Recruiting Operations Lead for Campus & Professional

Clark Construction Group, LLC; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Clark Construction Group, LLC is seeking a Recruiting Operations Manager to lead the end-to-end recruiting lifecycle for both professional and campus programs in McLean, VA. You will direct and develop a team of HR Coordinators, drive operational rigor, and optimize systems to deliver a superior candidate and client experience.

The role requires strategic planning, program management for campus events, analytics dashboards, budget oversight, and close collaboration with HRIT on ServiceNow,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in recruiting operations, HR, or talent acquisition operations.
• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) or equivalent work experience.
• Proven experience directly leading, mentoring, and managing a team of HR or recruiting coordinators.
• Strong background managing end-to-end recruitment operations, high-volume campus recruiting logistics, intern programming, and event branding/promotional assets.
• Hands-on experience with ATS and HR tools. Experience with Workday Recruiting, Handshake, ServiceNow, or recruiting CRMs preferred.
• Experience managing background check and drug screening vendor relationships, policies, and compliance.
• Demonstrated capability in tracking/reporting recruiting metrics via dashboards and managing program budgets, cost-per-hire metrics, and expense allocations.
• Ability to work 100% onsite in McLean, VA, with flexibility for occasional early morning starts on candidate interview days.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and empower a team of HR Coordinators responsible for supporting day-to-day recruiting, scheduling, and onboarding operations.
• Manage capacity, task allocation, and daily workflow execution across campus and professional recruiting tracks.
• Provide regular feedback, training, and ongoing professional development to build capability across the coordinator team.
• Manage logistics and planning for major candidate events and initiatives, including early ID summits, summer associate programming, competitions, student ambassador programs, and interview day processes.
• Facilitate smooth candidate progression through background and drug checks; evaluate and refine screening policies for efficiency.
• Own and refine the end-to-end recruitment process, incorporating hiring manager feedback for continuous improvement.
• Host and execute onsite campus candidate interview days in McLean and a consistent process and experience nationally.
• Survey candidates to identify friction points and ensure an industry-leading candidate experience.
• Maintain the enterprise job description database to ensure brand and role consistency across all of Clark.

Skills

Experience

Bachelor's degree

People management

Operations & event logistics

ATS & HR tools

Vendor & compliance oversight

Analytics & finance

Onsite in McLean

Education

Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) or equivalent work experience

Tools

Workday Recruiting

Handshake

ServiceNow

Recruiting CRMs

Job description

Clark Construction Group, LLC is seeking a Recruiting Operations Manager to lead the end-to-end recruiting lifecycle for both professional and campus programs in McLean, VA. You will direct and develop a team of HR Coordinators, drive operational rigor, and optimize systems to deliver a superior candidate and client experience.

The role requires strategic planning, program management for campus events, analytics dashboards, budget oversight, and close collaboration with HRIT on ServiceNow,