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About Gusto At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve. All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy . AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto. We expect all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role and grow their fluency as the technology evolves. AI experience requirements vary by role and will be assessed during the interview process. About the Role We're looking for a strategic and execution-oriented Lead, Recruiting Process Transformation to lead the evolution of our recruiting ecosystem. This leader will identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate Recruiting processes while ensuring operational excellence across our Recruiting Operations and Candidate Experience teams. Reporting into the People Operations, Services & Technology (POST) organization, this role sits at the intersection of strategy, technology, and operations. You'll partner across Recruiting, People Tech, Legal, and business leaders to redesign how hiring gets done — from requisition to offer to onboarding handoff — creating scalable experiences for candidates, hiring teams, and Recruiting partners. In addition to leading enterprise process transformation initiatives for recruiting, you'll oversee the teams responsible for executing our core Recruiting workflows, including Recruiting Operations and Candidate Experience. What You'll Do Lead Recruiting Process Transformation • Develop and execute a multi-year strategy for transforming recruiting processes. • Analyze end-to-end candidate and hiring lifecycle workflows; from requisition intake through offer and onboarding handoff; to identify friction, inefficiencies, redundancies, and opportunities for simplification. • Redesign processes using Lean, service design, and automation principles. • Consult with technical partners to understand how tooling, AI, and agentic solutions (e.g., InviteOS) can support improved recruiting efficiency. • Build business cases that quantify operational impact, candidate/hiring team experience improvements, and ROI. • Prioritize transformation initiatives based on organizational impact, scalability, and strategic objectives. • Partner with Recruiting leadership to define, track, and report on recruiting metrics • Diagnose root causes behind unmet KPIs and drive them to resolution, launching transformation initiatives where applicable. Drive Technology-Enabled Improvements • Partner closely with People Technology to implement technology solutions that improve recruiting operational efficiency, including AI-native recruiting platforms such as InviteOS, our custom recruiting tool. • Evaluate opportunities to leverage workflow automation, AI, integrations, self-service capabilities, and system enhancements (Greenhouse, sourcing tools, scheduling tools) to drive prioritization for recruiting technology. • Ensure process design and technology decisions work together to create sustainable solutions. • Balance configuration, workflow redesign, and policy changes to achieve desired outcomes. Lead Operational Excellence Provide

Recruiting Operations and Transformation Lead

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Recruiting Operations and Transformation Lead

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