Planet
Senior Manager, Talent Operations
San Francisco, CA · Senior · Full-time
Work authorization required$163k-$203kDetected 26 days ago
Project ManagementProcess ImprovementRecruitingHRISHardware DesignResearchLeadershipCommunicationMentoringLean Manufacturing
About the role
- This role reports directly to the Senior Director of Talent Acquisition and Talent Management.
- This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our San Francisco office 3 days per week.
- Operationalize the selected AI interview assessment tool across the full recruiting team, including training, change management, hiring manager onboarding, and usage analytics tracking.
Responsibilities
- As Senior Manager, Talent Operations, you will own that machine.
- You will lead a team of operations specialists, recruiting coordinators, and support staff that keeps the entire hiring lifecycle running smoothly - from requisition creation through offer acceptance.
- This role sits at the intersection of process design, technology, compliance, and candidate experience.
- You will be responsible for ensuring that our operational infrastructure scales at the same pace as our hiring ambitions - and that every touchpoint in the recruiting process reflects the quality and rigor candidates expect from a company building technology that monitors the entire planet.
- You will partner closely with the Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition to ensure that the operational data flowing out of your systems - pipeline velocity, stage conversion rates, scheduling throughput - feeds directly into the capacity model that drives recruiting resource allocation.
- This hire will immediately unblock a significant body of work and drive operational leadership to a function that touches every hire the company makes.
- Own and execute the Talent Operations Roadmap - a portfolio of active projects including AI assessment tool evaluation and rollout, global process standardization, headcount approval flow redesign, SLA audit and enforcement, and interview training program development.
- Drive scorecard SLA compliance to target by implementing process controls, automated reminders, and accountability mechanisms within the ATS - turning a lagging metric into a leading indicator of interview quality.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in talent operations, or HR operations.
- 4+ years managing a team of coordinators and operations specialists at a scaling technology company.
- Deep expertise with Greenhouse ATS or a comparable enterprise applicant tracking system, including administration, workflow configuration, custom reporting, and integration management.
- Experience driving SLA compliance and process adherence across a distributed recruiting team - you have built the dashboards, set the targets, and held people accountable.
- Track record of successfully deploying new recruiting technology - AI tools, scheduling automation, assessment platforms - with measurable adoption and impact metrics.
- Experience with global hiring operations, particularly EMEA compliance, offer letter localization, and navigating local employment requirements.
- Experience supporting a German entity setup, including familiarity with German employment compliance.
- Experience with headcount planning and approval workflow tools that integrate with HRIS and finance systems.
- Experience managing recruiting coordination at scale (100+ hires per quarter), including complex multi-timezone scheduling, onsite coordination, and high-volume offer processing.
- Project management capability to run multiple concurrent workstreams (roadmap execution, tool deployment, process redesign) without dropping priorities.
- Data-oriented mindset - you use pipeline metrics, SLA data, and process analytics to identify bottlenecks and make decisions, not intuition alone.
- What Makes You Stand Out:
- Background in aerospace, hardware, or manufacturing recruiting operations where compliance requirements such as export control and security clearances add operational complexity.
- Lean Six Sigma, PMP, or similar process improvement credentials that demonstrate operational rigor.
Skills
- Welcome to Planet.
Compensation
- The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is listed below.
- The final salary range is determined by job related experience, skills and location.
- The range displays our typical hiring range for new hire salaries in US locations only.
- Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
- San Francisco Salary Range
- San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Benefits
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
- Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
- 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
- Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Home Office Reimbursement
- Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
- Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
- Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
- Volunteering Paid Time Off
Equal opportunity
- Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from all backgrounds to apply.
- Planet is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
- Know Your Rights.
- EEO statement:
Visa & Work Authorization
- Ensure onboarding compliance for all new hires across multiple geographies, working closely with People Operations to hand off candidates cleanly and verify all pre-hire documentation including background checks, export control clearances
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