Recruiting Operations Specialist

Sierra Sierra · AI Frontier · San Francisco, CA · Operations

This role focuses on building and optimizing recruiting processes and workflows, developing dashboards for pipeline visibility, and managing recruiting tools including ATS and AI-based solutions. It requires experience in recruiting operations, strong analytical skills, and familiarity with AI tools in recruiting.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build and optimize scalable recruiting processes and workflows that drive efficiency, consistency, and a world-class candidate and hiring manager experience.
  2. Develop dashboards and reports to give real-time visibility into pipeline health, team performance, diversity progress, and hiring outcomes—enabling data-driven decisions across the talent team.
  3. Partner closely with recruiters and hiring teams to identify operational bottlenecks, implement process improvements, and champion best practices across the full recruiting lifecycle.
  4. Own the configuration, management, and ongoing optimization of recruiting tools, including our ATS (Ashby) and other automation or AI-based solutions used for sourcing, scheduling, and candidate engagement.
  5. Lead enablement efforts across the recruiting team by building documentation, training materials, and resources that promote adoption of tools, process changes, and reporting standards.

Skills

Required

  • 3-5 years of experience in recruiting operations, talent analytics, or related roles
  • Deep expertise in building and scaling recruiting processes, reporting frameworks, and tooling infrastructure.
  • Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Google Sheets, data visualization tools, and building dashboards that influence decision-making.
  • Hands-on experience managing and customizing an ATS (experience with Ashby is a plus).
  • A passion for process improvement and operational excellence
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills
  • Comfort working in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with tools that leverage AI to support sourcing, scheduling, and recruiting workflows.
  • Experience supporting diversity hiring initiatives through data, process design, or reporting.
  • Background in enablement or instructional design to support training and documentation efforts for recruiting teams.

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-based solutions used for sourcing, scheduling, and candidate engagement
  • AI applications and analytics