Associate Director, Growth – Talent Operations

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. Set the talent supply strategy for specialized and hard-to-find pools, including domain experts, subject matter professionals, and contractor workforces .

Posted 11/6/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesSenior💰 $170,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in talent acquisition strategies, including high-volume recruiting and sourcing program management, while leveraging AI-enabled workflows and data-driven decision-making to optimize contributor pipelines and team performance.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Talent Acquisition StrategyHigh-Volume RecruitingAI-Enabled WorkflowsTeam LeadershipData-Driven Decision Making

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Hard Skills

Recruiting Program ManagementSourcing Infrastructure DevelopmentWorkflow DesignData AnalysisRecruiting Technology FluencyMarket MappingTalent IntelligenceSupply-Demand ForecastingAnnotation KnowledgeRLHF Experience

Soft Skills

CoachingProblem SolvingDecision MakingTeam DevelopmentCommunication

Tools & Technologies

Sourcing Automation ToolsRecruiting SystemsAI AgentsWorkflow Automation Software

Industry Keywords

Gig EconomyContractor WorkforceWorkforce OperationsContributor Demand Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set the talent supply strategy for specialized and hard-to-find pools, including domain experts, subject matter professionals, and contractor workforces
Evolve the contributor acquisition system from sourcing to first accepted work and automate suitable steps
Design and ship AI-enabled workflows and agents across sourcing, screening, and onboarding
Test messaging, targeting, and channels and optimize for qualified contributors
Own the function’s budget, channel spend, and vendor decisions
Document team processes and standards
Manage and develop a growing recruiting team, setting goals, tracking KPIs, and building a high-performance culture
Develop a team that independently solves sourcing problems and uses AI in daily work
Run acquisition at volume across concurrent customer programs while maintaining quality
Build the forward supply plan with Operations, Program, and executive leadership
Report on pipeline health, time to first accepted work, contributor quality, retention, and workforce utilization
Identify risks, blockers, and capacity gaps before they affect delivery
Report directly to the Chief Business Officer
Scale contributor pipelines across domains and geographies
Partner with program and operations leadership to meet contributor demand at scale

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years in talent acquisition, workforce operations, or recruiting program management
At least 2 years leading a recruiting team
Experience running high-volume recruiting or sourcing programs, ideally in workforce, gig economy, or human data environments
Hands-on experience designing and deploying workflows, agents, or systems with an AI-first mindset
Experience building or scaling sourcing infrastructure, recruiting systems, or acquisition workflows
Track record of using data to diagnose problems and improve results
Experience hiring, coaching, and developing recruiters, ideally including team leads
Working knowledge of annotation, RLHF, and eval data production and evaluation
Fluency with sourcing automation and recruiting technology
Comfort making decisions with incomplete information when priorities and program scopes shift
Experience working directly with an engineer or technical partner to build recruiting systems
Experience managing distributed or international recruiting teams
Exposure to market mapping, talent intelligence, or supply-demand forecasting for contractor workforces

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual bonus paid out quarterly
Equal-opportunity employment
Diversity, fairness, and inclusive workplace