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title: 'Talent Partner at Valkai'
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# Talent Partner at Valkai

- **Company:** Valkai
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $140k–$190k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-06-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/valkai/c733af8c-9295-45dd-813b-dae846e9669e

## Job description

## THE ROLE

Valkai is building a world-class team and we need someone to own talent as we scale. This is a generalist role. You'll run full-cycle recruiting, build the operations that make hiring fast, and take on people ops work that keeps the company running as we grow. You'll work directly with the founding team. The mandate is broad: source and close engineers, design the process candidates move through, and own projects that touch every part of how people join and stay at Valkai. If you want range and ownership over narrow specialization, this is the role.

## RESPONSIBILITIES

- Run full-cycle recruiting: source, screen, coordinate, and help close candidates across engineering and go-to-market roles
- Own candidate experience from first touch to signed offer, so every candidate leaves the process wanting to work here, including the ones we pass on
- Run recruiting operations in Ashby: pipelines, scheduling, scorecards, and the data that tells us what's working
- Drive top of funnel through sourcing, application review, and first-touch outreach
- Own people ops work as we scale: onboarding, HR systems, and the processes that keep the team running
- Take talent projects end to end, from referral programs to process redesigns, and make each one measurably faster
- Use AI tools across the entire workflow. We expect the talent function to be as AI-native as the company it's building

## REQUIREMENTS

- Thoughtful problem solvers: You start with a clear and accurate understanding of the context. You break down messy problems into concrete plans and think about what the candidate experiences, not just what the calendar says.
- Organized and self-sufficient: You manage yourself, navigate ambiguity, and find ways to create measurable impact. You turn loose goals into concrete execution plans, and nothing falls through the cracks on your watch.
- Owner of your mission: You own outcomes, not tasks completed. You take pride in how candidates experience Valkai and in how fast the process runs.
- Sharp eye for people: You notice what exceptional looks like and can tell the difference between a good resume and a great one.
- Range: You move between sourcing, closing, operations, and people ops without dropping any of them. You'd rather own a wide surface than go deep on one slice.

## NICE TO HAVE

- 3+ years in recruiting, people ops, or a related operations role
- Full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally on a technical team
- Experience at an early-stage startup or on a competitive, high-performing team
- Hands-on time with an ATS (we use Ashby)
- You do not need Life Sciences experience

## BENEFITS

- Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
- Generous PTO policy
- Paid parental leave

At Valkai, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

## About Valkai

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Valkai provides an AI operating system for life sciences, using agent systems to accelerate drug discovery, clinical trials, and regulatory workflows across pharma, biotech, and medical device companies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: New York City, NY, USA
- **Founded**: 2024 ([builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/valkai))
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Artificial intelligence / Life sciences software
- **Target customers**: B2B – large pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, and medical device organizations
- **Mission**: “Bringing life back to life sciences” – enabling experts to spend less time on coordination and more time advancing science ([valkai.com](https://www.valkai.com/))

## Products & Services
- **Agent Systems for Life Sciences**: A platform that connects internal data, industry sources, and AI agents into a single coordinated layer to remove blockers in the pipeline. Covers quality management (ISO 13485, FDA 21 CFR Part 820), regulatory pathway guidance, sales intelligence, and workflow automation. ([valkai.com](https://www.valkai.com/), [getvalkai.com](http://www.getvalkai.com/))
- **Custom Software Solutions**: Modular, customizable tools that integrate into company-specific workflows. ([getvalkai.com](http://www.getvalkai.com/))
- **Enterprise Security & Compliance**: Isolated data storage, client data not used for training, third-party auditing, and GxP compliance. ([valkai.com](https://www.valkai.com/), [getvalkai.com](http://www.getvalkai.com/))

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Over 20,000 users across top pharma companies (per [valkai.com](https://www.valkai.com/))
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available
- **Growth Signals**: Founded in 2024, already trusted by “leading life science organizations” including a top 5 medical device company and a leading biotech; aggressively hiring for multiple roles (AI Strategy, Talent, Product Designer).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep domain expertise**: Built by a team with decades of experience across life sciences, regulation, and AI innovation. ([valkai.com](https://www.valkai.com/))
- **Enterprise-grade security**: Designed by security experts with over a decade of experience in regulated environments; meets highest standards for data privacy and compliance.
- **Full pipeline coverage**: Integrates quality, regulatory, sales, and research workflows in a single platform, differentiating from point solutions.

## Strategic Focus
- Accelerate adoption of agent systems within major life sciences organizations.
- Expand platform capabilities and modular tools to cover more workflow pain points.
- Grow the team across engineering, product, and customer-facing roles.

## Why Work Here
- **Work model**: Hybrid / In-office (New York City). The company describes a “Hybrid Workspace” where employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work. ([builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/valkai))
- **Culture**: Small, agile team (currently 1 employee listed, likely growing fast) working on a mission-driven problem – making medicine more abundant.
- **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on AI innovation, security, and direct collaboration with life sciences experts. The team includes veterans from “the world’s premier AI labs and life sciences companies.” ([valkai.com](https://www.valkai.com/))

## Sources
1. [valkai.com](https://www.valkai.com/) – Company overview, products, security, mission, and team.
2. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/valkai) – Year founded, location, work model, employee count, and job listings.
3. [builtin.com/jobs](https://builtin.com/company/valkai/jobs) – Job description details and company tags.
4. [getvalkai.com](http://www.getvalkai.com/) – Product features, enterprise security, and industry use cases.
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/valkai](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/valkai) – Careers page listing open roles.

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