Contingent Workforce Manager

We Love AI Jobs; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking a Contingent Workforce Manager to own and optimize its contractor and extended workforce program on site. You will partner with Legal, Finance, IT, and hiring managers to ensure compliant workflows, effective onboarding/offboarding, and high-quality vendor relationships.

The role emphasizes vendor management, worker classification, and data protection, with a focus on scaling the program while maintaining control and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in contingent workforce, extended workforce, procurement operations, or HR operations.
• Hands-on experience with a Vendor Management System (VMS) or similar contractor-management tooling.
• Working knowledge of worker classification, co-employment, and the compliance considerations behind contractor programs.
• Experience partnering across Legal, Finance, IT, and business stakeholders to resolve workforce issues.

Responsibilities

• Manage the contractor program from workforce intake through onboarding and offboarding.
• Oversee staffing suppliers and vendors, ensuring service quality and responsiveness.
• Build compliant workflows for worker classification, access, data protection, and reporting.

Skills

Vendor Management System (VMS)

Worker classification

Contractor compliance

Vendor management

Contractor onboarding

Access management

Program reporting

Documentation

Tools

Vendor Management System (VMS)

Job description

The Contingent Workforce Manager runs Fluidstack's contractor and extended workforce program, from intake through offboarding. The role partners with Legal, Finance, IT, and hiring managers to manage suppliers, compliance, access, and program workflows as the company scales.* Permanent* On-site* 4+ years### Skills and expertiseVendor Management Systems (VMS)worker classificationcontractor compliancevendor managementcontractor onboardingaccess managementprogram reportingdocumentation### Key responsibilities* Manage the contractor program from workforce intake through onboarding and offboarding.* Oversee staffing suppliers and vendors, ensuring service quality and responsiveness.* Build compliant workflows for worker classification, access, data protection, and reporting.## How this job comparesCompared with 48 open manager people and recruiting jobs on October 10, 2026.Pay: This job pays $178K to $211K a year. The 21 open manager people and recruiting jobs that publish US pay start at $141K on average, so this job starts about 26% higher.Similar open jobs: We Love AI Jobs lists 48 open manager people and recruiting jobs at 34 companies.Remote work: This job is on site. 7 of the 48 manager people and recruiting jobs (15%) are remote.AI in this role: Low. The company works with AI, but AI is a small part of this role's daily work. The role centers on workforce operations, vendor management, and contractor compliance. Automation is mentioned as a potential way to reduce manual work, but direct work with AI systems is not specified.## Full descriptionAbout FluidstackWe exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!How We Operate• Be a barrel. Full autonomy. Own things end to end, take on scope without being asked, no permission required to operate outside your core role.• Insane urgency. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.• Reason from first principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.• Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.• Build something that actually matters. If you're going to spend your time, spend it on something that matters to the world.The People TeamThe People team keeps Fluidstack staffed and compliant as the company scales fast across sites and functions. That includes the people we employ directly and the contractors and vendors who extend our workforce day to day.Examples of key problems the team is working on• Standing up a consistent, compliant process for bringing on and managing contractors across every team and location.• Choosing and rolling out the systems that track contractor spend, tenure, and access.• Giving hiring managers a clear, fast path to the right workforce solution for their need.• Working with Legal and Finance to keep classification and compliance practices current as the program grows.Role Scope• Own day-to-day management of Fluidstack's contractor and extended workforce program, from intake through offboarding.• Manage vendor and staffing supplier relationships, holding partners accountable for service quality and responsiveness.• Build and maintain compliant processes for worker classification, onboarding, access, and data protection.• Advise hiring managers and stakeholders on workforce solutions, weighing cost, speed, compliance, and risk.• Improve the systems and workflows behind the program, including vendor management tooling, reporting, and documentation.• Partner with Legal, Finance, and IT to resolve escalations and keep the program's controls current as it scales.What We're Looking ForThe below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.• 4+ years of experience in contingent workforce, extended workforce, procurement operations, or HR operations.• Hands-on experience with a Vendor Management System (VMS) or similar contractor-management tooling.• Working knowledge of worker classification, co-employment, and the compliance considerations behind contractor programs.• Experience partnering across Legal, Finance, IT, and business stakeholders to resolve workforce issues.