Associate Recruiter

Planhat; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Planhat is seeking an entry-level Associate Recruiter for the Americas. This is a fast-paced entry point into tech recruiting, no prior recruiting experience required but a hunger to learn is non-negotiable.

You will source, screen, coordinate interviews, and help build candidate pipelines across multiple time zones. You will work with Ashby ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, and hiring managers to move candidates through the process, with real ownership from day one and a path to becoming a full

Qualifications

• 0–2 years of experience in recruiting, sourcing, coordination, sales, or a similar people-facing role.
• Experience with or willingness to learn Ashby ATS.
• A no-excuses mindset and drive to find the best candidates in the market.
• Strong academic background with standout extracurricular achievements.

Responsibilities

• Source and identify top candidates across the Americas for commercial and ops roles.
• Manage candidate pipelines in Ashby—update stages, schedule interviews, send communications.

Skills

Sourcing

Candidate outreach

Communication

Organization

Tools

Ashby ATS

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Your entry point into tech and recruiting. Join Planhat as our first Associate Recruiter in the Americas and help us find the winners building the future of AI.

Finding winners is harder than it looks. It takes curiosity, hustle, and the ability to spot potential before anyone else does. That is what we are looking for in our first Associate Recruiter at Planhat — and if you are looking for the best entry point into a career in tech and recruiting, this is it.

Curious and driven: You are genuinely interested in people and what makes them tick. You enjoy the hunt — finding the right person in an unexpected place and knowing instinctively that they could be great.

Organized and detail oriented: You thrive on keeping things moving. Pipelines are clean, candidates are followed up with, and nothing falls through the cracks. You bring structure to a fast moving environment without being asked.

Tech savvy: You are comfortable navigating ATS systems, LinkedIn Recruiter, sourcing tools, and anything else that helps you find and track talent more efficiently. You embrace technology as an enabler.

Collaborative and proactive: You work closely with recruiters and hiring managers and you take initiative without needing to be told what to do next. You see what needs to happen and you make it happen.

A strong communicator: Whether you are reaching out to a passive candidate on LinkedIn or coordinating interview schedules across multiple time zones you communicate clearly, warmly, and professionally.

Our existing team comes from diverse backgrounds but a few things tie us together:

This is an entry level role into both tech and recruiting — no prior recruiting experience is required but a genuine hunger to learn and grow is non-negotiable

0 to 2 years of experience in recruiting, sourcing, coordination, sales, or a similar people-facing role

Experience with or willingness to learn our ATS system Ashby

A no excuses mindset and the drive to go beyond the obvious to find the best candidates in the market

A strong academic background, usually with standout extracurricular achievements such as competitive sports — we love winners

A genuine interest in AI, SaaS, and the tech industry — you want to build your career at a company that is shaping what comes next

Trajectory

You will have real responsibility from day one. As our Associate Recruiter you are the engine behind the sourcing and coordination function that keeps Planhat’s Americas hiring moving. This is your entry point into one of the most exciting AI native companies in tech right now — and a clear path to becoming a full recruiter yourself. Whether you are:

Sourcing and identifying top candidates across the Americas for commercial and ops roles using LinkedIn Recruiter, boolean searches, and creative outreach channels

Managing candidate pipelines in Ashby — keeping stages up to date, scheduling interviews, sending communications, and making sure nothing falls through the cracks

Coordinating interviews across multiple hubs and time zones with speed and precision

Supporting recruiters with outbound campaigns, InMail drafting, and candidate research

Helping build and maintain talent bench pipelines for roles that are not yet open but will be soon

Contributing to employer brand initiatives and candidate experience improvements

From there the path is clear. You will work directly alongside experienced GTM recruiters, gain exposure to the full recruiting lifecycle, and build the skills and knowledge to own your own roles. There is no better place to start a recruiting career than inside a company that is genuinely shaping the future of AI and enterprise software — and the experience you build here will set you apart for the rest of your career.

Definition of Success

You have taken on real ownership from day one and earned the trust of the recruiters and hiring managers you support

Your pipelines are clean, your candidates are warm, and your coordination is seamless — nothing gets lost on your watch

You are consistently surfacing strong candidates that the team would not have found without you

You are growing fast — taking on more responsibility, learning the full recruiting cycle, and building toward owning your own roles

You are making the recruiting function faster and more efficient and the team feels it every week

You are developing into the kind of recruiter who finds winners before anyone else does

Compensation

The OTE (base + variable) salary range for this position is $75,000 - $95,000 per year. Please note that actual salaries will vary based on factors include but not limited to location, experience, and performance. Please also note the range listed is just one component of the company’s total rewards package for exempt employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses long term incentives a generous PTO policy and other benefits.

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The team that builds the systems and practices behind how Planhat hires, supports, and develops its people. We keep the employee experience clear, consistent, and human across every stage, from onboarding and policies to performance, engagement, and internal operations. We partner closely with leaders to scale the company thoughtfully while preserving the pace, ownership, and care that define how Planhat works.

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About us

We're building the operating system for autonomous companies.

The future enterprise is autonomous. Commercial processes that today depend on human effort - servicing, retaining, expanding, selling and supporting — will increasingly be automated. The companies that make this transition will pull ahead. The ones that don't won't survive. Planhat exists to make that transition real. We started bootstrapped. Customer-funded, built on discipline instead of venture capital. That foundation shaped everything: how we build, how we sell, how we think about the long game. Today, Planhat is the agentic customer platform of choice for 700+ companies — powering close to 10 million commercial relationships worldwide and billions of dollars runs through our platform. Wiz, Revolut, Nasdaq, Synthesia, Workday and Dropbox run their customer revenue through Planhat every year. The shift driving all of this: business is moving to an outcome economy. Companies of the future will not buy software alone anymore — they want outcomes, and they renew or consume more when they get them. That changes everything about what enterprise software needs to be. The winners will be the ones who build the context layer - a deep, structured, living picture of their business reality. Process automation deployed by operators — not advisors. The outcome gap is the opportunity. Context is the moat. Deployment is the differentiator. We’re building all three. Our team spans the globe, anchored by offices in Los Angeles, London, and Stockholm. Join us.