Senior Recruiter, Propel
$130-165k
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Financial services & products for low-income Americans
Job no longer available
Financial services & products for low-income Americans
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$130-165k
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To enable Americans with low income to improve their financial health.
Role
Who you are
- You love the human side of recruiting and are insatiably interested in how we can use technology to design smarter systems, build automation thoughtfully, help grow the collective skills of the team and ensure candidates feel warmth and care throughout their experience with us
- 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience across technical and non-technical roles at Series A–D startups (ideally B2C, mobile, or marketplace products)
- Proven ability to design and execute AI-assisted recruiting workflows. You’re fluent or fast-learning in tools like ChatGPT, Juicebox, Glean, Cursor or others
- A systems mindset: you think in terms of scalable workflows, data feedback loops, and process evolution
- Innate curiosity and an optimistic mindset
- Deep care for diversity, equity, and inclusion in every step of the process
- Ability to balance speed and quality. You move fast, but never at the expense of candidate experience
- Strong communication and storytelling skills, both written and verbal
- Comfort with ambiguity, high ownership, and genuine curiosity about how things work
- Bonus: Experience in People Ops or analytics, or a demonstrated interest in building the future of AI + HR systems
What the job involves
- This isn’t a typical recruiting role. We’re looking for someone to join our team who is both a great recruiter and someone who is incredibly interested in rethinking hiring systems as AI becomes a bigger part of the landscape
- You’ll partner closely with the VP of People and our Talent Acquisition Manager to grow our team intentionally and inclusively
- Our current hiring system is strong (30-day average time to hire, 95% candidate satisfaction, 90% offer acceptance). Now we want to elevate it into an adaptive, AI-enabled recruiting engine that learns and improves over time
- You’ll join a close-knit People Ops team that values curiosity, judgment, and high ownership
- You’ll guide hiring managers to clarity, design processes that balance efficiency with empathy, and help shape how technology supports recruiting, not replaces it
- Strategic Partner to Hiring Managers: Go beyond the job description. You’ll help hiring managers clarify what they truly need, shape the right role design, and define success profiles that connect to real business outcomes
- AI-Driven Systems Builder: You’ll design recruiting systems that continuously learn and improve. You’ll experiment with tools like ChatGPT, Juicebox, Glean, Cursor, and others to streamline sourcing, communication, and data analysis
- Champion of Candidate Experience: You’ll use AI to personalize and scale candidate communication without losing the human touch
- First-Principles Process Designer: You’ll question legacy recruiting practices and rebuild from the ground up. What truly drives efficiency, fairness, and quality? How can we make our systems easier and better for the hiring team?
- Ethical & Inclusive Innovator: You’ll help design systems that are transparent and inclusive by default
- Cultural Experimenter: You’ll nurture a culture of curiosity and continuous improvement
Our take
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits are used by millions of Americans, but the scheme has long been hampered by a lack of innovation or digitization. Propel offers instant access to balances, plus local offers and discounts, and support in finding work. It also provides a free debit card that can be used for everyday shopping, bills, savings, and online transactions.
Formerly known as Food Stamps, SNAP benefits can be a hassle to use, with some recipients still having to make phone calls to gauge their budget. Propel's users can keep track of and manage their government-provided SNAP benefits from its mobile app, enabling low-income Americans to make use of this critical safety net more easily.
The Providers app has been used by upwards of 5 million of a potential roughly 40 million people who use SNAP benefits, showcasing both the current reach of the company and how much space it has in which to grow. With a presence in all 50 states, as well as some territories, Propel is investing in expanding its debit card services, and widening its reach to a growing customer base.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2024
$3.5m
GRANT
Mar 2022
$50m
SERIES B
Total funding: $88m
Company benefits
- Remote-first, with offices in Brooklyn, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco
- We bring everyone together once or twice a year
- 99% of the premium for medical, dental, and vision
- 16-week parental leave
- 20 vacation days
- 401k matching eligibility on day 1
Company HQ
Downtown Brooklyn, NY
Leadership
Jimmy Chen
(Co-Founder & CEO)Having studied at Stanford, they worked for 2 years as a LinkedIn Associate Product Manager, before spending a further 2 in the same position at Facebook. They left to co-found Propel in May 2014.
Jeff Kaiser
(Co-Founder & COO)Graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Political Science and Government. Before co-founding Propel, they were a Project Manager at Dalberg Global Development Advisors.
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