Recruiting Coordinator, Research

Thinking Machines Lab

$140K — $200K *
Staffing
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience coordinating schedules and managing calendars in fast-paced environments.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for candidate interactions.
  • Ability to adapt to different recruiting styles and learning rapidly.
  • Proficiency in Google Workspace and modern scheduling tools.
  • 1+ years in high-volume scheduling or recruiting coordination role (preferred).

Responsibilities

  • Manage interview scheduling across multiple time zones and stakeholders.
  • Coordinate all logistics for interviews, including travel and room setup.
  • Act as the main point of contact for candidates throughout the interview process.
  • Monitor interview capacity to ensure swift scheduling.
  • Expand interviewer pools by partnering with teams for training as hiring volume grows.
  • Provide operational recruiting support including talent mapping and audit of interview feedback.

Benefits

  • Generous health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Unlimited paid time off.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Relocation support offered where necessary.
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are hiring a Recruiting Coordinator to accelerate our hiring efforts for Research and build a high-quality, efficient recruiting engine. You will be responsible for owning interview scheduling, improving recruiting operations, reporting, and delivering a thoughtful, high-touch candidate experience.

What You'll Do
Candidate Scheduling & Communication
  • Manage high-volume interview coordination across multiple time zones, calendars, and stakeholders while maintaining a world-class candidate experience.
  • Coordinate all interview logistics, from travel and expenses to room setup and technical support.
  • Serve as the main point of contact for candidates, communicating in a warm, professional, and informative manner through the whole screening and interview process.
  • Proactively monitor and manage interview capacity, ensuring the right interviewers are available and schedules can move quickly
  • Scale interviewer pools by partnering with teams to identify, train, and prepare new interviewers as hiring volume grows
  • Use modern scheduling tools (e.g., Ashby, GoodTime, ModernLoop) to automate scheduling, reduce manual work, and improve response speed
Hiring Process, Candidate Experience, & Operations
  • Provide operational support to recruiting: talent mapping, data, referrals processing, recruiting events, and inbound application support on an ad-hoc basis.
  • Collect, organize and audit interview feedback.
  • Maintain up-to-date recruiting information in documentation and in Slack, support data integrity across recruiting systems.
Skills and Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:
  • Experience coordinating schedules, managing calendars, or supporting operations in fast-paced environments, with exacting attention to detail.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially in direct candidate communications
  • Comfort adapting to different styles and approaches to recruiting for different teams, learning and pivoting quickly
  • Proficiency with Google Workspace, scheduling tools, and communication platforms like Slack

Preferred qualifications - we encourage you to apply if you meet some but not all of these:
  • 1+ years in a high-volume scheduling or recruiting coordination role
  • Experience with ATS, HRIS, and scheduling tools like Ashby, GoodTime, Workday, and ModernLoop.
  • Experience partnering closely with recruiters and hiring managers
  • Proven ability to be proactive in ambiguous situations and propose multiple solutions
  • Experience supporting technical or leadership-level hiring
Logistics
  • Location: This role is based in San Francisco, California.
  • Compensation: Depending on background, skills and experience, the expected annual salary range for this position is $140,000 - $200,000 USD.
  • Visa sponsorship: We sponsor visas. While we can't guarantee success for every candidate or role, if you're the right fit, we're committed to working through the visa process together.
  • Benefits: Thinking Machines offers generous health, dental, and vision benefits, unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, and relocation support as needed.

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