TA & PX Systems Lead — Ashby Admin & HR Tech Architect

Remote; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI seeks an experienced Senior Lead, TA & PX Systems Administration to own and optimize the Talent Acquisition technology stack, including Ashby ATS/CRM and third-party HR tools. You will partner with People Technology leadership to build the roadmap and scale the function as a hands-on practitioner and eventual people leader.

You will collaborate with recruiters, hiring managers, and cross-functional teams to design durable systems, governance, and integrations that support privacy,

Qualifications

• Hands-on Ashby administration experience with configuration, workflows, approvals, offers, permissions, integrations, and reporting objects.
• 8+ years of experience administering and optimizing recruiting and HR technology across multiple platforms.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, experience, skills, and knowledge.
• Experience contributing to a TA or HR tech roadmap and vendor renewals across platforms.
• Hands-on builder confident in configuration work, with mentoring or leadership experience.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end TA processes from sourcing to onboarding.
• Fluency in ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, assessments, interview intelligence, and analytics.
• Experience with PX SaaS tools like performance, compensation, equity, engagement, or HRIS-adjacent platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the roadmap for TA and HR technology with People Technology leadership.
• Support the full TA tech ecosystem including ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, assessments, and background checks.
• Administer and optimize Ashby as ATS/CRM including fields, scoring, and reporting.
• Administer and support Lattice, Pave, Compa, and Carta configurations and upgrades.
• Manage vendor relationships, renewals, and contracts with cross-functional partners.
• Define integration architecture across TA and PX stack (UKG, O365, SSO, data platform).
• Translate requirements into architecture decisions and document workflows, permissions, data model.
• Establish data governance for TA and PX systems and reporting boundaries.
• Lead release management and UAT for system changes with audit-ready docs.
• Ensure clean data pipelines for executive reporting and analytics.
• Monitor TA and PX tech market and vendor evaluations.

Skills

Ashby admin

TA/HR roadmap

Vendor management

Configuration

Cross-functional collaboration

SaaS tools knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Ashby ATS

Lattice

Pave

Compa

Carta

UKG

O365

Job description

Shield AI seeks an experienced Senior Lead, TA & PX Systems Administration to own and optimize the Talent Acquisition technology stack, including Ashby ATS/CRM and third-party HR tools. You will partner with People Technology leadership to build the roadmap and scale the function as a hands-on practitioner and eventual people leader.

You will collaborate with recruiters, hiring managers, and cross-functional teams to design durable systems, governance, and integrations that support privacy,