Founding Recruiting Ops Lead for AI-Driven Hiring

UNKNOWN; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Unknown is seeking a founding Recruiting Operations lead to architect the systems and processes as the company scales from 15 to 250+ employees. You’ll own the ATS (Ashby), build AI-assisted screening, and create dashboards to monitor pipeline health and time-to-hire.

You’ll design enablement materials, scale recruiting coordination, and collaborate with recruiters, hiring managers, and executives to drive strategic hiring outcomes in a hybrid, San Francisco-based role with candidates across

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in recruiting operations or talent operations.
• Deep Ashby expertise — advanced workflow configuration, reporting, API/webhook integrations.
• Hands-on experience building AI or automation tooling in recruiting context.
• Strong analytical skills with SQL or advanced spreadsheets; dashboards and automated reports.

Responsibilities

• Own and optimize the ATS (Ashby) end-to-end — pipelines, scorecards, workflows, automations, and integrations across the full recruiting tech stack.
• Build AI-powered tooling and automations to accelerate recruiters, including automated outreach, AI-assisted screening, and intelligent pipeline triage.
• Design and automate recruiting analytics dashboards for real-time visibility into pipeline health, funnel metrics, and time-to-hire.
• Create enablement materials, playbooks, and training to onboard recruiters and hiring managers on systems and processes.
• Launch and scale the recruiting coordination function — hire, manage, and set service levels for a growing team.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with recruiters, hiring managers, and executives to continuously improve recruiting operations.

Skills

Recruiting operations

Ashby expertise

AI tooling in recruiting

SQL / advanced spreadsheets

Dashboard building

Cross-functional collaboration

Ownership / builder mindset

US work authorization

Tools

Ashby ATS

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Unknown is seeking a founding Recruiting Operations lead to architect the systems and processes as the company scales from 15 to 250+ employees. You’ll own the ATS (Ashby), build AI-assisted screening, and create dashboards to monitor pipeline health and time-to-hire.

You’ll design enablement materials, scale recruiting coordination, and collaborate with recruiters, hiring managers, and executives to drive strategic hiring outcomes in a hybrid, San Francisco-based role with candidates across