Head of Talent

At Exa, we’re building a next-gen embeddings based search engine for AI. We’re a ~80-person team from places like Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Apple, and Palantir, backed by Benchmark, Lightspeed, and NVIDIA, and we’re scaling fast. We’re looking for a Head of Talent to own and build Exa’s entire hiring engine. You’ll work directly with our founders and CoS to build our early organization structure, out-compete companies like Anthropic and OpenAI for top research talent, and build our our people organization. ABOUT THE ROLE The Head of Talent at Exa is both a strategic leader and a practical operator.This role sits at the center of Exa’s growth. The people you hire will define the company (and the future of search!). WHAT YOU’LL DO - Set Exa’s hiring roadmap with founders and CoS, and define what “great” looks like across teams - Personally source, assess, and close high-impact hires, including senior engineers, GTM leaders, and early execs - Run the most critical searches end-