People Operations Lead

We're assisting a well-funded startup with their search for people operations lead to own and lead critical company-wide goals related to hiring . Their product is an AI-powered documentation platform built for developers. The role will work onsite in their SF office (Jackson Sq.).

What you'll do:

Hiring (end to end): build an efficient, opinionated, and personable hiring funnel that converts talented candidates

• contribute to company-wide hiring goals for technical and non-technical roles
• assist in planning, creating, and releasing job descriptions and announcements
• source candidates from schools, industries, and networks where skilled, ambitious people cluster
• develop creative hacks that short-circuit traditional methods and give us an edge over other companies
• partner with external recruiters to extend our network and add leverage to our hiring process
• screen candidates to determine their motivation, preferences, and fit for our open roles
• convert candidates efficiently, ensuring a thoughtful, personal touch at each step along the way
• close candidates we want to join us, working alongside the co-founders and hiring managers
• coordinate recruiting logistics, including on-site interviews
• optimize our hiring processes, tools, and systems to ensure efficiency

Brand strategy: craft a company brand and message that attracts the world's best talent; own its rollout + refinement

• build a deep understanding of our customers, product, and industry
• define what's unique about the company for candidates + why we're a top choice for high performers
• build and own outbound messaging campaigns to attract candidates sourced at events
• improve and develop new recruiting assets (e.g. website, career page, candidate slides) to highlight our mission, values, and unique challenges
• craft compelling content blogs that highlights our achievements, innovative projects, and employee stories; own sharing this with our target audience (e.g. on LinkedIn)

Project management (ad hoc): spearhead projects, whether related to people or our business

What you'll bring:

• 1+ years of experience at a fast-growing startup (series B and below).

• 1+ years of experience in a similar operations role, ideally with focus on people operations.

• 2 - 5 years of experience overall

• Variety of experience - across recruiting, bizops, revops, etc.

• Experience in full-cycle recruiting, including sourcing and closing candidates.

• Familiarity with job boards and HR software (we use Ashby as our ATS).

• Familiarity with SaaS products or documentation.

• Extremely organized and detail-oriented.

• Excellent communication skills - responsive, clear, succinct.

• Ability to tell compelling stories, especially about a company and brand to candidates.

• Comfortable operating independently and efficiently, with little upfront guidance

• Desire to learn, experiment, and use data to iterate to better decisions.