Growth Associate

Thomas Talent Network; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Thomas Talent Network in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Growth Associate to architect and scale the expert supply engine powering frontier AI training. You’ll own both manual and automated acquisition pipelines to grow the expert network from 100K to hundreds of thousands and beyond, working directly with the founding team to design scalable systems and run experiments.

This high-agency generalist role blends GTM automation engineering, talent acquisition, operational excellence, and

Qualifications

• Experience scaling talent networks or marketplaces, OR outbound sales/lead-generation experience.
• Demonstrated track record of elite operational execution.
• Analytical rigor, comfortable modeling funnels and pipeline analytics.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication.
• High agency, resourcefulness, and competitive drive.
• US-based with unrestricted work authorization (US citizen or green card). 1-3 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Build, optimize, and scale automated expert sourcing pipelines.
• Leverage LinkedIn and similar platforms to identify and bring on professionals from diverse industries.
• Manage concurrent recruiting workflows to deliver high volumes of qualified experts.
• Run experiments on funnel performance and iterate on what scales.
• Recruit elite experts and operators into the expert network.
• Build the automation stack (Clay, Instantly, Apollo, Zapier, custom scripts and scrapers) that makes scale possible.
• Drive brand amplification across channels.

Skills

Talent network scaling

Analytical rigor

Communication

Initiative

Tools

Automation tooling

Job description

About the Company

A Series A research lab (founded 2025) investigating the boundaries and capabilities of AI through novel datasets and experimentation. Its customers are the foundation model labs, and the team serves all of the frontier AI labs.

Based in San Francisco and backed by top investors (including Y Combinator and BoxGroup, ex-partners from Lightspeed and Index Ventures, and senior leadership from Google DeepMind and Meta GenAI). Founding team brings backgrounds from Jane Street, Meta, Citadel Securities, Google, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Silver Lake, BAIR, and SAIL.

About the Role

Hiring a Growth Associate to architect and scale the expert supply engine powering frontier AI training. You'll own both manual and automated acquisition pipelines to grow the expert network from 100K to hundreds of thousands and beyond. This blends GTM automation engineering, talent acquisition, operational excellence, and distribution - technical, operational, and strategic, working directly with the founding team, designing scalable systems, running experiments, recruiting elite experts and operators, building automation stacks, and driving brand amplification.

Fundamentally a high-agency generalist role. The strongest hires own things end to end, figure things out on their own, and thrive in high-pressure, fast-paced environments. Sourcing can be taught; what's hard to teach is diligence, initiative, and competitive drive.

What You'll Own

• Build, optimize, and scale automated expert sourcing pipelines
• Leverage LinkedIn and similar platforms to identify and bring on professionals from diverse industries
• Manage concurrent recruiting workflows to deliver high volumes of qualified experts
• Run experiments on funnel performance and iterate on what scales
• Recruit elite experts and operators into the expert network
• Build the automation stack (Clay, Instantly, Apollo, Zapier, custom scripts and scrapers) that makes scale possible
• Drive brand amplification across channels

Must-Have

1. Experience scaling talent networks or marketplaces, OR outbound sales / lead-generation experience
2. Demonstrated track record of elite operational execution
3. Analytical rigor, comfortable modeling funnels and pipeline analytics
4. Exceptional written and verbal communication
5. High agency, resourcefulness, and competitive drive
6. US-based with unrestricted work authorization (US citizen or green card). No sponsorship, no OPT, no CPT.
7. 1-3 years of experience

Nice-to-Have

• Proficiency with automation / GTM tooling (Clay, Instantly, Apollo, Zapier, scripts, scrapers)
• Willingness to operate in a 6-7 day startup cadence
• Passion for frontier AI and ambition to build category-defining systems
• Prior startup growth, sales, ops, or marketing experience
• Strong school

Details

Employment: Full-Time | Location: San Francisco, CA - In-person | Experience: 1-3 years
Compensation: $80,000-$110,000 base plus bonuses ($100,000-$130,000 range). No visa sponsorship (US citizen or green card only).