Talent AI Operator

CLERA; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Visa sponsorship

Equity may be available

Job summary

Clera Labs, Inc. is building an AI-powered recruiting platform and seeks an experienced Talent Operations role to oversee AI agent interactions, review outputs, and guide candidates through final hiring stages. You will apply human judgment to AI-driven conversations, manage offers, and help close placements.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, and leadership in a startup setting, plus exposure to modern tech stacks and data-driven recruitment metrics.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in talent ops, recruiting, or sourcing at early-stage tech startups.
• Hands-on experience using AI tools such as Claude,ChatGPT, or similar to assess output quality.
• Experience closing placements and managing final-stage candidate conversations, including offer negotiations.
• Ability to use recruiting data, such as KPIs, dashboards, A/B tests, and conversion analysis, to guide decisions.
• Experience training, labeling, or providing feedback on AI or machine learning system outputs.
• Experience working with product, engineering, and leadership teams in a startup environment.
• Familiarity with tools such as TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, or Supabase is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Monitor candidate conversations handled by AI agents, identify errors, and intervene when human judgment is needed.
• Manage sensitive or high-stakes candidate discussions, including compensation negotiations and objections.
• Review agent outputs, label strong and weak responses, and provide feedback that improves performance.
• Audit candidate matches, outreach quality, and recruiting conversion metrics.
• Guide candidates through final hiring stages, manage offers, and help close placements.
• Document effective practices, build standard operating procedures, and develop operational playbooks.

Skills

Talent operations

AI tools usage

Offer negotiations

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional teamwork

Startup experience

Tools

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

React

Node.js

PostgreSQL

Supabase

Job description

About the Role

Help a recruiting technology team make AI-powered talent operations effective at scale. You will oversee recruiting agents, apply human judgment to candidate conversations, and help improve how people and AI work together.

What You'll Do

• Monitor candidate conversations handled by AI agents, identify errors, and intervene when human judgment is needed.

• Manage sensitive or high-stakes candidate discussions, including compensation negotiations and objections.

• Review agent outputs, label strong and weak responses, and provide feedback that improves performance.

• Audit candidate matches, outreach quality, and recruiting conversion metrics.

• Guide candidates through final hiring stages, manage offers, and help close placements.

• Document effective practices, build standard operating procedures, and develop operational playbooks.

What We're Looking For

• At least 2 years of experience in talent operations, recruiting, or sourcing at early-stage technology startups.

• Hands-on experience using AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, or similar to assess output quality, spot errors, and understand limitations.

• Experience closing placements and managing final-stage candidate conversations, including offer negotiations and objection handling.

• Ability to use recruiting data, such as KPIs, dashboards, A/B tests, and conversion analysis, to guide decisions.

• Experience training, labeling, or providing feedback on AI or machine learning system outputs.

• Experience working with product, engineering, and leadership teams in a startup environment.

• Familiarity with tools or technologies such as TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, or Supabase is helpful.

Compensation & Benefits

Competitive base pay and uncapped performance-based compensation tied to placements. Equity may be available based on performance and scope. Health insurance and visa sponsorship are available.

Location

Hybrid in San Francisco, California. Remote work within the United States is also listed as an option.