Contingent Workforce Manager

Fluidstack; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 178,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI and seeks a hands-on leader to own and optimize its contractor and extended workforce program. You will manage vendor relationships, ensure compliant practices, and partner with Legal, Finance, and IT to drive scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes speed, autonomy, and end-to-end accountability in a fast-growing infrastructure company, with a strong focus on compliant workforce operations.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in contingent/extended workforce, procurement operations, or HR operations
• Hands-on experience with a VMS or similar contractor-management tooling
• Knowledge of worker classification and compliance in contractor programs
• Experience partnering with Legal, Finance, IT, and stakeholders to resolve workforce issues
• Strong operational mindset; builds solutions rather than waiting for vendors

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day management of Fluidstack's contractor and extended workforce program from intake through offboarding
• Manage vendor and staffing supplier relationships and hold partners accountable for service quality
• Maintain compliant processes for worker classification, onboarding, access, and data protection
• Advise hiring managers on workforce solutions considering cost, speed, compliance and risk
• Improve systems and workflows behind the program, including vendor management tooling and reporting
• Collaborate with Legal, Finance, and IT to resolve escalations and keep controls current as the program scales

Skills

Vendor management

Contractor programs

Cross-functional collaboration

Ambiguity tolerance

Automation interest

Tools

Vendor Management System (VMS)

Job description

About Fluidstack

We 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.

About Fluidstack

We 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, 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 Team

The 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 For

The 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.
• A strong operator who solves problems directly and builds solutions rather than waiting on vendors to do it.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and moving with urgency in a fast-changing business.
• Bonus: Experience scaling a contractor program at a high-growth or infrastructure company. Interest in using automation to reduce manual program work.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

Compensation Range: $178K - $211K