Talent Acquisition Lead

About Clear Street:

Clear Street is modernizing the brokerage ecosystem. Founded in 2018, Clear Street is a diversified financial services firm replacing the legacy infrastructure used across capital markets. 

We started from scratch by building a completely cloud-native clearing and custody system designed for today’s complex, global market. Our platform is fully integrated with central clearing houses and exchanges to support billions in trading volume per day. We’ve agonized about our data model abstractions, created horizontal scalability, and crafted thoughtful APIs. All so we can provide a best-in-class experience for our clients. 

By combining highly-skilled product and engineering talent with seasoned finance professionals, we’re building the essentials to compete in today’s fast-paced markets.

The Team

The People team is a small team of highly motivated and collaborative individuals on a mission to create and evolve a world class HR function here at Clear Street.  As Clear Street grows, our team is scaling the infrastructure that touches every aspect of the employee lifecycle.  

The Role

We’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Lead to lead and scale our recruiting function as Clear Street continues to grow. This is a strategic and hands-on role responsible for driving the firm’s talent acquisition strategy, leading a high-performing team, and elevating the Clear Street employer brand.

You’ll oversee the full lifecycle of recruiting across all business lines while enhancing our data-driven approach, embedding DEI into every stage of hiring, and building early-career pipelines to support sustainable growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Talent Acquisition function - manage, coach, and develop a team of recruiters to deliver best-in-class hiring outcomes.
• Define and execute the firm’s recruiting strategy, aligning with business objectives and workforce plans.
• Build and enhance Clear Street’s employer brand to attract top talent across technology, operations, and corporate functions.
• Own talent reporting and analytics, delivering regular insights on recruiting performance, funnel efficiency, and workforce trends.
• Partner with leadership to drive diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within hiring strategies and candidate experience.
• Design and implement early career programs, including internships, graduate hiring, and partnerships with universities.
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners and business leaders to anticipate talent needs and shape proactive sourcing strategies.
• Oversee vendor relationships and external partnerships, ensuring quality and alignment with Clear Street’s brand and standards.
• Continuously improve processes, tools, and candidate experience to ensure consistency, fairness, and scalability.

Requirements

• 15 years of progressive recruiting experience, with at least 5 years leading a high-performing TA team.
• Proven ability to scale recruiting operations within a high-growth or financial technology environment.
• Proven track record of executive-level recruitment, including managing complex, confidential, or high-impact searches.
• Strong understanding of data and analytics as a driver of recruiting decisions.
• Experience building and managing employer branding and DEI initiatives.
• Skilled in stakeholder management - able to influence, advise, and collaborate across executive and business teams.
• Passionate about creating exceptional candidate experiences and developing high-performing recruiting teams.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving organization that values accountability, ownership, and transparency.

We Offer:

The Base Salary Range for this role is $195,000 - $260,000. This range is representative of the starting base salaries for this role at Clear Street. Where a candidate falls in this range will be based on job related factors such as relevant experience, skills, and location. This range represents Base Salary only, which is just one element of Clear Street's total compensation. The range stated does not include other factors of total compensation such as bonuses or equity.

At Clear Street, we offer competitive compensation packages, company equity, 401k matching, gender neutral parental leave, and full medical, dental and vision insurance. Our belief has always been that we are better as a business when we are all together in person. We are requiring employees to be in the office 4 days per week. In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, a great location, and amazing views.

Our top priority is our people. We’re continuously investing in a culture that promotes collaboration. We help each other through challenges and celebrate each other's successes. We believe that modern workplaces succeed by virtue of having high-performance workforces that are diverse — in ideas, in cultures, and in experiences. We put in the effort to make such a workplace a daily reality and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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