly preferred).

Compensation & Benefits

Our people are our most valuable asset. The salary range for this role is $150,000 - $215,000. Base salary may vary depending on relevant experience, skills, and business needs. In addition to base pay, Rho offers equity, healthcare benefits, and paid time off.