Senior Talent Operations & Recruiting Automation Lead

Applied Intuition; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health insurance

401k

Job summary

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Senior Talent Operations Specialist to lead company-wide recruiting initiatives, defining how we attract, engage, and hire at scale. You’ll own our recruiting infrastructure, including automation systems and candidate experience, partnering with executives, engineering, and recruiting leadership to elevate our hiring programs.

You will design scalable frameworks, oversee governance, and build partnerships with universities and networks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in recruiting operations, technical program management, or talent strategy.
• Experience designing and executing programs at scale in high-growth environments.
• Fluency with systems integration, automation, and data flows (APIs, backend workflows).
• Proven ability to align stakeholders at executive level.
• Strong strategic thinking that links ops to long-term vision.
• Visible leadership with influence without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day operation of recruiting systems (Ashby ATS and ModernLoop).
• Lead design and deployment of enterprise automation and AI sourcing agents.
• Govern recruiting processes, docing, and adoption across the company.
• Create scalable candidate experience and employer brand frameworks.
• Build partnerships with talent networks, universities, and industry orgs.
• Lead measurement and analytics for recruiting programs against KPIs.
• Partner with recruiting leadership on org design, headcount planning, and scaling.
• Manage cross-functional program managers and multi-stakeholder initiatives.

Skills

Recruiting ops

Technical program mgmt

Talent strategy

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Ashby ATS

ModernLoop

APIs

Job description

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Senior Talent Operations Specialist to lead company-wide recruiting initiatives, defining how we attract, engage, and hire at scale. You’ll own our recruiting infrastructure, including automation systems and candidate experience, partnering with executives, engineering, and recruiting leadership to elevate our hiring programs.

You will design scalable frameworks, oversee governance, and build partnerships with universities and networks.