Chariot

Founding Talent

Chariot

Chariot HQFullTimePosted Jul 16, 2026

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION In this role, you will play a pivotal part in fueling the company's growth by identifying, attracting, and hiring top-tier talent. You'll own the entire hiring process, partnering closely with Chariot’s leadership team, while designing and executing a strategic approach to recruiting. You'll lead full cycle recruiting for a diverse range of roles, including highly specialized and leadership positions, ensuring a seamless and exceptional candidate experience along the way.

To learn more about Chariot’s hiring philosophy see this page in our handbook https://chariot-1.gitbook.io/public-employee-handbook/background/hiring. 💼 WHAT YOU’LL DO AS OUR FIRST TALENT HIRE Lead Talent:

  • Maniacally focus on building a world class team set on revolutionizing charitable payments
  • Partner with leadership to understand hiring needs and refine our talent strategy
  • Coordinate interviews ensuring every candidate who interacts with Chariot has a positive experience
  • Represent the company brand externally, providing a strong first impression as the primary contact for prospective hires Build the System:
  • Identify top candidates for hire through calls, resume screening, and cutting through the noise
  • Build candidate pipeline through research, networking, events, and out of the box outreach
  • Set up, maintain, and report on recruiting funnel metrics to ensure we hit hiring goals 👤 ABOUT YOU
  • Organized and detail-oriented - you can juggle multiple roles and complex logistics
  • Scrappy and self-directed - you take ownership, use data to drive decisions, and don't need hand holding
  • Sourcing chops - able to go beyond LinkedIn with scrappy, creative tactics
  • Strong communicator who builds rapport quickly and acts as a strategic partner to founders and candidates
  • Bonus: Full-cycle recruiting experience in high growth startups with a track record of closing key roles 📚 WHAT YOU’LL GET FROM CHARIOT At Chariot, we are building modern, end-to-end payment infrastructure making donors' lives easier, and nonprofits' lives better. $600B gets donated to charity each year in the US and the existing technology/infrastructure was still built for our grandparents generation. Chariot is here to change that.
  • Traction. Annualizing over $1.8B in payment volume through Chariot. Tens of thousands of nonprofits already onboarded including American Cancer Society, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and University of Pennsylvania.
  • Impact: That money services nonprofits working in homelessness, health, education, the environment, and so much more.
  • Market opportunity: Billion dollar revenue opportunity. Fintech company operating in an untapped $600B market
  • The Team. >30% of Charioteers are former founders. NYC office, in-person Monday through Thursday, WFH Friday. The public handbook https://chariot-1.gitbook.io/public-employee-handbook shows how we operate. ❤️ EMPLOYEE BENEFITS - 🏥 Healthcare: Comprehensive healthcare, including options that are 100% covered by Chariot for you - 🌴 Time-Off: 18 days PTO and 13 holidays - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge - 👶 Parental Leave: 100% paid parental leave, including 12 weeks for primary caregivers - 🍽️ Team Lunches: Weekly team lunches - 🌯 Dinner on Chariot: Free dinner every day at office past 8pm - 🎉 Team Events: Monthly team building events - 💎Employee-friendly equity: 2 year exercise window and double-trigger acceleration - 😎 Company Retreats: To get away - we all convene 2-3x / year company retreats - 🎁 Matching Gifts: Matching DAFs and daily charitable giving through Good. Today https://goodtoday.org/