Description
About Kalepa:
Insurance is a $7T global industry built on professional labor: underwriting, claims, pricing, operations, and distribution. Kalepa is building AI that can perform that work.
We create professional-grade AI systems for insurers: software that can read, reason, decide, and act inside real workflows and operate over long-time horizons. Kalepa begins by augmenting professionals with the tools to succeed at their jobs. That earns us the right to learn from real decisions, capture decision traces, and automate what can be automated successfully over time.
Our products are already in production with leading insurers, driving measurable outcomes and expanding across functions. The opportunity is far broader than any single workflow: to build the AI operating system for decision-making across insurance. For people who want to work on AI that matters, in a sector where correctness, trust, and real-world impact count, Kalepa is just getting started.
Kalepa is backed by leading investors such as IA Ventures and Inspired Capital, and our team brings experience from Facebook, Palantir, Google, Amazon, McKinsey, Mastercard, and Uber.
Our Values (This is important):
Many organizations have a dusty list of corporate values that no one ever follows. Kalepa is not one of those companies. Our values are designed to unlock the potential of our employees.
Success at Kalepa is bred from five core principles:
- Hustle and Determination - We hire people who take full ownership of their craft and relentlessly pursue excellence with speed and determination. We choose the hard problems and do not give up. This is the foundation of how we work and how we win.
- Deliver Customer Impact - We're obsessed with customer impact. Every feature, every line of code, every decision is measured against one question: does this help insurers make better decisions? If it doesn't drive speed, accuracy, or profitability for our customers, we don't build it.
- Meritocracy - We're building something exceptional, and that requires exceptional people and ideas. We have a high bar but we reward excellence with rapid growth. If you're the best at what you do, you'll thrive here.
- Transparency - We value honest, transparent communication over politics. We challenge ideas, not people. We say what needs to be said, even when it's hard. This is how we solve problems fast and find the truth.
- Experiment Relentlessly - Many of the problems we face have never been solved before. We tackle them by testing quickly, measuring rigorously, and iterating until we find the path forward. Speed of learning is our advantage.
In addition to our NY office, we have remote employees speaking 10+ languages across the globe. But we invest in bringing our people together both for regional meetups and global offsites (2021 - Playa Del Carmen | 2022 - Rome | 2023 - Buenos Aires | 2024 - Lisbon | 2025 - Cartagena).
Kalepa’s culture isn’t for everyone, and that’s ok. But for the people who are a fit, they can’t imagine working elsewhere.
About the role:
Base Salary: $200K - $260K*
Location: New York, New York (Hybrid)
The Director of Talent Acquisition role is a foundational leadership position, responsible for shaping how Kalepa continues to scale its most valuable asset: people. It’s a high-impact role for a strategic and hands-on recruiting leader who can set the talent acquisition vision, personally own hiring outcomes, build a high-performing team, and partner with executives to ensure Kalepa continues to attract A+ players aligned with our unique culture, values, and ambition to build a generational company disrupting a >$1T industry.
Key responsibilities:
- Own and shape Kalepa’s talent acquisition strategy end-to-end, translating business goals into hiring plans across all functions globally - including Engineering, Product, GTM, Operations, and any other functional areas.
- Design and own the recruiting operating model: from intake and sourcing through assessment, offer strategy, and close — ensuring consistency, rigor, and a best-in-class candidate experience at every stage.
- Track and report on key recruiting metrics to drive continuous improvement and inform recruiting strategy and operations. Consistently make use of data to experiment with novel approaches and optimize Kalepa’s recruiting practices.
- Lead and directly own searches across a variety of functions and levels, ensuring key roles are filled in a timely manner with A+ talent.
- Own and evolve Kalepa employer brand to position us as the employer of choice for top talent.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to executives and hiring managers, proactively surfacing opportunities and making data-driven recommendations.
- Build, lead, and develop the recruiting team — setting performance standards, providing ongoing coaching, and creating a high-accountability, high-support culture.
About you:
- You have 8+ years of recruiting / talent acquisition experience, with a proven track record of attracting and hiring A+ players across several functions at high-growth companies.
- You have 2+ years of people management experience, including building, coaching, and scaling in-house recruiting teams.
- You have owned hiring outcomes at high-growth companies and know what it takes to scale hiring in a fast-paced, high-standards environment.
- You are analytical and data-driven — you use recruiting metrics to diagnose problems, inform strategy, and continuously raise the bar.
- You lean heavily into building with AI, leveraging next generation tooling to multiply what talent and people can do.
- You are deeply aligned with Kalepa's culture and are excited to evangelize it with candidates and build a team that embodies it.
- You love to hustle: finding ways to get things done, destroying obstacles, and never taking no for an answer. “It can’t be done” is not in your vocabulary.
- You are passionate, deeply motivated, and have a strong will to win. You are excited about building a world-class team.
- You value open, frank, and respectful communication.
What you’ll get
- Competitive salary (based on experience level).
- Significant equity options package in a high-growth company.
- 401(k) plan with employer contribution (regardless of employee contribution)
- Excellent benefits: 100% covered medical, 100% covered vision and dental for yourself and your family.
- Work with an ambitious, smart, global, and fun team to transform a $1T global industry.
- 20 days of PTO a year.
