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Onyx Odds, New York, NY, United States


Company Overview
Onyx Odds is a social sports prediction platform poised to shake up the world of sports. Onyx has seen immense growth in user activity and positive feedback resulting in an expansion of the team.

Job Description
We are looking to add someone to own Recruiting + People as we scale. This person will work directly with the founders to build the team and formalize the internal systems that support it.

This role combines full-cycle recruiting with early-stage people operations. You will drive hiring across the company while helping shape onboarding, performance processes, and team structure.

High-growth companies in sports, fintech, and prediction markets typically invest early in disciplined hiring and strong internal foundations. This role is critical to that effort.

Responsibilities
Talent Acquisition

Own full-cycle recruiting from sourcing through offer

Partner with leadership on hiring roadmap and headcount planning

Build outbound sourcing pipelines across engineering, trading, operations, and CX

Define role scopes and interview scorecards

Track recruiting metrics and improve funnel conversion

Manage candidate experience and offer closing

People Operations

Own onboarding experience and first 30 day plans

Maintain recruiting documentation and hiring systems

Help structure performance review cycles

Support compensation benchmarking and leveling frameworksAssist with contractor to full-time transitions

Partner with leadership on org design and team planning

Background

3 to 6 years of recruiting, talent acquisition, or people operations experience

Experience in tech, fintech, gaming, trading, or high-growth startup environments

Strong sourcing ability and comfort with outbound recruiting

Experience building or improving people systems in a lean organization

Highly organized with strong written and verbal communication

Comfortable operating in a fast-paced startup environment

Entrepreneurial mindset and strong ownership mentality

Experience recruiting for engineering or quantitative roles is a plus

A background or interest in sports, trading, predictions, or crypto is a plus

Visa Sponsorship
We are unable to offer employment visa sponsorship for this position.

What You'll Get

Very competitive compensation bands with regular growth in pay scales

Robust health, dental, and vision plans covering 100 percent of premiums

Meaningful equity

HSA account with significant company contributions

Free in-office lunch daily

Location
We are based in New York City. This role is in office.

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