[Hiring] Director, Executive Recruiting & Talent Intelligence @AlphaSense

Role Description

AlphaSense is building an executive talent function that operates as a true strategic capability, not a reactive search desk. This is the role that builds it.

This role sits at the intersection of two mandates that converge into one strategic function. AlphaSense is investing in a set of new, high-velocity product initiatives that require identifying a very specific archetype: founder-caliber builders with deep roots in the fintech and institutional finance ecosystem. Finding those people — before they’re looking, through relationships built over years — requires the kind of market intelligence and network depth that most recruiting functions don’t have.

That same capability — deep market intelligence, warm networks, and the judgment to know which people will define this company’s future — is exactly what powers a world-class executive search function. So this role also owns VP-and-above hiring end-to-end: building the operating model, rationalizing our use of external agencies, and operating as the definitive internal authority on how AlphaSense identifies and closes the world’s best leaders.

You are not filling a search desk. You are building a function from scratch and establishing talent intelligence as a strategic asset at AlphaSense, with a direct relationship with our executive team.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of executive or senior-level recruiting experience — in-house, retained search, or a blend of both; direct experience building or significantly scaling a function strongly preferred.
• You have an existing, warm network inside the NYC fintech entrepreneurial community — founders, operators, and builders who have taken products to market in institutional finance.
• You’ve worked closely with or inside VC firms, venture studios, or high-growth companies in their company-defining windows.
• You’ve operated at the intersection of recruiting and market intelligence — you think in competitive dynamics, not requisition queues.
• Demonstrated success placing VP-and-above candidates across multiple functions, including GTM, Engineering, Finance, and/or Product.
• Experience designing or overhauling an executive search operating model — including agency strategy, tooling decisions, and team structure.
• Fluency with AI-powered talent intelligence and sourcing tools; a genuine conviction that technology reshapes what’s possible in executive search.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to advise and influence at the C-suite level — someone leaders turn to proactively, not just when a search opens.
• Data-driven: comfortable building and interpreting TA analytics, market compensation data, and search performance dashboards.
• High degree of discretion and professionalism in handling sensitive, confidential information.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; executive-caliber presentation and synthesis.
• Experience with ATS platforms (Greenhouse, Workday, or similar).
• Deep commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as a non-negotiable practice.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree a plus.

Requirements

• Talent intelligence & specialist sourcing — architect & build.
• Map the NYC fintech and institutional finance ecosystem — founders, operators, and builders who have taken products to market — and build proactive pipelines for high-priority, specialized hiring initiatives.
• Develop deep, ongoing relationships with the NYC fintech entrepreneurial community: VC and venture studio ecosystems, portfolio talent teams, and founder networks where this archetype concentrates.
• Know who the relevant players are before they post on LinkedIn — and have the relationships that mean they’ll take your call.
• Support targeted hiring for new product initiatives where the talent profile sits outside traditional recruiting channels — and where speed and network depth matter more than process.
• Connect specialist sourcing to core senior product hiring: the entrepreneurial builder archetype and the senior PM talent we want in our product team live in the same networks — one intelligence flywheel serves both.
• Build this as a durable, function-wide capability that informs the entire TA organization over time.

Benefits

• Base Compensation Range: $210,000 — $250,000 USD.
• You may also be offered a performance-based bonus, equity, and a generous benefits program.

Company Description

AlphaSense is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor.

This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.