Senior Manager – Talent Operations

Chainlink Labs

Senior Manager managing Talent Operations for Chainlink Labs to scale recruiting function. Partnering with internal teams to build scalable hiring frameworks and processes.

Posted 5/13/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and scale recruiting frameworks and processes
Lead and develop a team of Talent Coordinators, ensuring high performance and strong candidate experience
Own end-to-end recruiting operations (scheduling, workflows, SLAs, and process consistency)
Manage and optimise ATS (we use Ashby) and broader talent systems with People Tech, ensuring data integrity and usability
Build and maintain clear, scalable documentation and hiring playbooks
Design and improve recruiting processes to increase efficiency, quality, and scalability
Develop and maintain recruiting metrics, dashboards, and reporting for leadership
Partner with Talent Partners and hiring managers to improve hiring workflows and best practices
Identify and implement tools or automation to improve operational effectiveness
Evaluate and manage recruiting vendors and tools

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience leading recruiting operations or talent coordination in a scaling environment
Player coach mentality and ability to lead from the front
Strong systems mindset with hands-on experience managing ATS and tooling
Proven ability to improve processes and drive operational efficiency
Experience managing or mentoring team members
Data-driven approach with strong attention to detail
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, distributed environment
Based in Eastern or Central time

Benefits

Comp & perks

All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).
We carefully review all applications and aim to provide a response to every candidate within two weeks after the job posting closes.
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Hard Skills & Tools

recruiting frameworksrecruiting processesrecruiting metricsdashboardsreportingdata integrityoperational efficiencyprocess improvementautomation

Soft Skills

leadershipteam developmentcandidate experienceattention to detailplayer coach mentalitycollaborationmentoringadaptability