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Emily Rubalcava

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Lead Talent Partner at Knowde
📍 United States

Emily is a Lead Talent Partner with over a decade of experience in B2B SaaS recruiting, specializing in scaling teams from Series A through to private equity acquisition. She excels at building entire talent functions from the ground up, as she did at Prismatic and MyCase. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oregon.

Outside of her professional life, Emily is a proud "Girl mom" who is passionate about balancing a fulfilling career with motherhood. She often reflects on her experiences and shares insights with other working parents, aiming to normalize the journey of loving both a job and family life.

She was once humorously accused of using AI in her recruiting outreach simply because of her consistent use of dashes in her writing.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Lead Talent Partner
Job Level
Middle
Location
United States
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Scaling Tech Teams
She has repeatedly scaled teams through hypergrowth, such as growing Prismatic by 233% and MyCase from 100 to over 320 employees.
B2B SaaS Recruiting
Her entire 10+ year career has been dedicated to talent acquisition within the B2B SaaS space, from Series A startups to PE-backed companies.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Lead Talent Partner
Knowde
2-2023 - 11-2025
Founding Recruiting & Talent Partner
Prismatic
3-2021 - 2-2023
Manager, Talent Acquisition - MyCase
8am
10-2020 - 3-2021
Senior Recruiter - MyCase
8am
8-2019 - 10-2020
Senior Business Recruiter
AppFolio, Inc.
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Education
Bachelor of Arts - BA
University of Oregon
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