Company Description
Better Benefits is a fast-growing startup focused on helping employers offer better healthcare and employee benefits while reducing costs. We work with businesses to enhance employee wellbeing through innovative benefits solutions that improve lives, support families, and create stronger workplaces.
We are building a mission-driven company with a fast-paced startup culture, and we are looking for someone excited to grow alongside us.
Role Description
We are looking for a highly motivated Sales Recruiter / Talent Acquisition Lead who can help us identify, recruit, and attract top-performing sales talent. This is a startup role for someone who thrives wearing multiple hats, networking naturally, building relationships, and helping scale a rapidly growing organization.
The ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, resourceful, organized, and naturally strong in both recruiting and sales-oriented conversations. This person should be comfortable identifying strong salespeople, helping sell candidates on the company vision, and building recruiting pipelines through proactive outreach and relationship building.
This is an opportunity to join early, earn meaningful stock equity, participate in recruiting bonus upside, make a real impact, and grow into a larger leadership role as the company expands.
Responsibilities
· Lead recruiting efforts for sales and business development positions
· Source, screen, interview, and coordinate candidates
· Build recruiting pipelines through networking, referrals, LinkedIn, and proactive outreach
· Identify high-performing sales talent and help sell candidates on the Better Benefits vision
· Partner with leadership on hiring strategy and organizational growth
· Help develop recruiting systems and scalable hiring processes
· Assist with onboarding and employee experience initiatives
· Represent the company professionally in conversations with candidates and partners
· Support operational and administrative functions as needed in a fast-moving startup environment
Qualifications
· 2+ years of recruiting, talent acquisition, staffing, sales recruiting, or business development experience preferred
· Experience recruiting sales professionals is a strong plus
· Startup experience is highly preferred
· Strong communication and interpersonal skills
· Natural networking and relationship-building ability
· Entrepreneurial mindset with willingness to wear multiple hats
· Highly organized and self-motivated
· Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment with evolving priorities
· Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS platforms, or sourcing tools is a plus
· Ability to identify high-quality talent and communicate company culture and vision effectively
Ideal Candidate Traits
· Energetic and proactive
· Strong people instincts
· Sales-minded and relationship-driven
· Creative problem solver
· Team-oriented with a positive attitude
· Comfortable with ambiguity and startup environments
· Passionate about helping build something meaningful
Why Join Better Benefits
· Opportunity to grow with a rapidly scaling startup
· Competitive salary plus recruiting bonus upside and equity participation
· Mission-driven company helping improve lives through better healthcare access
· Direct exposure to leadership and meaningful decision-making
· Ability to help shape company culture and recruiting strategy from the ground up
· Long-term growth opportunity within an expanding organization
