Alpha Drop Ventures is building the standard layer for cultural commerce. At the center is DROPZ, our core platform. Around it sit the brands we build and own, like Cipher Noir, which set the bar for what credible culture-led product looks like. One ecosystem, one standard, many surfaces. We are pre-launch, raising, and moving quick with people who could be doing easier things somewhere else and chose this instead. The team we build next will shape everything that follows. You own that pipeline.

The Role

You own how we find, attract, and move candidates through the hiring process. At this stage, every hire matters more than it ever will again. A weak hire costs more than a missed one. Your job is to make sure the right people get in and the wrong ones do not.

Own end-to-end recruitment across roles, from sourcing and screening to coordinating assessments, interviews, and offer communication
Source candidates actively and with intent, not just posting and waiting, using LinkedIn, communities, referrals, and direct outreach to build pipelines that convert




Screen candidates at the first stage, reviewing applications to filter for the signals that matter: clarity of thinking, ownership, and genuine fit
Maintain accurate hiring data, tracking pipeline status, conversion rates, and time-to-hire so decisions are made on real information
Build and improve the recruitment infrastructure as the team scales, including sourcing playbooks, screening criteria, and candidate communication templates

What This Actually Is

This is a founding team role. That means more than a title.

You are not filling seats. You are building the team that builds the company. The quality of your judgment at the screening stage has a direct and lasting impact
You will work across roles and functions simultaneously, switching context quickly and keeping multiple pipelines moving without dropping quality
Feedback is direct and unfiltered. You hear clearly when something is off and when it lands, and

📌 Talent Acquisition Associate (Kanayannur)
🏢 Dropz
📍 Kanayannur