Schedule
All Times Central Standard Time
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Get to know other attendees over a light delicious breakfast featuring fresh juice, bagels with cream cheese and jams, pastries, and seasonal fruit.
Welcome Remarks
Opening Keynote - The Future of Recruiting Leadership: Craft, Credibility, and Culture
A conversation on the evolving identity of recruiting leadership. What does it mean to lead in an era of AI, leaner teams, and higher bars?
Roundtable Discussions: Building High-Talent-Density Teams in a Hybrid Era
High-talent-density isn’t just a buzzword — it’s a competitive advantage. Join leaders from fast-scaling companies as they share how to define, measure, and maintain talent density amid distributed work, rapid headcount growth, and shifting candidate expectations. Expect candid discussions on raising the hiring bar, comp structures, and culture design.
Roundtable Discussions: The Recruiter as a Strategic Operator: Leading Through Change
High-talent-density isn’t just a buzzword — it’s a competitive advantage. Join leaders from fast-scaling companies as they share how to define, measure, and maintain talent density amid distributed work, rapid headcount growth, and shifting candidate expectations. Expect candid discussions on raising the hiring bar, comp structures, and culture design.
Roundtable Discussions
URx Leaders: Roundtable Discussion
Jose Cong
Morning Break
Breakout Session: Juicebox
URx Leaders: Breakout Session
Lunch
Product Workshops: Gem
Product Workshops: Codesignal
Product Workshops: Metaview
URx Leaders: Product Workshops
Product Workshops
Product Workshops
Product Workshops
Afternoon Treat
Take a well-deserved break and recharge with something sweet, courtesy of our friends at Ashby. Whether you need a sugar boost, a caffeine fix, or just a few moments to connect with fellow attendees, this treat break is the perfect pause between sessions.
From Zero to One: Designing Your Founding Team for Scale
How do great companies get their first hires right? This session unpacks how top founders and recruiting leaders think about founding team composition, including the balance between product, engineering, and GTM leadership. Learn how to evaluate founder-market fit, identify “franchise” early hires, and structure incentives to align for long-term scale.
Building and Sustaining High-Talent-Density Teams
Elite teams don’t happen by accident. Explore how organizations define talent density, set a consistent hiring bar, and uphold quality through scale, hybrid work, and shifting business needs. The discussion highlights how recruiting, hiring leaders, and founders work together to embed sourcing, assessment, and calibration practices that keep talent density high over time.
Executive Recruiting as a Growth Lever
The right exec hires accelerate entire orgs. Explore how to approach executive search with intentionality — timing your first VP hires, calibrating expectations, and avoiding costly mis-hires that set teams back.
Recap Day 1
Cocktail Reception
Unwind and connect after a packed day of insights and inspiration. Join us for drinks, light bites, and great conversation with fellow RecOps pros. Whether you're debriefing sessions, swapping ideas, or just vibing with new friends—this is your time to relax and celebrate the community.
VC Talent Leaders Dinner
Run with OneReq
Continental Breakfast
Sponsored Breakfast
URx Kickoff and Welcome
URx Opening Keynote
Sequencing Talent: Who You Hire When (and Why It Matters)
Hiring isn’t just about who — it’s about when. This data-driven discussion explores hiring sequences from Seed → Series B, revealing how elite teams time critical roles to unlock the next stage of growth. We’ll cover headcount planning frameworks, role prioritization tradeoffs, and the hidden costs of hiring too soon or too late.
Employer Brand That Wins in a Competitive Market
A tactical session on building a recruiting brand that resonates with candidates and hiring managers. Learn how to create a consistent brand narrative across your careers site, social, job descriptions, and stakeholder conversations.
URx: Breakout Session
Navigating Founder Profiles: The Product, Eng, and GTM Archetypes
Different founder archetypes create different company DNA. Learn how to adapt recruiting strategy to a founder’s strengths and gaps — whether technical, product-led, or go-to-market oriented.