Senior Recruiter

Dave vs. Goliath. We’re Dave.

Dave is a financial app on a mission to build products that level the financial playing field. It is redefining the financial landscape by leveraging technology to create an affordable, transparent, and user-centric access to liquidity for millions of Americans. As a leading innovator in the U.S. financial services sector, Dave’s digital financial platform offers products designed to meet the credit needs of those underserved by traditional financial institutions. Dave’s offerings include its flagship ExtraCash product, providing members up to $500 within minutes. The company is on track to launch several new product offerings in 2026, including a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) option.

Dave is focused on serving Americans who are financially vulnerable or living paycheck to paycheck. Dave is leading the charge in creating a new era of credit products that prioritizes speed, affordability, and accessibility, making it the go-to financial partner for those who need it most.

Our Talent Acquisition team is intentionally lean—three people supporting a growing public company—so every hire counts. We don’t focus on volume. We focus on impact: making thoughtful, high-quality hires that shape the future of our products, teams, and culture. We’ve built a recruiting model centered on a structured process, strong hiring manager partnerships, and tools that reduce noise so we can focus on what matters.

The Role

You'll own full-cycle recruiting for Product, Growth Marketing, and Finance. That includes the senior, leadership, and cross-functional hires that shape how those teams scale. As the business needs it, your portfolio will also cover technical and technically adjacent searches in Engineering and Data, plus leadership roles in our Operations functions.

This is a senior individual contributor role. You'll run the searches where the bar is highest and a miss costs the most: hard-to-fill roles, competitive talent markets, and hires that report to VPs and executives. You'll partner directly with Director- and VP-level leaders to define roles before they open, calibrate what great looks like, and push back when a search needs a different approach.

You won't just work within our hiring system. You'll help shape it. We expect you to spot patterns across searches, tighten interview structure and calibration, and use data to improve outcomes beyond your own portfolio. You'll have high autonomy, close access to decision-makers, and a team that values pragmatic, systems-minded recruiting.

What You Build & Own

• Own full-cycle searches across Product, Growth Marketing, Finance, Member Success, and Risk Ops, including the executive and cross-functional roles that shape how those teams scale

• Partner directly with VP and Director-level hiring managers to define roles and calibrate the bar before a req opens, so searches start aligned instead of drifting mid-process

• Build targeted sourcing strategies for hard-to-fill, complex positions in competitive talent markets.

• Analyze pipeline, funnel, and hiring data to catch a stalling search early and bring hiring managers a real fix instead of a status update

• Tighten interview structure and calibration standards across the portfolio so quality of hire improves on every search that runs through it, including the ones you don't personally run

• Facilitate debriefs and partner with our compensation team on offer strategy for the roles where a wrong call costs the business the most

• Lead or support recruiting operations projects and contribute to cross-functional People and Talent initiatives, improving how we hire beyond your own searches.

• Use Ashby, LinkedIn, and AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to analyze hiring data, identify stalled searches, and recommend changes. Apply AI and automation to improve recruiting workflows.

What to expect

You’ll manage a range of high impact searches—from foundational engineering roles to strategic cross-functional and leadership hires. While you’ll focus on Product, Marketing, and Operations, your scope will flex where the business needs you most. You’ll have clear ownership, modern tools, and close access to decision-makers.

You’ll collaborate with hiring managers, People Partners, and Comp to shape both process and outcomes. We expect you to operate with autonomy, stay aligned with stakeholders, and use data to improve along the way.

This role is well-suited to someone who thrives in ambiguity, values clarity, and enjoys working at the intersection of systems and people.

What We're Looking For

• 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a strong core in Product and/or Growth Marketing hiring

• Experience recruiting in fintech, banking, or another regulated industry. You understand how compliance and risk shape hiring for those functions.

• Comfortable running technical or technically-adjacent searches when the portfolio crosses into Engineering or Data

• Track record partnering directly with senior or executive stakeholders and influencing their hiring decisions

• A systems-oriented approach to recruiting, with real interest in improving the process itself

• Fluency with modern ATS tooling (we use Ashby) and comfort using data to diagnose pipeline health

• Clear, confident communicator who operates independently in a high-trust, high-autonomy environment

• No degree requirement

Nice-to-Have

• Experience building or formalizing a recruiting process from the ground up

• In-house recruiting experience at a public or financial technology company

• Exposure to Ashby, Greenhouse, or similar ATS migrations

What makes someone successful here

You think about recruiting as a system—not just filling open roles. You help teams calibrate quality early, challenge assumptions, and take ownership of delivering strong pipelines.
You’re pragmatic, clear, and comfortable operating in a high-autonomy environment. You adapt quickly and focus on what actually improves outcomes. DEIB is part of how you work, not a separate initiative.

Why join Dave

• Work that matters: Hire the people who will build what’s next—from foundational infrastructure to new product bets

• Tools that work: Ashby, structured interviews, async workflows—everything designed to support focus, not friction

• Access and influence: Partner directly with hiring managers, People leadership, and execs across the business

• Room to grow: Stretch into ops, talent mapping, systems work, or broader People/HR roles as your scope evolves

• Mission with reach: Help build a team that’s expanding financial access for over 12 million (and growing)

• Real ownership: Meaningful equity in a public company, comprehensive benefits, 401k match, flexible PTO

Ready to build for the underdog?
Reports to: Director, Talent Acquisition

Don’t let imposter syndrome get in the way of an incredible opportunity. We’re looking for people who can help us achieve our mission and vision, not just check off the boxes. If you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why you’ll love working here: 

At Dave, our people are just as important as our product. Our culture reflects the values that guide who we are, how we work, and what we aspire to be. Daves are member-centric, helpful, transparent, persistent, and better together. We strive to create an environment where all Daves feel valued, heard, and empowered to do their best work. As a virtual-first company, team members can live and work anywhere in the United States, except Hawaii.

A few of our benefits & perks:

💚 Opportunity to tackle tough challenges, learn and grow from fellow top talent, and help millions of people reach their personal financial goals

💻 Flexible hours and virtual-first work culture with a home office stipend

🏥 Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance plans

👶 Generous paid parental and caregiver leave

💰 401(k) savings plan with matching contributions

📈 Financial advisor and financial wellness support

🏖️ Flexible PTO and generous company holidays, including Juneteenth and Winter Break

🎉 All-company in-person events once or twice a year and virtual events throughout to connect with your team members and leadership team

Dave Operating LLC is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is dedicated to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants and do not discriminate on any basis protected by federal, state, or local law, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history.

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