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Startup Job Description Template

Crystal Guerrero (Director of Talent Operations) · SignalFire Free Beginner

Written by the talent team at a VC that hires for its portfolio full-time, so it is a recruiter's actual playbook, not generic filler. It opens with the exact thesis you need (a boring JD implies a boring job) and gives you a fill-in-the-blanks structure that forces you to name the mission, the growth path, the real collaborators, and the comp/equity package up front instead of a wall of must-haves. Copy the structure, then rewrite it in your own founder voice.

• Treat the JD as marketing collateral aimed at one ideal candidate, not an HR checklist, so lead with growth and impact over a list of duties
• Its six-part skeleton (role, values, responsibilities, traits, perks, company) makes you state comp, equity, and how the role collaborates cross-functionally explicitly
• Highlighting what makes the role unique is what stops your post from reading like every other copy-pasted listing