Recruiting Operations Lead

Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules.Vardas W-Series vehicles are built designed and operated by Varda in-house including the pharmaceutical processing payloads the capsules the C-PICA heat shields and the satellite buses.

From life-saving pharmaceuticals to more powerful fiber optics there is a world of products used on Earth today that can only be manufactured in space. Varda is accelerating innovation in the orbital economy by creating both the products and infrastructure needed so space can directly benefit life on Earth. Our mission is to expand the economic bounds of humankind.

Our team is uniquely suited to accomplishing this goal with leadership and staff comprised of veterans from SpaceX Blue Origin major pharmaceutical companies and Silicon Valley. Varda was founded in January 2021 by Will Bruey and Delian Asparouhov with significant backing from world class investors including Khosla Ventures Lux Capital Founders Fund Caffeinated Capital General Catalyst and Also Capital.

Varda is headquartered in El Segundo California where we have offices and a production facility where our vehicles equipment and materials are built integrated and tested. Varda also has offices in Washington DC and Huntsville AL.

Join Varda and work to create a bustling in-space ecosystem.

Varda is pioneering a commercial space-based manufacturing and reentry logistics platform. We need a Recruiting Operations Lead who has built or rebuilt a recruiting engine before and can do it again at our pace. You will own the systems processes data and integrations that let our recruiters hire at scale. This is a builders role: youll diagnose whats broken prioritize ruthlessly ship solutions and keep iterating until the machine hums.

You are the person who makes the whole hiring engine work (better).

• Builder. Youve stood up recruiting infrastructure from scratch or rebuilt it mid-flight. You see a messy process and know how to design something that holds up at twice the volume.
• Fixer. You walk into a complex situation break it into workable pieces and figure out what matters first. Youre a creative problem solver who doesnt wait for perfect information or a perfect plan.
• Know Greenhouse inside and out. You administer it with confidence: workflows permissions scorecards approvals reporting and everything in between. You keep it clean and you keep it trusted.
• Integrator. You connect the tools our team uses every day so each system process and data feed is optimized. You know how to scope an integration work with APIs and vendors and make data flow without manual work.
• Collaborator. You partner with Marketing and HR teams to support the creation of cross-functional efforts such as interviewer training candidate communications recruiting events.
• Data-focused. You build the dashboards and forecasts that show where the pipeline is healthy and where its stuck. You turn numbers into decisions and help our team leaders plan headcount with eyes open.
• Ownership. You take a problem from first idea to finished execution. You keep stakeholders in the loop bring Recruiting People IT Finance and Legal along and arent afraid to push back when a shortcut would create tomorrows mess.
• Protect the candidate experience. You know a job search can be nerve-racking. You make sure every touchpoint from application to offer letter to background check is smooth fast and rooted in humanity.
• Build for compliance without red tape. You design processes that handle proper controls audits EEO reporting and data hygiene.
• Raise the bar. You document what works train the team and mentor others.

• Recruiters spend their time recruiting not wrestling with tools or admin
• Our recruiting stack is integrated reliable ready for volume hiring
• Hiring managers and leaders trust our data and rely on its insights
• Time-to-hire drops candidate experience improves and nothing falls through the cracks

• 7 years in recruiting talent operations HR operations or a closely related field including at least one end-to-end build or rebuild of a recruiting function at a growing company
• Expert-level Greenhouse ATS experience including system administration workflow design reporting and integrations
• Hands-on experience connecting recruiting tools through native integrations APIs or middleware
• Strong analytical skills with experience building recruiting dashboards and forecasts
• Proven ability to prioritize competing demands manage multiple workstreams and deliver on time
• Clear proactive communicator who works effectively with executives hiring managers recruiters and technical teams

• Experience integrating Greenhouse with Paylocity or a similar HRIS
• Experience with Codility DocuSign Gem Juicebox AI Checkr and LinkedIn Recruiter
• In-house experience at a hardware aerospace or deep tech company scaling quickly
• Exposure to ITAR/export-controlled hiring environments
• Experience managing recruiting vendors agencies and budgets
• Experience leading or building a recruiting operations team
• Familiarity with diversity sourcing strategies and inclusive hiring practices

• Base Salary: $125000 - $170000/per year
• This range reflects the potential levels at which we may hire for this role. Finalcompensation will depend on experience skills education as well as internal equity
• Eligible for incentives in the form of stock options and/or long-term cash awards
• Location: El Segundo CA (onsite)

Varda like all employers must ensure that its employees working in the United States are lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. Additionally our employees are exposed to and have access to certain export-controlled items. Because our employees are provided access to export-controlled items our policy is to only hire U.S. persons who are permitted to have access to our technology without an export license.

US person means: U.S. citizen U.S. lawful permanent resident or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) (i.e. individual admitted to the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum).