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About the Opportunity

Vangst is partnering with a fast-growing, founder-led national cannabis brand to hire its first dedicated Recruiter. The company is a leader in its product category and continues to expand into new markets. This is a chance to build a recruiting function from the ground up: run your own searches, create the playbook, and grow alongside the business, with the support of a small, collaborative HR team.

What You’ll Do

• Own full-cycle recruiting from intake to signed offer for hourly, professional, and leadership roles up to the director level. Set sourcing strategy, manage the pipeline, make hiring recommendations, and close offers.
• Partner with hiring leaders to define success for each role, guide them with market data, and coach them on structured interviewing.
• Champion the employer brand at career fairs, campuses, trade shows, and on LinkedIn. Write job postings that people actually want to read.
• Lead new-hire orientation and help build training content. Check in with new employees through their first year to support retention.
• Drive engagement and results. Help lead culture initiatives, own your recruiting metrics, and make sure hiring stays fair and compliant.

What You Bring

• 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, in-house or agency, across hourly, professional, and management roles.
• Strong presence both one-on-one and in front of large groups.
• Comfort with, and enthusiasm for, the cannabis industry.
• Self-direction: you plan your own week, follow through, and know when to loop others in.
• A builder’s mindset. Some processes don’t exist yet, and you’ll create them.

Nice to Have

• Cannabis or other regulated-industry experience
• Multistate or high-volume recruiting experience
• Spanish fluency

How Success Is Measured

Time to fill, offer acceptance rate, quality of hire, candidate and orientation feedback, and first-year retention.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including an HSA option with an employer contribution
• Wellness stipend
• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

Additional Details

• Occasional evening or weekend events and some travel.
• The role may involve exposure to cannabis products.
• Finalists will complete a short presentation exercise, with prompts provided in advance.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. Visa sponsorship is not available.
• Employment is contingent on a background screening and any applicable state age, licensing, or badging requirements.

Vangst is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered in accordance with applicable law.