Manager, Talent Acquisition Operations and Employer Brand

CarGurus LLC; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily free lunch

New car discount

Meditation apps

Fitness apps

Commuting cost coverage

Job summary

CarGurus LLC in Boston is seeking an experienced Manager of Talent Acquisition Operations and Employer Brand to elevate our TA programs globally, partnering with business leaders, vendors, and the TA team to translate strategy into action. You’ll own Greenhouse configurations, manage third-party boards and tools, lead a team, and shape candidate experience and employer brand through data-driven insights.

This role offers a hybrid work model with competitive pay and a comprehensive rewards

Qualifications

• Experienced Leader: strong people leadership and team development.
• Recruiting Expert: full-desk recruiting experience across end-to-end lifecycle.
• ATS Power User: Greenhouse admin with configuration, permissions, and reporting.
• Career Site Savvy: management of Phenom or similar platforms and employer brand execution.
• Tech-Savvy TA: familiarity with ATS/CRM, automation, and analytics tooling.
• Process & Project oriented: build operations from scratch with documented workflows.
• Data-Driven: extract insights from data visualization to drive solutions.
• Candidate-Obsessed: focus on best-in-class candidate experience.
• Collaborative Partner: strong communication with vendors and stakeholders.
• Compliance-Aware: understand pay transparency and data privacy.

Responsibilities

• Own Greenhouse configuration, user management, and integrations.
• Manage TA vendor relationships and third-party job boards/tools.
• Develop change management, playbooks, and training for TA tools.
• Analyze long-term TA process needs and best practices.
• Oversee TA analytics, dashboards, and KPI reporting.
• Standardize hiring manager experience and interview practices.
• Lead a TA operations and candidate experience team with clear goals.

Skills

Leadership

Recruiting expert

ATS administration

Data-driven

Project management

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Greenhouse

Workday integration

Phenom career site

LinkedIn

Sourcing tools

Job description

Who we are

At CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG), our mission is to give people the power to reach their destination. We started as a small team of developers determined to bring trust and transparency to car shopping. Since then, our history of innovation and go-to-market acceleration has driven industry-leading growth. In fact, we’re the largest and fastest-growing automotive marketplace, and we’ve been profitable for over 15 years.

What we do

The market is evolving, and we are too, moving the entire automotive journey online and guiding our customers through every step. That includes everything from the sale of an old car to the financing, purchase, and delivery of a new one. Today, tens of millions of consumers visit CarGurus.com each month, and 30,000 dealerships use our products. But they're not the only ones who love CarGurus—our employees do, too. We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth. Disrupting a trillion-dollar industry requires fresh and diverse perspectives. Come join us for the ride!

Role overview

Our Talent Acquisition Team is looking for an experienced Manager of Talent Acquisition Operations and Employer Brand to make our company a destination for top talent globally. In this role, as a critical member of the TA leadership team, you will partner cross-functionally with multiple business partners, leaders, vendors, and the full TA team to translate strategy into action. You’ll influence and impact company-wide recruiting processes, candidate experience, employer brand, and programs by optimizing our data and technology.

What you'll do

TA Operations, Analytics & Tech Enablement

• Act as the primary owner and system administrator of Greenhouse, our ATS — configuration, user management, job creation and post management, offer generation, new hire communications, integrations, and system health.
• Manage the broader TA vendor relationships, optimizing and streamlining all third party job boards, sourcing, screening and scheduling tools (ex. Linkedin, Docusign, BrightHire, and more).
• Evaluate and implement thoughtful change management for the full TA team around tool evolution and adoption across the team, including building workflow maps, playbooks and training.
• Analyze and evaluate long-term process needs, with an eye on forward-looking industry best practices.
• Demonstrate a deep aptitude for the technical management of recruiting operations, including system integrations and escalation management.
• Own TA analytics and reporting, helping configure and maintain dashboards TA metrics KPIs, and produce relevant reporting.
• Partner closely with the TA leadership team to standardize hiring manager experience, structured interview best-practices and expectations.
• Lead, manage, and develop a team responsible for TA operations and candidate experience delivery, setting clear team-level goals, processes, and performance standards.

Candidate Experience & Employer Brand

• Oversee our global employer brand to attract high-quality candidates, working closely with internal partners and brand vendors. Leverage data and candidate sentiment to guide our strategy, messaging, and spend.
• Own our social media accounts and the career site (Phenom) — managing content, job feed configuration, page design, asset deployment. Track key site metrics to drive traffic and applications to continuously improve top-of-funnel performance.
• Create a “wow” candidate experience, ensuring a consistent and high-quality journey from the initial application through the offer stage across all roles.

What you'll bring

• Experienced Leader: You possess strong people leadership skills and have a proven track record of building, coaching, and developing teams.
• Recruiting Expert: You are someone who has previously managed a full desk recruiting, giving you a deep understanding of the end-to-end hiring lifecycle.
• ATS Power User: You are a seasoned administrator (Greenhouse preferred)— not just a user. You understand system configuration: permissions, job templates, offer approvals, integrations, custom fields, and reporting. Experience managing the Greenhouse-to-Workday integration is a bonus.
• Career Site Savvy: You have hands‑on experience managing a career site platform (Phenom preferred), including content management, platform configuration, and employer brand execution. You understand how career site analytics connect to top‑of‑funnel recruiting performance.
• Tech‑Savvy: You have robust experience with TA tech levers (ATS, CRM, skills matching, scheduling, communications, etc). You also possess the aptitude to master the technical, backend aspects of the TA stack. You are an AI early adopter and know when to lean into automation to enhance a process.
• Process & Project Oriented: You have strong project management skills and a proven ability to build operations from scratch, document workflows, and identify breakdowns in execution.
• Data‑Driven: You are highly analytical, with experience extracting insights from data visualization tools to diagnose business challenges and drive operational solutions.
• Candidate‑Obsessed: You have a natural passion for candidate experience and know how to provide best‑in‑class service to talent.
• Collaborative Partner: You have strong EQ and outstanding communication skills to partner multidirectionally with vendors and stakeholders across TA, HR, DEIB, Marketing, and Communications.
• Compliance‑Aware: You understand the operational and legal dimensions of talent operations, including background check process, pay transparency compliance and data privacy in candidate record management.

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Individual pay within this range is determined by work location and other factors such as job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
This annual base salary forms part of a comprehensive Total Rewards Package. In addition to benefits, this role may qualify for discretionary bonuses/incentives and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Position Pay Range

$114,000 — $143,000 USD

Working at CarGurus

We reward our Gurus’ curiosity and passion with best‑in‑class benefits and compensation, including equity for all employees, both when they start and as they continue to grow with us. Our career development and corporate giving programs, as well as our employee resource groups (ERGs) and communities, help people build connections while making an impact in personally meaningful ways.

A flexible hybrid model and robust time off policies encourage work‑life balance and individual well‑being. Thoughtful perks like daily free lunch, a new car discount, meditation and fitness apps, commuting cost coverage, and more help our people create space for what matters most in their personal and professional lives.

CarGurus may require in‑person interviews as part of our hiring process, particularly for positions based in our Boston and Dublin offices. Candidates selected for an in‑person interview will be notified in advance. Please be aware that travel expenses are the responsibility of the candidate.

We welcome all

CarGurus strives to be a place to which people can bring the ultimate expression of themselves and their potential—starting with our hiring process. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We foster an inclusive environment that values people for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. That’s why we hope you’ll apply even if you don’t check every box listed in the job description. We also encourage you to tell your recruiter if you require accommodations to participate in our hiring process due to a disability so we can provide the appropriate support. We want to know what only you can bring to CarGurus. #LI-Hybrid