Talent Acquisition Operations Manager, Instructure
$80-100k
Dynamic learning management platform
Job no longer available
Dynamic learning management platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$80-100k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help learners thrive in tomorrow's landscape by delivering a future-ready ecosystem.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of Talent Acquisition Operations, People Operations, HR Systems, or Recruiting Operations experience supporting global organizations
- Hands-on experience administering enterprise ATS platforms such as Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, or Workday Recruiting. Bonus pts for Ashby experience!
- Experience implementing recruiting technologies, AI solutions, and workflow automation
- Strong analytical skills with experience building executive dashboards and influencing decisions through data
- Excellent program management, executive communication, and cross-functional leadership skills
- Knowledge of global employment practices, GDPR, CCPA, and recruiting compliance
- Experience developing scalable documentation, enablement, and operational playbooks
- Experience in a high-growth SaaS organization
- Experience with BI tools (Looker, Tableau, Power BI)
- Experience with automation platforms such as Tray.io, Workato, or Zapier
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Talent Acquisition Operations Manager to lead the strategy, systems, Analytics, and operational excellence that power our global recruiting organization
- This role is responsible for building scalable recruiting infrastructure, enabling recruiters and hiring managers, driving AI-powered innovation, and delivering data-driven insights that improve hiring outcomes across the business
- Own the global recruiting technology ecosystem, including ATS administration, integrations, reporting, automation, and vendor management
- Develop the long-term Talent Acquisition Operations roadmap aligned with business growth and recruiting strategy
- Lead the responsible adoption of AI-enabled recruiting technologies to improve recruiter productivity, candidate experience, and hiring quality
- Design and standardize scalable recruiting processes across North America, EMEA, APAC, and other global regions while ensuring compliance with regional employment and privacy regulations
- Partner with Finance, HR Business Partners, People Systems, Legal, IT, Procurement, and business leaders on workforce planning, hiring forecasts, and operational initiatives
- Build executive dashboards and translate recruiting data into actionable business insights
- Develop recruiter enablement programs, hiring manager training, interview guides, playbooks, and AI best practices
- Continuously improve candidate and hiring manager experiences through process optimization and service excellence
- Lead enterprise change management for recruiting technology implementations and process improvements
- Drive operational excellence using automation, workflow optimization, and continuous improvement methodologies
- Ensure compliance with global hiring regulations, data privacy requirements, and audit readiness
- Success in the First Six Months:
- Global recruiting workflows are standardized and adopted
- Executive recruiting dashboards provide reliable self-service insights
- Recruiter administrative work is reduced through AI and automation
- Hiring manager and candidate satisfaction measurably improve
- At least one enterprise recruiting technology or automation initiative is successfully implemented globally
Our take
Instructure is an education technology company, creator of the Canvas Learning Management Platform that allows schools to build digital learning environments that meet the needs of their institutions. The platform simplifies teaching, elevates learning, and eliminates the headaches of supporting and growing traditional learning technologies.
The Canvas platform has grown to become a key part of a large number of educational institutions, from pre-school to higher education. Meanwhile, the company has gone international and hit the $1 billion market cap, made a number of acquisitions and invested in R&D. In fact, much of Instructure's workforce is dedicated to R&D, which shows their focus on innovating.
Instructure was itself acquired in 2024 by KKR, which supports a broad-based equity ownership program for Instructure employees. With KKR's record of acquired companies, this is a promising development. And, as the company centres a future-oriented vision and brand strategy, it will be interesting to see what it does next.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jun 2016
$4m
SERIES A
Aug 2015
$1.5m
CONVERTIBLE
Total funding: $5.5m
Company benefits
- Join a passionate community of educators and the people working to support them
- Access to a large course library, mentoring and coaching opportunities, and regular feedback
- Community engagement (partnerships, volunteering, free learning resources, and ongoing outreach efforts)
- Office culture that values outcomes and impact above all
- Equity and ownership programs give every employee a stake in our future
- Ownership, recognition, and celebrations of shared success
- Growth opportunities (we’re all about helping our people move into (and thrive in) new roles)
Company HQ
Cottonwood Heights, UT
Leadership
Steve Daly
(CEO)They have a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a MBA in Strategy and Finance with more than 20 years experience in hardware and software industries.
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