Recruiting Programs Lead

Join Applied Intuition as a Recruiting Programs Lead, where you will own and scale our early career talent programs and contingent workforce program. You will manage the full early career recruiting lifecycle, build and manage our contingent worker program, and partner cross-functionally with various teams. This role requires a strong background in program management, compliance, and recruiting operations.

• Own and scale the early career talent program, including university relations, new grad hiring, and internship programs.
• Manage the full early career recruiting lifecycle — from campus and university partnerships through offer and onboarding handoff.
• Build and manage the contingent worker program end to end, including vendor and staffing agency management, to ensure consistent, compliant, high-quality engagements across the business.
• This role requires real depth in both areas, not just program management generalist skills: you should already know how to run a university relations and internship pipeline, and you should already know the compliance landscape around contingent labor, particularly in California
• Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of experience in recruiting operations and other teams including talent acquisition, or people program management roles with demonstrated stakeholder management experience
• Proven success building and managing a contingent worker program, including vendor/staffing agency management and day-to-day use of a VMS
• Strong program management background with the ability to design and optimize processes, integrate feedback, and communicate outcomes across all levels
• Proven track record of building and scaling an early career talent program, including university relations, new grad hiring, and internship programs
• Solid understanding of employment law and compliance requirements as they relate to contingent workforce management, particularly in California
• Strong analytical mindset with experience using recruiting and workforce data to drive program improvements and decision-makin
• Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles
• Experience with VMS platforms; Flextracks is preferred
• Knowledge of other contingent worker types and experience working with Employers of Record (EORs)
• Experience in high-growth technology companies, particularly in automotive or autonomous vehicle industries
• Direct involvement in scaling recruiting or talent operations from early-stage startups to larger organizational structures
• Experience with ATS platforms that translate data to insights and actions
• Background in change management or organizational development