Talent Operations - Program Manager
New York, NYSan Francisco, CARemote
Summary
Own recruiting vendor relationships, capacity planning, and surge hiring program management for a fast-scaling AI company. Transition into broader Talent Ops tooling, automation, and process design.
About the role
Responsibilities
- Own relationships with hiring agencies and recruiting contractors end-to-end — sourcing, onboarding, performance tracking, and vendor management
- Build and maintain capacity plans that map hiring demand to recruiter and agency supply, flagging gaps before they become blockers
- Program manage surge hiring initiatives, coordinating across internal recruiters, external partners, and hiring stakeholders to keep pipelines moving
- Design lightweight but durable SOPs for how we engage and manage external recruiting partners at scale
- Track and report on agency and contractor performance, cost-per-hire, and fill rates — surfacing insights to improve how we deploy capacity
- Transition into broader Talent Ops work over time: workflow automation, tooling, dashboards, and recruiter enablement
Requirements
- Proven experience managing recruiting vendors, staffing agencies, or contractor workforces — you know how to hold external partners accountable to results
- Strong program management instincts: you can run multiple workstreams simultaneously without dropping balls
- Comfortable building structure where little exists — capacity models, trackers, SOPs, and reporting from scratch
- Data-driven: you track what matters, spot problems early, and communicate clearly with numbers
- Excellent stakeholder management — you can work across recruiting, finance, and hiring managers without friction
Nice to Have
- Experience supporting high-volume or international hiring surges
- Familiarity with ATS platforms, particularly Ashby
- Ability to vibe-code or automate workflows to reduce manual overhead
Skills
Vendor ManagementProgram ManagementCapacity PlanningStakeholder ManagementData AnalysisATS PlatformsWorkflow AutomationSOP DevelopmentPerformance TrackingReporting