Recruiting Programs Manager
Own Vapi’s candidate-facing recruiting programs, including employer brand, technical events, referrals, early-career pipelines, and talent community development. The role requires strong event execution, recruiting analytics, writing, and the ability to build a function from scratch in a fast-growing AI startup.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Audit current recruiting practices, employer-brand presence, careers site, referral program, and event footprint.
- Establish baseline recruiting metrics, including cost per hire, referral percentage, sourced-hire percentage, time to fill, and offer acceptance.
- Relaunch and track the employee referral program.
- Coordinate a shared recruiting and Marketing event calendar.
- Create careers-site and “life at Vapi” content.
- Run technical recruiting events, including hackathons, meetups, and campus sessions.
- Launch and nurture a talent community through newsletters, team spotlights, and silver-medalist re-engagement.
- Present a 12-month recruiting-program roadmap with measurable targets.
- Partner with Talent, Recruiting, hiring managers, and Marketing.
Requirements
- Experience building recruiting programs, employer brand, or talent communities from scratch.
- Experience operating recruiting events end to end, on time and on budget.
- Ability to use recruiting metrics to measure program effectiveness.
- Understanding of candidate marketing and partnership with Marketing teams.
- Strong writing skills for careers pages, newsletters, event copy, and team spotlights.
- Comfortable being the first and only owner of a function in a fast-growing startup.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary of $160,000–$200,000 plus equity ownership.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Flexible time off.
- Quarterly off-sites.
- Catered meals, transportation, gym access, and a $10,000 annual learning and development budget.
Skills
Employer Branding, Recruiting Programs, Talent Communities, Event Management, Referral Programs, University Recruiting, Candidate Marketing, Recruiting Metrics, Content Writing, Careers Content, Newsletters, Community Building, Glassdoor, Comparably, Marketing Partnerships
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