Senior Associate, Recruiting - Talos

Talos: Institutional Fabric for Digital Asset Markets

Founded in 2018, Talos provides institutional-grade trading technology for the global digital asset market, powering many of the major players in the crypto ecosystem. Our mission is clear: to advance the mass adoption of digital assets by seamlessly connecting institutions to the digital asset ecosystem. We are committed to building the most innovative and trusted platform in the world, supporting the entire trading lifecycle.

At Talos, you’ll find an environment that champions kindness and respect, values diverse perspectives, and upholds inclusivity at every turn. We believe every member of our team brings invaluable insights and abilities that drive Talos forward. In our pursuit of excellence, we foster a culture of trust, integrity, collaboration, and mutual growth.

We are a tight-knit yet globally distributed team of highly experienced engineers and business leaders, with hubs in New York, London, Singapore, and Cyprus. You’ll be part of a hybrid-friendly environment where your unique talents and insights will play a crucial role in building something extraordinary.

We're Hiring: Senior Associate, Recruiting

We are looking for a Senior Associate, Recruiting to own hiring across our Revenue & Operations organizations. In this role, you will manage the full recruiting lifecycle for a broad and varied set of business-critical roles — spanning sales, account management, marketing, finance, and business operations — partnering directly with hiring managers and senior leaders across the business. You will report to our Head of Talent Acquisition and work closely with our Co-Founders and leadership team to translate business priorities into hiring plans that keep pace with Talos’s growth.

This role is highly focused on sourcing, relationship building, and execution. We have an established Recruiting Operations (RecOps) function in place to enable our recruiters who handle scheduling, coordination, and administrative tasks. This allows you to dedicate your time to engaging with the strongest talent in the market and driving high-quality outcomes across a fast-moving, cross-functional pipeline of open roles.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruiting for roles across Talos’s Revenue & Operations organizations, partnering with hiring managers to define role scope, hiring strategy, and candidate profile.
• Source, engage, and close candidates across a wide range of commercial and operational functions, adapting your approach to each function’s market and talent pool.
• Develop and execute creative sourcing strategies to build strong, diverse pipelines of passive and active talent.
• Drive the full recruitment lifecycle within Ashby, while leveraging RecOps support for scheduling and administrative needs.
• Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers and senior stakeholders, providing guidance on market dynamics, compensation benchmarking, and hiring best practices.
• Ensure an exceptional, high-touch candidate experience that reflects Talos’s standards from first touch through offer.
• Use data and reporting in Ashby to track pipeline health, forecast time-to-fill, and share hiring insights with leadership.
• Continuously improve recruiting processes and playbooks as the Revenue & Operations orgs scale.

Qualifications & Attributes

• 3–5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally including both agency and in-house recruiting across commercial or business operations functions.
• Demonstrated ability to source and close candidates across a diverse set of roles simultaneously, in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility and influence with hiring managers and senior leaders.
• ATS Proficiency: Familiarity with an Applicant Tracking System is required; experience with Ashby is a significant advantage.
• Baseline understanding of capital markets, fintech, or digital assets is preferred but not essential.
• Attributes: Detail-oriented, adaptable, proactive, and professional, with strong ownership over your requisitions.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.

Benefits

You will also enjoy a comprehensive array of competitive benefits, regardless of your location, within our warm, welcoming, and ambitious company culture. Our offerings include a monthly wellness credit for personal use, such as gym memberships, massages, or even a ski pass for your next holiday. Additionally, we provide paid lunches in the office, monthly fitness and evening socials to foster connections with colleagues, and annual offsite events to engage with the wider team.

In New York City, the annual base compensation range is $120,000 - $150,000.

This position is eligible for discretionary bonus.

Get In Touch!

Sounds compelling? We’d love to hear from you. Contact us directly.

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Talos is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer.  We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.  Talos is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.  If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at careers@talos.com.

To protect the interests of all parties, Talos Trading, LLC and its affiliates (“Talos”) strongly discourage submission of unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate.

Talos will NOT pay fees, commissions or compensation of any kind (“Fees”) for any placement or hire resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Talos will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees and Talos reserves the right to contact, interview, and hire the candidate directly.

Agencies, search firms, recruitment firms and similar organizations (“Agencies”) must obtain advance written approval from Talos’s internal recruiting team to submit resumes, AND must sign a valid fully executed placement agreement with Talos in order to be eligible to receive any Fees from Talos. Talos will not pay a Fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place.  By submitting a resume without a signed agreement, you acknowledge and accept these terms.

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