# Recruiter, Operations

**Company:** [Mercor](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/mercor)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Recruiting
**Salary:** $120k – $160k/yr
**Skills:** Full-Cycle Recruiting, talent sourcing, structured interviewing, hiring metrics, ashby ats, Technical Recruiting, talent intelligence, outbound recruiting, recruiting automation, gtm recruiting, operations recruiting, leadership hiring
**Posted:** 2026-07-29

> Own full-cycle recruiting with a focus on Operations roles at a fast-growing AI data company. Build and scale hiring systems, partner with GMs on talent needs, drive metrics and process improvements, and represent the brand to top technical and operational candidates.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do
- Own full-cycle recruiting (sourcing → close) across a variety of organizations (such as marketing, finance, people ops, with a prominent focus on operations)
- Partner with hiring managers to map out needs and implement continual process improvements
- Build top-of-funnel using creative outbound, talent intelligence, and Mercor’s own product (structured screens, automated work samples, and calibrated rubrics)
- Coach hiring managers and interviewers on structured interviewing, leveling, and decision hygiene
- Operationalize hiring systems: track and optimize key funnel metrics (pass-through rates, time-in-stage, source yield)
- Champion speed and quality: drive SLAs for same-day debriefs, fast offers, and strong candidate experience
- Build brand: campaigns, referrals, and events that attract top engineers and operators
- Represent Mercor externally as a face of the brand for an exceptionally competitive talent market
- Collaborate on dashboards, metrics, and process automation within Ashby and other recruiting systems
- Refinement of technical recruiting motion as the Ops org shifts to hire more frequently from technical backgrounds

## What We’re Looking For
- Experience with full-cycle recruiting across IC and leadership roles
- Proven ability to build and scale hiring systems, identify key metrics, and make data-driven decisions
- High motor, outcome-oriented approach; Mercor is in hypergrowth, and hiring is viewed as a key strategic driver of that growth
- Strong communication skills; able to work efficiently with General Managers, Account Leads, and internal leadership
- Familiarity with a range of roles, emphasis on GTM, Strategy, Operations, ideally with some mastery of technical roles such as SWEs or FDEs
- Confident representing the Mercor brand to top candidates
- Familiarity with Ashby or ability to quickly adopt new tools and systems

## Nice to Haves
- Experience as a founding recruiter or early-stage startup builder
- Interest in the human data / AGI space
- Technical recruiting expertise - Mercor's business is trending in an increasingly technical perspective over time, and we are hiring a greater percentage of technical professionals into client facing operator roles

## Ideal Qualities
- Agility / Adaptability - ability to move fast, pivot with business shifts, and maintain best-in-class outcomes
- Operational Rigor - ability to bring order to an unstructured environment
- Growth Mindset - You don’t need to be an expert on AI, but you do need to have a strong desire to learn and continue learning in a rapidly evolving, frontier industry
- Commitment to the Outcome - Ownership mentality; will hold themselves accountable to an extremely high standard of work
- Love for the Craft - we are building a zero to one motion; this hire will bring a low ego attitude to the table with a genuine love for building a best-in-class talent acquisition motion

## Benefits
- $15K relocation bonus (for moving to New York metropolitan area)
- $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
- $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
- Free Equinox membership
- $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
- $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
- Health, Dental, Vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match

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