VP of Talent Operations

Toptal; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A global talent marketplace is seeking a VP of Talent Operations to manage the Talent Operations function. The role involves developing strategies for scaling operations and optimizing processes for talent and client satisfaction. Candidates should have a strong background in managing multi-faceted operations along with analytical and strategic planning skills. This is a full-time remote position.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years experience managing large-scale operations.
• Proven ability to formulate and execute business unit KPIs.
• Experience in the recruiting or talent space is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategy to meet speed and quality expectations.
• Contribute to unique solutions for sourcing and screening talent.
• Ensure strong management oversight and interactions between clients and talent.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Strategic planning

Operational excellence

Collaboration

Financial acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in Engineering or Business

Tools

Analytics toolkits

Data Architecture

Job description

About Toptal

Toptal is a global network of top talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, on-demand. With $200+ million in annual revenue and team members based around the globe, Toptal is the world’s largest fully remote workforce.

We take the best elements of virtual teams and combine them with a support structure that encourages innovation, social interaction, and fun. We see no borders, move at a fast pace, and are never afraid to break the mold.

Job Summary:

As the VP of Talent Operations, you will act as the chief architect and operator of the Toptal Marketplace—our open, two-sided talent platform—driving the strategy, structure, and execution needed to scale this offering with precision and excellence. You will bring an engineer’s mindset to solving complex marketplace dynamics, building operational frameworks that ensure our supply of world-class talent meets the evolving demands of clients at scale, without compromising on Toptal’s rigorous quality standards.

You will own the end-to-end performance of the Talent Operations function, developing the systems, processes, and teams that enable it and overseeing how the marketplace functions to deliver high-quality, high-velocity matches between talent and clients. You will design and implement infrastructure that allows the marketplace to operate as a set of composable services—akin to APIs—that seamlessly integrate across Toptal’s ecosystem. You will lead cross-functional teams spanning supply, demand, quality, and experience, ensuring alignment and operational clarity across the organization.

This role demands a builder’s mindset, a deep sense of ownership, and a bias toward scalable solutions. You will not only execute but also invent, pushing the limits of what’s possible in digital talent marketplaces. Your work will directly accelerate the growth and profitability of Toptal’s open talent offering, delivering world-class outcomes for both clients and talent. You will collaborate with a high-caliber leadership team, bringing strategic rigor and operational excellence to one of the most dynamic areas of the business.

This is a remote position. Resumes and communication must be submitted in English.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for building and executing a strategy to effectively meet the speed and quality expectations of our talent and clients. Working with our Executive and Marketing teams, you will develop processes to optimize talent supply against planned and targeted demand while ensuring talent satisfaction to continually attract high caliber talent and deliver an outstanding client experience.

Your strategic and analytical thinking will contribute to the formulation of unique solutions to streamline processes that result in efficient means to source, screen, and place talent under expanding vertical and specialization scenarios. You will continually gain insights from data and analytics in order to make sound business decisions. By applying your top-level leadership skills, you will ensure that your growing team is highly motivated and qualified to deliver upon Key Performance Indicators that result in achievement of core business objectives. You will ensure strong management oversight and collaborative interactions between clients, talent, and our core team to support achievement of objectives in the day-to-day operations.

Qualifications and Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree is required. Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum 10 years experience effectively managing large-scale, multi-faceted operations with supply/demand components, ensuring client expectations for speed and quality are met.
• Ability to formulate and successfully execute upon business unit Key Performance Indicators.
• Proven ability to effectively apply analytics and business insights to the creation of strategic plans and executive decision-making.
• Understanding of Data Architecture and Analytics toolkits and languages.
• Demonstrated success with developing and deploying process improvement and workflow enhancements that result in streamlined operations.
• Financial acumen to develop and manage pricing strategies that project and optimize ROI in a two-sided market.
• Experience working with Finance to formulate compensation programs that effectively drive desired behaviors and align with business financial objectives.
• Experience working with Product Managers to deliver requirements that support optimization of workflow and operational processes.
• Experience with development of risk management processes designed to detect and prevent fraudulent activities.
• Must have the ability to promote collaboration and proactively communicate with different stakeholders to drive alignment with strategic initiatives and hold teams accountable.
• Experience working in the recruiting, outsourcing, and/or talent space is a plus.
• You must be a world-class individual contributor to thrive at Toptal. You will not be here just to tell other people what to do.

Essential Job Functions

• Regularly and reliably attend scheduled virtual team meetings on camera.
• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Use all required digital collaboration tools.
• Prioritize and self-manage workflows and deadlines.

US FLSA Classification: Full-Time/Exempt