Ops Recruiter

Mercor
San Francisco, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-to-senior level recruiters who specialize in operations and GTM roles, and are comfortable with fast-paced, hypergrowth environments.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in full-cycle recruiting for operations and GTM roles
    — “Own full-cycle recruiting (sourcing → close) across a variety of organizations (such as marketing, finance, people ops, with a prominent focus on operations)”
  • Individuals who have built and scaled hiring systems with a data-driven approach
    — “Proven ability to build and scale hiring systems, identify key metrics, and make data-driven decisions”
  • Recruiters with a demonstrated ability to represent a high-growth brand to top-tier candidates
    — “Confident representing the Mercor brand to top candidates”

Things to consider

  • This role requires in-office presence five days a week in San Francisco, NYC, or London
    — “We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices.”
  • The role involves a significant shift toward technical hiring as the company evolves
    — “Refinement of technical recruiting motion as the Ops org shifts to hire more frequently from technical backgrounds”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with structured interviewing and decision hygiene in your resume and interview responses
    — “Coach hiring managers and interviewers on structured interviewing, leveling, and decision hygiene”
  • Showcase your ability to implement process improvements and optimize funnel metrics
    — “Operationalize hiring systems: track and optimize key funnel metrics (pass-through rates, time-in-stage, source yield)”
  • Demonstrate your capability to build brand awareness and attract top-tier talent through campaigns and events
    — “Build brand: campaigns, referrals, and events that attract top engineers and operators”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • successful full-cycle hiring
  • implementation of hiring systems
  • improved candidate experience
Typical background
recruiting experienceoperations background

Skills & requirements

Required

Full-cycle RecruitingHiring SystemsStructured InterviewingData-driven Decision MakingCommunication SkillsTeam Collaboration

Preferred

Technical RecruitingAshby Tool Proficiency

Stack & domain

Full-cycle RecruitingSourcingTalent IntelligenceStructured ScreensAutomated Work SamplesCalibrated RubricsStructured InterviewingLevelingDecision HygieneHiring SystemsKey Funnel MetricsSlasCampaignsReferralsEventsAshbyCommunicationCoachingTeamworkLeadershipProblem-solvingStrategic ThinkingAdaptabilityAttention To DetailRecruitingTalent AcquisitionHuman ResourcesAITechnology

About the role

Original posting from Mercor via Ashby

ABOUT MERCOR

Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents.

Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As an Ops Recruiter at Mercor, you’ll own full-cycle hiring for critical roles across a variety of organizations, with a particular focus on our Delivery org. You will partner directly with General Managers and Account Leads to find high performing operators that will partner directly with the leading AI Labs in the world, playing an instrumental role in scaling one of the fastest-growing companies in the world. This is a true 0→1 motion, with an opportunity to lay the foundation for the future of recruiting at Mercor.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Own full-cycle recruiting (sourcing → close) across a variety of organizations (such as marketing, finance, people ops, with a prominent focus on operations)
  • Partner with b to map out needs and implement continual process improvements
  • Build top-of-funnel using creative outbound, talent intelligence, and Mercor’s own product (structured screens, automated work samples, and calibrated rubrics)
  • Coach hiring managers and interviewers on structured interviewing, leveling, and decision hygiene
  • Operationalize hiring systems: track and optimize key funnel metrics (pass-through rates, time-in-stage, source yield)
  • Champion speed and quality: drive SLAs for same-day debriefs, fast offers, and strong candidate experience
  • Build brand: campaigns, referrals, and events that attract top engineers and operators
  • Represent Mercor externally, you’ll be a face of the brand for an exceptionally competitive talent market
  • Collaborate on dashboards, metrics, and process automation within Ashby and other recruiting systems
  • Refinement of technical recruiting motion as the Ops org shifts to hire more frequently from technical backgrounds

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

  • Experience with full-cycle recruiting across IC and leadership roles
  • Proven ability to build and scale hiring systems, identify key metrics, and make data-driven decisions
  • High motor, outcome-oriented approach; Mercor is in hypergrowth, and hiring is viewed as a key strategic driver of that growth
  • Strong communication skills; able to work efficiently with General Managers, Account Leads, and internal leadership
  • Familiarity with a range of roles, emphasis on GTM, Strategy, Operations, ideally with some mastery of technical roles such as SWEs or FDEs
  • Confident representing the Mercor brand to top candidates
  • Familiarity with Ashby or ability to quickly adopt new tools and systems

NICE TO HAVES

  • Experience as a founding recruiter or early-stage startup builder
  • Interest in the human data / AGI space
  • Technical recruiting expertise - Mercor's business is trending in an increasingly technical perspective over time, and we are hiring a greater percentage of technical professionals into client facing operator roles

IDEAL QUALITIES

  • Agility / Adaptability - ability to move fast, pivot with business shifts, and maintain best-in-class outcomes
  • Operational Rigor - ability to bring order to an unstructured environment
  • Growth Mindset - You don’t need to be an expert on AI, but you do need to have a strong desire to learn and continue learning in a rapidly evolving, frontier industry
  • Commitment to the Outcome - Ownership mentality; will hold themselves accountable to an extremely high standard of work
  • Love for the Craft - we are building a zero to one motion; this hire will bring a low ego attitude to the table with a genuine love for building a best-in-class talent acquisition motion

BENEFITS

  • $15K relocation bonus (for moving to the Bay Area)
  • $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
  • $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
  • Free Equinox membership
  • $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
  • $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
  • Health, Dental, Vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company match

Source: Mercor careers (Ashby)

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