- Location
- San Francisco
- Last Published
- May. 18, 2025
- Sector
- Security
- Function
- People & HR
About Persona Persona is the configurable identity platform built for businesses in a digital-first world. Verifying individuals and organizations is harder — but more important — than ever, with AI enabling fraudsters to launch sophisticated accounts at scale and regulations evolving rapidly. We’ve built Persona to support practically every use case and industry — that’s why we’re able to serve a wide range of leading companies. For example, Coursera uses Persona to ensure the right person is earning each degree. Meanwhile, OpenAI relies on Persona to keep bad actors out, protecting one of the world’s most powerful AI platforms from large-scale abuse in a time when AI is reshaping the way we work and live. We believe that making the internet safer and more human requires a team that reflects the diverse, global nature of the people we aim to serve. We’re growing rapidly and looking for exceptional people to join us. About the Role We're growing fast and need great people to help us scale! We're looking for a recruiting generalist who knows how to move quickly and loves creating amazing experiences for candidates. Any given week can vary, from helping build top of funnel for open roles, to owning the offer process across different departments. You'll join a team where homemade cookies appear on tough days, laughter fills our meetings, and team offsites are actually fun. You'll be instrumental in helping in this next phase of company growth, helping us in our mission to make the internet a safer place. This role is primarily based in our San Francisco office, with required in-office days Tuesday through Thursday. Relocation assistance is available for anyone located outside the San Francisco Bay Area.
What you'll do at Persona
- Support recruitment process - Partner with leadership to define needs, scope roles, and manage all parts of the recruiting cycle for a variety of roles and functions.
- Create sourcing strategies - Develop innovative approaches to build diverse candidate pipelines through multiple channels.
- Dive into full-cycle - You’ll participate in full-cycle recruiting, from outreach to offer, ensuring an excellent candidate experience across the business.
- Optimize processes - We’re scaling rapidly. You’ll help continuously improve our recruitment workflows and systems.
- Ad-hoc projects - Work cross-functionally to build or revamp existing programs (ie - interviewer training, recruiting events, content, and employer brand-building strategies).
What you'll bring to Persona
- Minimum 1+ years of recruiting experience, ideally having spent some time in a startup or high-growth environment
- Proven creative problem-solving abilities
- Experience managing offers and closing candidates
- Passion for candidate experience - candidates love you!
- You’re a natural at cross-team collaboration
- Flexible and outcome-focused, you have a ‘roll-up-your-sleeves’ way of getting things done, even if it means scheduling candidates
Why Persona
- Strong growth trajectory - Since our founding in 2018, we've built one of the fastest-growing companies at our stage.
- Career development - As we scale rapidly, you'll grow your expertise recruiting exceptional talent across diverse teams and departments, building your reputation for quality hiring while expanding your business impact. You’ll sharpen your recruiting skills from some of the most skilled recruiters in the industry (made up of alumni from Uber, Coursera, Fast, and Kleiner Perkins).
- Outstanding benefits - Unlimited PTO, quarterly mental health days, delicious catered meals, 401K contribution, company-wide end-of-year shutdown (+ many more!).
- Amazing culture - SF-based team is close-knit, with quarterly offsites and a highly collaborative team. We’re honored to be recognized as one of Inc’s Best Workplaces, and Fortune’s Best Medium Workplaces (#14).