Category Head - F&V at Weekday (Bengaluru, India)

Weekday· Bengaluru, India· INR 2.5M–INR 4M·2d ago

Role details

Salary

INR 2.5M–INR 4M

Work type

Onsite

Employment

Full-Time

Job description

This role is for one of our clients

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Min Experience: 8+ years Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India JobType: full-time

Fast-Growing YC Startup: Y Combinator (W21) backing, strong headcount and follower growth, and high demand for technical hiring solutions.
Global & Remote-Friendly: Workforce distributed across 6 countries (India, US, UK, Qatar, Thailand, Spain); offices in San Francisco and Bengaluru. linkedin.com
Engineering & Product Culture: Founders include CTO Anubhav Malik; technical roles are central to the product (Backend, Data Engineering, QA). linkedin.com
Active Hiring: 87 open positions across sales, engineering, operations, and more – strong signal of growth and opportunity. linkedin.com
Impactful Mission: Using AI to eliminate recruiter drudgery and increase human connection in hiring.

One-liner: Weekday is an AI-powered recruiting platform that automates outbound sourcing campaigns to help companies hire top technical talent.
Entity Type: Private (Seed stage; $2.2M total funding)
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States
Founded: 2021
Founders: Amit Singh (CEO & Co-founder), Chetan Dalal (CPO & Co-founder), Anubhav Malik (CTO & Co-founder), Sanjay Sivaraman (COO) weekday.works

Primary Industry: Human Resources Services / AI-powered recruiting
Target Customers: B2B; seed-stage startups to enterprises hiring for engineering and technical roles
Mission / Purpose: "Make hiring more human" by using AI to handle repetitive tasks, giving recruiters more time for meaningful interactions weekday.works

AI Recruiter (Outbound Sourcing Campaigns): Fully managed service that discovers, reaches out to, and pre-vets passive candidates via email, WhatsApp, and phone. Achieves 30–50% response rates (3–5x industry baseline). weekday.works
AI People Search & Database Access: Subscription model providing direct access to a verified database of 300M+ professionals across the US and India (covers ~80% of Indian white-collar workforce). Includes AI smart filters, AI-drafted outreach, and multi-channel automation. weekday.works
Free Candidate Tools: AI auto-apply, resume builder, ATS resume scorer, company salary data, and culture reviews. weekday.works
Chrome Extension & 20+ API Integrations: Fits into existing workflows and data pipelines. weekday.works

Valuation / Market Cap: Not publicly available (private company)
Key Metric: Total funding of $2.2M (seed rounds); 5M currently active users in their marketplace weekday.works
Notable Investors / Partners: Y Combinator (W21), Venture Highway (led latest seed round) linkedin.com
Growth Signals:
- Headcount: 108 employees (+58.1% YoY) linkedin.com
- LinkedIn followers: 576,069 (+84.5% YoY) linkedin.com
- Active job postings: 87 (monthly growth +61.1%) linkedin.com
- Ranked #1 on Product Hunt weekday.works

Massive Verified Database: 300M+ professionals with verified work history and contact data, covering ~80% of the Indian white-collar workforce – a unique asset for passive candidate sourcing. weekday.works
Multi-Channel Outreach: Combines email, WhatsApp, and phone – channels that outperform inbound-only hiring, especially for passive talent (70% of workforce). weekday.works
High Response Rates: Consistently 30–50% (vs. industry baseline <15%), driven by mutual-fit matching and persistent follow-up. weekday.works
Pre-Vetted Candidates: Delivers candidates who have been matched, screened, and confirmed interested before reaching the hiring team. weekday.works

Expand Technical Hiring Dominance: Purpose-built for engineering roles, serving companies like CRED, Enterpret, and Utopia Labs. weekday.works
Dual Engagement Models: Contingency (white-glove, 15% of salary) and Subscription (database + outreach credits) to serve both small teams and in-house recruiting departments. weekday.works
Continued AI Investment: AI-driven candidate discovery, messaging optimization, and resume screening remain core differentiators.

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