Recruiting Operations Generalist

About Ghost

At Ghost, our mission is to make self-driving for everyone. We build autonomous driving software for automakers, based on a breakthrough in artificial intelligence that finally makes highway autonomy safe and scalable for the consumer car market.

Ghost helps automakers reimagine the car of the future with a complete autonomy solution that can be fully customized and continuously upgraded, delivering a car that keeps getting better year after year.

At Ghost, we are responsible for both invention and productization – not only solving complex problems with novel technology but making sure that it can scale to millions of drivers on the road. It’s a bold undertaking, but one that makes for constant learning, real-world impact, and fulfilling work. Together, we are a small, multi-disciplinary team tackling one of the hardest challenges in technology today.

Ghost was founded in 2017 by John Hayes and Volkmar Uhlig. Before Ghost, John co-founded Pure Storage, taking the company public in 2015.

Ghost has over a hundred employees across its headquarters in Mountain View and additional offices in Dallas, Detroit, and Sydney. Ghost has raised over $200 million from investors including Mike Speiser at Sutter Hill Ventures, Keith Rabois at Founders Fund, and Vinod Khosla at Khosla Ventures.

Learn more at https://ghostautonomy.com.

The Role

We are seeking a versatile individual combining strong project management and communications skills as well as a steadfast customer service orientation to join Ghost as a Recruiting Operations Generalist. Working directly with the Head of Recruiting, the Generalist will be responsible for managing various aspects of the recruitment process from optimizing our usage of our Applicant Tracking System to ensuring an excellent candidate experience. Above all, this person will be tenacious and highly motivated by the challenge of attracting world class people to Ghost.

What you will do:

• Liaise with hiring managers to understand needs, formulate job specifications, and align on interviewer slates
• Ensure we are maximizing our return on investment in various third-party platforms (e.g., Greenhouse, LinkedIn)
• Coordinate interview scheduling and logistics, ensuring a seamless experience for both candidates and Ghost employees
• Work cooperatively in a fast-paced environment in which priorities change quickly
• Act as the “face of Ghost” for applicants and recruitment agencies during the early stages of the process, including welcoming them during onsite visits to our headquarters
• Identify and execute on recruitment process improvement opportunities
• Conduct background verification and reference checks for late stage candidates
• Create documentation on various processes for both internal and external audiences

Requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Robust organizational and project management skills
• 3+ years in talent acquisition, with technical recruitment experience a plus
• High level of attention to detail and ability to juggle large volumes of work
• Tenacity and consistent application of growth mindset
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Customer service orientation, with a can-do, “no task is too large or too small” attitude
• Demonstrable excitement for the recruiting function
• Familiarity with recruiting platforms such as Greenhouse
• Strong judgment and comfort with ambiguity

Benefits

• Medical, Vision and Dental coverage (PPO, HMO, and HSA options available; 100% premium coverage of several PPO and HMO plans for employees)
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) plan

Compensation

Compensation for this role consists of a base salary and an options grant, with the base salary expected to range from $90,000 to $110,000+. Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience.

Ghost is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally‑recognized basis [“protected class”] including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability or any other protected class under federal, state or local law.