People and Talent Lead, Heron Data
$95-160k
+ 0.01%-0.1% equity
More information about location
AI and LLMs to automate document-heavy workflows
Open for applications
AI and LLMs to automate document-heavy workflows
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$95-160k
+ 0.01%-0.1% equity
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To save human lifetimes of tedious, white-collar work.
Role
Who you are
- Operationally excellent: You’re fast, organized, and able to keep multiple priorities moving at once without losing attention to detail
- A sharp judge of people: You have great instincts on talent, can assess candidates and teammates effectively, and care deeply about helping a team achieve its goals
- Systems-minded: You think in processes and frameworks, not one-offs - but you don’t let that get in the way of getting things done!
- Trustworthy and detail-oriented: You handle sensitive topics and confidential information with care and sensitivity
- A great communicator: Whether it’s a hiring message, a team update, or a 1:1 conversation, you know how to communicate with clarity and warmth
- Scrappy and creative: when faced with an obstacle, you will either overcome it by pure determination (i.e., by hand), or find an unconventional approach or ‘hack’ to navigate it
- Persistent: you may not always find the right answer or person immediately, but you're motivated to keep on trying until you do so. You’ll go the extra mile - including Flying to Gainesville - if that’s what it takes
- Pilot not passenger: at a fast-growing company like Heron we need people who jump on opportunities unprompted and drive them to a great outcome, rather than folks who wait to be told what to do
- Excited to work in a fast-paced, high-growth, team-based environment: we aim to move quickly and decisively, but together. You’ll be a great team player and do what it takes for the team to succeed
What the job involves
- We’re looking for someone to take full ownership of how we hire and onboard great people at Heron. From day one, you’ll be hands-on: sourcing great candidates, running fast and effective hiring processes, and making sure every new joiner is set up for success
- You’ll work closely with founders and other hiring managers, and have a real say in how we build the team. If something’s missing, unclear, or could be better, you’ll have the opportunity to make it happen
- Longer-term, depending on your interests, this role could grow well beyond recruitment. If you’re excited about shaping how performance, onboarding, culture, and other people topics at a fast-growing company, those opportunities will open up over time
- This is a hands-on role initially focused on hiring and onboarding great people
- Recruiting & hiring for our highest-priority roles. This includes sourcing top talent, refining our hiring process, and helping our interviewers close exceptional candidates
- Onboarding new talent to get them up and running quickly and smoothly and ensure everyone at Heron has what they need to succeed
- People operations: over time, help us improve processes/ systems that will make Heron an even better place to work, including those related to feedback, performance and development, culture, company-wide communications, retreats/ offsites
Application process
- 1 or 2 initial ‘get to know you’ conversations
- Take-home challenge - a task which roughly represents the work we would expect from you
- Team interviews - 2-3 hours in-person, mix of skills-based and behavioral interviews
- References
Our take
NY-based Heron Data is using advanced AI and LLMs to automate document-heavy workflows, with its flagship product streamlining underwriting for small business lenders and specialty finance companies. With its automation, customers can deliver their services faster, more accurately, and fairly.
With over 130 clients across industries like fintech, insurance, and law, the future is an exciting one for Heron. As it handles tens of thousands of documents daily, processing over 20M bank transactions, it's in an ideal position for expansion and will be one to watch in coming years.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jul 2025
$16m
SERIES A
Sep 2020
$1.2m
SEED
Total funding: $17.4m
Company HQ
Kips Bay, New York, NY
Leadership
Johannes Jaeckle
(Co-Founder & CEO)Operations Manager and Managing Director of Segovia Technology UK from 2015 to 2019. CEO and Managing Director of Taptap Send from 2018 to 2019.
Dominic Kwok
(Co-Founder & CTO)Experience as Data Scientist for Spotify and Facebook. Manager of Data Science for Revolut from 2019 to 2020.
Jamie Parker
(Co-Founder & CRO)Experience as Founder of The Student White Tie Company from 2014 to 2016. Associate and Manager of AlphaSights from 2015 to 2020.
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