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Recruiting Coordinator, Research

Recruiting Coordinator supporting high-volume Research team hiring at Thinking Machines Lab. Own interview scheduling across time zones, candidate communications, process operations, feedback collection, and scaling interviewer pools while delivering high-touch experiences.

140k – 200k
On-site1+ YOERecruiting

About the role

What You’ll Do

Candidate Scheduling & Communication

  • Manage high-volume interview coordination across multiple time zones, calendars, and stakeholders while maintaining a world-class candidate experience.
  • Coordinate all interview logistics, from travel and expenses to room setup and technical support.
  • Serve as the main point of contact for candidates, communicating in a warm, professional, and informative manner through the whole screening and interview process.
  • Proactively monitor and manage interview capacity, ensuring the right interviewers are available and schedules can move quickly.
  • Scale interviewer pools by partnering with teams to identify, train, and prepare new interviewers as hiring volume grows.
  • Use modern scheduling tools (e.g., Ashby, GoodTime, ModernLoop) to automate scheduling, reduce manual work, and improve response speed.

Hiring Process, Candidate Experience, & Operations

  • Provide operational support to recruiting: talent mapping, data, referrals processing, recruiting events, and inbound application support on an ad-hoc basis.
  • Collect, organize and audit interview feedback.
  • Maintain up-to-date recruiting information in documentation and in Slack, support data integrity across recruiting systems.

Skills and Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

  • Experience coordinating schedules, managing calendars, or supporting operations in fast-paced environments, with exacting attention to detail.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially in direct candidate communications.
  • Comfort adapting to different styles and approaches to recruiting for different teams, learning and pivoting quickly.
  • Proficiency with Google Workspace, scheduling tools, and communication platforms like Slack.

Preferred qualifications:

  • 1+ years in a high-volume scheduling or recruiting coordination role.
  • Experience with ATS, HRIS, and scheduling tools like Ashby, GoodTime, Workday, and ModernLoop.
  • Experience partnering closely with recruiters and hiring managers.
  • Proven ability to be proactive in ambiguous situations and propose multiple solutions.
  • Experience supporting technical or leadership-level hiring.

Logistics

Compensation: Depending on background, skills and experience, the expected annual salary range for this position is $140,000 - $200,000 USD.

Benefits: Thinking Machines offers generous health, dental, and vision benefits, unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, and relocation support as needed.

Skills

Scheduling CoordinationGoogle WorkspaceSlackAshbyGoodtimeModernloopWorkdayATSHRISInterview LogisticsCandidate Experience

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