- Global team offsites (2021 - Playa del Carmen, 2022 - Rome, 2023 - Buenos Aires, 2024 - Lisbon, 2025 - Cartagena)
- Healthy living/gym stipend. Mobile phone bill stipend.
- Continuing education credits.
*The salary range listed is an estimate and will vary based on a variety of factors. Final compensation will be determined during the offer stage based on relevant experience, performance during the interview process, and geographic location, and may therefore differ from the posted range.
Similar jobs
Est. 305,000 USD
About Kalepa: Insurance is a $7T global industry built on professional labor: underwriting, claims, pricing, operations, and distribution. Kalepa is building AI that can perform that work. We create professional-grade AI…
Est. 120,000 USD
ABOUT BASELAYER Every day, financial institutions make consequential decisions about which businesses to onboard and trust, in order to grow with confidence. Baselayer exists to make those decisions faster, more accurate…
Est. 65,000 USD
Who we are: At Arkana Laboratories, everyone has an important role to fill. Come join us and be a part of a team dedicated to making life better for those who need it most. This place is packed with super-smart people wh…
Est. 187,500 USD
CodePath is the largest educator of college computer science students in the country. We've trained over 40,000 students from 1,000+ universities, and our partners include Amazon, Google, and other leading technology com…
Est. 210,000 USD
Pelago is the leading specialty substance use care provider, built on the belief that effective treatment means matching care intensity to what each member actually needs rather than defaulting to the most expensive inte…
Est. 215,000 USD
Pelago is the leading specialty substance use care provider, built on the belief that effective treatment means matching care intensity to what each member actually needs rather than defaulting to the most expensive inte…
Est. 165,000 USD
About Pagaya Shape the Future of FinancePagaya is building a leading artificial intelligence network to help our partners grow their businesses and better serve their customers. Pagaya is a global technology company maki…
Est. 182,500 USD
About Pallet Pallet is building AI Agents to transform the physical economy — a $12 trillion global industry. We’ve raised $50M from top investors, including General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bain Capital…
Est. 168,000 USD
Kepler executes engineered marketing, where every message and ad delivered helps create a more personalized and productive relationship between brands and their consumers. We do this by acting as clients’ agency of recor…
Est. 37,500 USD
About Pagaya Shape the Future of FinancePagaya is building a leading artificial intelligence network to help our partners grow their businesses and better serve their customers. Pagaya is a global technology company maki…
Est. 192,500 USD
About Pallet Pallet is building AI Agents to transform the physical economy — a $12 trillion global industry. We’ve raised $50M from top investors, including General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bain Capital…
Est. 117,450 GBP
Who we are Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop acti…
Est. 160,000 USD
About Parloa Parloa’s mission is to make every customer conversation feel effortless for both customers and the companies serving them. As agentic AI accelerates, Parloans are shaping the foundation of a new era in custo…
Est. 240,000 USD
Pelago is the leading specialty substance use care provider, built on the belief that effective treatment means matching care intensity to what each member actually needs rather than defaulting to the most expensive inte…
Est. 183,885 USD
Who we are Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop acti…
Est. 180,000 USD
About Carrot: Carrot is the leading global fertility and family care platform, built on intelligent care orchestration: the right clinical guidance, at the right moment, in the context of each member’s life. More than a…
Est. 120,000 GBP
About Staffbase We inspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is to help organizations unlock the power of inspirational communication with the first AI-native Employee Experience Platform. Our industry…
About Staffbase We inspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is to help organizations unlock the power of inspirational communication with the first AI-native Employee Experience Platform. Our industry…
Est. 146,700 GBP
Job title: Director of Product & Tech DeliveryLocation: Bristol or London (hybrid)Salary: £130,400 - £163,000Team: Product & Tech OperationsReporting to: VP Product & Tech Operations This role is based in eit…
Est. 220,000 USD
About Us: YipitData is the leading market research and analytics firm for the disruptive economy and most recently raised $475M from The Carlyle Group at a valuation of over $1B. Every day, our proprietary technology ana…
Est. 158,340 USD
Who we are Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop acti…
Est. 148,379 USD
Who we are Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop acti…
Est. 80,000 USD
WHO ARE WE? Launch Potato is the discovery and conversion company. We reach tens of millions of people every month through our brands, including FinanceBuzz, All About Cookies, and OnlyInYourState. We turn that attention…
Est. 165,000 USD
Kepler executes engineered marketing, where every message and ad delivered helps create a more personalized and productive relationship between brands and their consumers. We do this by acting as clients’ agency of recor…
Est. 110,000 USD
This role is located in Somerville, MA - We are a hybrid work environment and are in the office 3+ days/per week. Tulip, the leader in AI-native frontline operations, is helping companies around the world equip their wor…
Est. 260,000 USD
Who We Are Lightning AI is the company behind PyTorch Lightning. Founded in 2019, we build an end-to-end platform for developing, training, and deploying AI systems—designed to take ideas from research to production with…
Caylent is an AI-first cloud services company that helps organizations turn ambitious ideas into meaningful business impact. As an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner and a charter member of Anthropic’s Claude Partner Netw…
Est. 92,763 USD
Who we are Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop acti…
Est. 226,200 USD
Who we are Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop acti…
Est. 120,000 GBP
Job title: Pre-Sales Senior Engineer Location: London/Bristol - Hybrid Team: Commercial Reporting To: Head of Client Solutions This role is based in London or Bristol and requires existing right to work in the UK. At thi…