About the Role
We are seeking a People Strategy & Operations lead to scale our team from 10 to 30 employees. This role involves building and managing the systems necessary to attract and retain top engineering, sales, and operations talent, transforming the contingent workforce industry.
Responsibilities
- Own outbound recruiting for all open internal roles during scaling from 10 to 30+ employees.
- Develop people infrastructure, including interview processes, scorecards, and onboarding.
- Collaborate directly with the CEO and founding team on headcount planning.
- Manage onboarding to ensure new hires become productive within their first week.
- Preserve company culture during growth by owning rituals, offsites, and addressing cultural drift.
- Provide a people leader's perspective on product development, influencing candidate evaluation strategies.
Requirements
- At least 1 year of experience in technical recruiting, people operations, or other outbound roles across various industries.
- Demonstrated ability to build a company's foundation.
- Relentless energy and creativity in building candidate pipelines through outbound efforts, referrals, events, and innovative channels.
- Highly organized, fast-paced, and dedicated to providing an exceptional candidate experience.
Skills
- Technical recruiting
- People operations
- Outbound recruiting
- Pipeline building
- Candidate experience management
- Onboarding
- Headcount planning
- Culture preservation
- Product influence
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- On-site
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1+ year experience
About the Company
- Ropes is developing a novel approach to talent acquisition, beginning with anti-fraud technology and enhanced skill-based interviews.
- We assist staffing and recruiting firms in combating fraud, identifying high-caliber talent, and effectively marketing this talent to Fortune 500 companies and leading global employers.
- Our team consists of 10 individuals from prestigious institutions and companies like Penn, Stanford, Waterloo, Retool, and MongoDB.
- We have secured $3.1 million in seed funding led by GSV Ventures & Boxgroup, with angel investment from notable figures at OpenAI, SpaceX, and Retool.
- The company has surpassed $1 million in revenue and serves dozens of enterprise staffing clients, including the world's largest staffing firm.
- Our target market comprises the premier firms within the $600 billion+ staffing industry, and we aim to fundamentally reshape its operations.
